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[Bg. 7.2]

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"I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge, both phenomenal and noumenal, by knowing which there shall remain …

Prabhupāda:

jñānaṁ te 'haṁ sa-vijñānam idaṁ vakṣyāmy aśeṣataḥ yaj jñātvā neha bhūyo 'nyaj jñātavyam avaśiṣyate

[Bg. 7.2]

So Kṛṣṇa is personally speaking about Himself as we understood in the previous verse, that asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi …

Therefore our process is---we have repeatedly explained this---that we do not speculate about God. Just like there are so many …

To become God is not easy thing. There are some qualification, yesterday we discussed, that He must be the richest, …

So this is going on. They do not know what is God, and still, there are so many incarnations of …

kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ

[SB 11.5.32]

Clearly Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣā akṛṣṇam. He is Kṛṣṇa. Or kṛṣṇaṁ varṇayati, iti kṛṣṇa-varṇam. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, the most authoritative …

So Caitanya Mahāprabhu, tviṣā akṛṣṇam. He is not blackish. Then He must be other form---śukla, rakta or pīta. So He …

God advents for two purposes. What are the two purposes? Paritrāṇāya sādhūnām [Bg. 4.8] = just to give relief and …

So in this age, Kali-yuga, to kill the demons means to stop their demonic activities by the astra, kīrtana, hari-saṅkīrtana, …

So sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam. This is the description of the God, Kṛṣṇa, in this age. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam …

Devotee: Escapist.

Prabhupāda: We are not escaping. We are practically taking the real activities. Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate [Bg. 2.59]. Although people see …

So when you engage yourself for satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa... Yajña means satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa, or Viṣṇu. Viṣṇur ārādhyate panthā nānyat-tat-toṣa-kāraṇam …