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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [chants verse]

śrī-bhagavān uvāca vetthedaṁ droṇa-putrasya brāhmam astraṁ pradarśitam naivāsau veda saṁhāraṁ prāṇa-bādha upasthite

[SB 1.7.27]

[02:33]

Translation = "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said = Know from Me that this is the act of the son …

Prabhupāda:

śrī-bhagavān uvāca vetthedaṁ droṇa-putrasya brāhmam astraṁ pradarśitam naivāsau veda saṁhāraṁ prāṇa-bādha upasthite

[SB 1.7.27]

So Vyāsadeva... This Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, mahā-muni-kṛte. It is not written by ordinary person. In the beginning it is said, śrīmad-bhāgavate mahā-muni-kṛte. …

In civilized world... Now, at the present moment, especially the famous movement, Communist movement, they are after completely driving out …

Suppose for the impersonalist, virāṭa-rūpa, the sky is the head of the Personality of Godhead. They think like that. And …

So when Kṛṣṇa comes, you cannot see Kṛṣṇa. You cannot capture Kṛṣṇa, mahato mahīyān. When He comes before you, arcā-mūrti, …

So at least we Indians, we are trained up like that. Not only trained up, we are born devotees. Anyone …

So it is very difficult. If we lost..., if we have lost that feeling that "Here is Kṛṣṇa. Here is …

So not only the churches in the Western countries; here also. As soon as you will lose the spirit of …

So if you do not keep the bhāva... Bhāva means... That is on the liberation side. Ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgo …

'śraddhā'-śabde viśvāsa sudṛḍha niścaya kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya

[Cc. Madhya 22.62]

This is śraddhā. According to our Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas, this is śraddhā. What is that? Kṛṣṇa is asking, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām …

When you have got this kind of śraddhā, naturally, the next stage will be "How to keep my śraddhā, firm …