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[Bs. 5.33]

So today, the birth appearance ceremony of Lord Kṛṣṇa. In the Bhagavad-gītā the Lord says,

janma karma me divyaṁ yo jānāti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti kaunteya

[Bg. 4.9]

[One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth …

"My dear Arjuna, any person who simply tries to understand about My transcendental birth or appearance and disappearance and activities, …

By quitting this body, tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti [Bg. 4.9], he does not take any more birth in this …

So today is that auspicious day, Janmāṣṭamī, when Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared five thousand years ago in India, Mathurā. Those who …

Now Kṛṣṇa says, janma karma me divyam [Bg. 4.9]. Divyam means "not ordinary." It should not be understood just like …

Because Kṛṣṇa was contemporary to Arjuna, so he was thinking that "Kṛṣṇa is my friend, is my cousin-brother. How it …

That is the difference between God and ordinary living creature, that we are also taking birth after birth. There are …

[One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth …

Tattvataḥ means "in truth," not superficially. Scientifically, one who knows, he can get immediately liberation. And how one can understand …

[One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness …

Again the same thing, tattvataḥ, in truth. If anyone wants to know God, or Kṛṣṇa, in truth, not superficially, then …

In another place Kṛṣṇa says, patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati [Bg. 9.26]:

[If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.]

"Any person who gives Me a little fruit, little flower, little water, but with devotion, bhaktyā..." That is the only …

Some gentleman asked me that "Swāmījī, you offer prasādam in the temple, but do you think Kṛṣṇa or God eats?" …

Due to poor fund of knowledge, you think that God does not eat. But eat..., His eating process is different. …