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Prabhupāda: [taps on microphone]

raso 'ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṁ nṛṣu

[Bg 7.8]

[O son of Kuntī [Arjuna], I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the …

Now, Lord Kṛṣṇa is describing how you become Kṛṣṇa conscious fully, in every step of your life. This verse we …

So raso 'ham apsu kaunteya. We can remember Kṛṣṇa, or God, when we drink water, because nobody can avoid drinking …

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When there is some illumination, that illumination is also Kṛṣṇa. The original effulgence is brahma-jyoti. That is in the spiritual …

Now, how this illumination is coming? Originally, in the spiritual sky, just like the sun has the shining force which …

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So Kṛṣṇa says, prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ. Śaśi. Śaśi means the moon, and sūrya... Sūrya means the sun. And in the spiritual …

[That abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by electricity. One who reaches it never …

In the spiritual world there is no need of sun, there is no need of moon, there is no need …

Praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu. When we chant Vedic mantra, oṁ tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ... [Ṛg-veda 1.22.20].

[The lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu are the supreme objective of all the demigods. These lotus feet of the Lord …

Oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur vareṇyaṁ bhargo devasya dhīmahi [Gāyatrī mantra].

[Let us meditate on that worshipable effulgence of the divine sun who enthuses our meditation.]

Now, this oṁkāra, oṁ, that is the beginning. This oṁkāra is addressing. Just like we are addressing, "Hare Kṛṣṇa," this …