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So Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī says that "I was unwilling to accept this vairāgya-vidyā, but He forced me to take it." …

So vairāgya-vidyā means not sense gratification, but to satisfy Kṛṣṇa. Hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam [Cc. Madhya 19.170]: to satisfy the senses of …

Material life means satisfying our own senses, and vairāgya-vidyā, or devotional service, means satisfying Kṛṣṇa's senses. That's all. What is …

But the gopīs, their view is... Not only gopīs; all the cowherds boys, Mother Yaśodā, Nanda Mahārāja, the Vṛndāvana party. …

The father answered, "My dear boy, if You want to offer some sacrifice to the Govardhana Hill, I shall arrange …

So there was torrents of rain, heavy rain, for seven days in Vṛndāvana, and Kṛṣṇa took up that Govardhana Hill …

Devotee: Inside.

Prabhupāda: Inside, yes. No, no. No, there is no need. Yes. So Kṛṣṇa is so powerful that even when He …

So we worship such kind of God. Yes. Who can... [chuckles] We don't want petty Gods. You see. We want …

So Kṛṣṇa showed all these demonstration just to attract us, just to let us know what is God. You are …

So this same thing is still going on. If you want to go to God, you can go. There is …

Simply you become surrendered to Kṛṣṇa and always pray to Kṛṣṇa. Just like Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura prays, hā hā prabhu …

Hā hā prabhu nanda-suta, vṛṣabhānu-suta..., karuṇā karoho ei-bāro: "Many lives I have wasted in this material encagement. Life after life, …

"after many, many births. So I surrender unto You. Please give me Your protection." This much. That's all. There is …

So keep this attitude of surrendering and then everything will come perfection. And this remembrance also will be kept by …

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. So today you speak something, I shall hear. Yes. Any of you can speak something from Śikṣāṣṭaka?

Yes? Thank you.

Viṣṇujana: "Glory to Śrī Kṛṣṇa saṅkīrtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years together. And thus …

Prabhupāda: Thank you. Ṛṣi Kumāra, you can speak something? Yes.

Ṛṣi Kumāra: In the Vedic literatures it is stated that there are 8,400,000 species of life that one can take …