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Prabhupāda: Yes. As soon as you become God conscious, that is the position of angel. This is confirmed in the …

māṁ ca vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena yaḥ sevate sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate

[Bg. 14.26]

This brahma-bhūyāya means angels. They are not in this material world; they are transcendentally situated. Brahma-bhūyāya kalpate—anyone who is engaged …

māṁ ca vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena yaḥ sevate sa guṇān sama...

He is above the three modes of material nature. Angel means those who are not affected by the modes of …

The example can be given, just like in any state there are two department—civil department, criminal department. Those who are …

So those who are not criminal, they are not controlled by the criminal department. So therefore, although the material nature, …

[break] ...in the Bhagavad-gītā:

mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te

[Bg. 7.14]

"Those who are surrendered to Me, they have already transcended the position of being controlled by material nature."

Question: [translated] Can you explain why this Kṛṣṇa consciousness has so much success among young people [indistinct]?

Prabhupāda: Not only young people. Old men are reluctant, and they are easily taken. If old men take, they will …

So anyone can take it, and anyone will be benefited. There is no such thing that it is meant for …

Question: [translated] These young people... The second question was: These young people have come searching. And why are they searching? …

Prabhupāda: Well, they are searching because they are frustrated by seeing their parents' life, by their guardians' life. They are …

So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is now experimented that this movement can be accepted by anyone, any part of the …

[aside:] That gentleman, he wants...

Question: [indistinct]