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Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.]

kartṛtvaṁ karaṇatvaṁ ca kāryatvaṁ ceti lakṣaṇam śānta-ghora-vimūḍhatvam iti vā syād ahaṅkṛteḥ

[SB 3.26.26]

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"This false ego is characterized as the doer, as an instrument and as an effect. It is further characterized as …

Prabhupāda:

kartṛtvaṁ karaṇa... kartṛtvaṁ karaṇatvaṁ ca kāryatvaṁ ceti lakṣaṇam śānta-ghora-vimūḍhatvam iti vā syād ahaṅkṛteḥ

[SB 3.26.26]

So last night we discussed Saṅkarṣaṇa. Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, Aniruddha. Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, Aniruddha. Four expansion are there for taking charge …

So this false ego, "I am this material body. I belong to this material world. I belong to this community, …

So Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, They are controlling by different senses and the sense controller, different demigod. It is a …

yat-pāda-paṅkaja-palāśa-vilāsa-bhaktyā udgrathayanti santaḥ tadvan na rikta-matayo yatayo 'pi ruddha- sroto-gaṇās tam araṇaṁ bhaja vāsudevam

[SB 4.22.39]

Karmāśayam, this false ego---we are creating different hopes of activity = "I shall do this. I shall do that." Grathitam, …

So we are all undergoing prārabdha-phalam, manifest phala, for our past deeds. So they are very deep rooted. It is …

Yat-pāda-paṅkaja-palāśa-vilāsa-bhaktyā. Vilāsa. Vilāsa means enjoying, and bhaktyā means devotees. They are always attached to the lotus feet of the Supreme …

Vilāsa means enjoyment. Bhoga-vilāsa. Devotees, they have no bhoga. They have vilāsa, enjoyment. And indirectly, this is also bhoga, transcendental …

But devotees, being attracted to the flavor of the lotus flower of Kṛṣṇa's feet, lotus flower... Kṛṣṇa, His face is …

Therefore saraṇaṁ bhaja vāsudevam. Vāsudeva is the ultimate saraṇam, ultimate shelter. Bhaja vāsudevam. In other place also it is said,

vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ janayaty āśu jñānaṁ vairāgyaṁ jñānaṁ ca yad ahaitukam