Then what is the business of mahatma? He... Suppose he understands, surrenders to Krsna. Then what is his business? Simply knowing and surrendering will do? No. Mahatmanas tu mam partha daivim prakrtim asritah bhajanty ananya-manasah [Bg. 9.13]. Engaged in service. Not that "I have understood Krsna. Let me sit down and sleep now." He is not mahatma. But vasudevah sarvam iti sa ma... [Bg. 7.19]. Mahatmanas tu mam partha daivim prakrtim asritah [Bg. 9.13]. Daivi. Daivi means spiritual, spiritual energy. He is in the spiritual energy, not this material energy. Ahara-nidra-bhaya-maithuna. Spiritual energy. And what is the symptom of being in the spiritual energy? Bhajanti: always chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. So they are mahatma.By H.D.G. Srila Prabhupada
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