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So Nārada Muni was astonished, that "I saw that he's very nice brāhmaṇa, and he's a cobbler. Why is that?" …

Devotee (1): The eye of a needle. Eye...

Prabhupāda: Eh? No, no...

Devotee (1): The eye of a needle.

Devotee (2): Needle.

Prabhupāda: Needle. Yes. "Through the hole of a needle, He's pulling an elephant this side and this side." You see? …

And when he went to the cobbler, he also asked, "Oh, you have seen? What Nārāyaṇa was doing?" He also …

The unbeliever and believer means the believers, they are not blind believers. They have reason. If by Kṛṣṇa's process, by …

So those who are devotee... Just like the cobbler. He may be a cobbler. They believe everything. And those who …

Thank you very much. Any question? [end]

A foolish farmer once thought he would save money by cutting off his hen’s head, which he had to feed, …

Prabhupāda:

aprārabdha-phalaṁ pāpaṁ kūtaṁ bījaṁ phalonmukham krameṇaiva pralīyante viṣṇu-bhakti-ratātmanā

[Padma Purāṇa]

At that time you are not this stout and strong body, that you don't care for anything. Then you are …

So if we want to take that risk, then go on, Kṛṣṇa says. But if you don't..., want to avoid …

aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani

[Bg 9.3]

This is mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani.

[Those who are not faithful in this devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of enemies. Therefore they return to …