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So Nanda Mahārāja was rich because he possessed nine lakhs of cows, not... And Kṛṣṇa had to take care of. …

Actually Kṛṣṇa is neither vaiśya nor śūdra nor kṣatriya nor brāhmaṇa. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Prakṛteḥ param. …

Devotee: Namasye puruṣaṁ tvādyam.

Prabhupāda: Ah. Namasye puruṣam... What is that verse?

Devotee: Ādyam.

Prabhupāda: Ādyam.

Devotee: Tvādyam.

Prabhupāda: Tvā. Tvā means "You." So īśvaraṁ prakṛteḥ param [SB 1.8.18]. He is beyond the jurisdiction of this material world, …

So... So Kṛṣṇa does not belong to these planets or this material sky. He belongs to the paravyoma. Again, paravyoma …

Devotee: Embassy.

Prabhupāda: Now... Just like... Similarly, when Kṛṣṇa comes in this universe, He comes there, in Vṛndāvana, in Mathurā, in the …

So these things are to be understood. Kṛṣṇa is para. Paras tasmāt tu bhāvaḥ anyaḥ [Bg. 8.20]. In the Bhagavad-gītā …

So these things are to be understood. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. And if we remain fool... No. Everything is there. …

janma karma me divyaṁ yo jānāti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti...

[Bg. 4.9]

So why should you not understand Kṛṣṇa? Everything is given there. Why you should...? At least, the intelligent class, the …

That I have said many times, that you American boys or American people, you are fortunate so many ways. How? …

And I am hoping also that if you take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and... It was the duty of the Indians. …

bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya janma yāra janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra

[Cc. Ādi 9.41]