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Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
[lecture takes place in the garden in the afternoon, under a tree]
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads devotees in chanting]
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam ātmānaṁ mat-parāyaṇaḥ
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Translation = "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, …
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Prabhupāda: So what is the difficulty? Kṛṣṇa is recommending these four things = man-manā bhava, "always think of Me." You, …
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Bhagavān: No.
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Prabhupāda: Who can think of Kṛṣṇa always? Not always even, think of Kṛṣṇa, unless one is devotee? And to think …
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
So if you simply think of Kṛṣṇa, then your life becomes successful. Where is the difficulty? Hmm? And the result …
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
So, discuss this point. What is the difficulty? Why people are not Kṛṣṇa conscious? But the process is very simple. …
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Bhagavān: Mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam.
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Prabhupāda: Yuktvaiva. Yuktvā means connected. If you think of Kṛṣṇa, if you worship Him, offer obeisance, that means you are …
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Bhagavān: Absorbed, "being absorbed."
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Prabhupāda: Then? Read the whole line.
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Bhagavān: Mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam ātmānaṁ mat-parāyaṇaḥ.
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Prabhupāda: Ātmānam means Kṛṣṇa. He's the supreme ātmā. Just like we love ātmā, every one of us. We, if there …
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Bhagavān: They identify the body as the self, and the self is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa.
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Prabhupāda: That is wrong conception. But actually, because I am living within this body, I want to give protection. This …
Bhagavad-gītā 9.34
Devotee: Mat-parāyaṇaḥ