NBS#29 The Appearance of Lord Kapila Jan. 2016 | Page 5
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with the sound vibration of Krishna. Krishna and the
sound vibration "Krishna" are nondifferent, so if one
loudly vibrates Hare Krishna, he will be able to think
of Krishna immediately. This process of chanting is
the best process of self-realization in this age; therefore
Lord Chaitanya preached it so nicely for the benefit of
all humanity.
— Çrémad-Bhägavatam (Bhägavata Puräëa) » Canto 3: The Status Quo
» Chapter 24. The Renunciation of Kardama Muni » Verses:35, Purport by
His Divine Grace A .C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ·
Birth And Activities Of The Supreme Lord
Sri Sridhar Swami, Sri Madhusudana Saraswati,
Sri Vishavanatha Chakravarti Thakur
and Sri Baladeva Vidyabhushana
janma karma ca me divyam evaà yo vetti tattvataù
tyaktvä dehaà punarjanma naiti mämeti so 'rjuna
—Bhagavad-gétä 4.9
Subodhiné
Sri Sridhara Swami
powerful and attained so much mystic power that
his father, Brahma, ordered him to marry and beget
children as a householder. Kardama did that also; he
begot nine good daughters and one son, Kapila Muni,
and thus his householder duty was also performed
nicely, and now his duty was to leave. Even though he
had the Supreme Personality of Godhead as his son, he
had to respect the authority of the Vedas. This is a very
important lesson. Even if one has God in his home as
his son, one should still follow the Vedic injunctions. It is
stated, mahäjano yena gataùsa panthäù: [Cc. Madhya
17.186] one should traverse the path which is followed
by great personalities.
Kardama Muni's example is very instructive, for in
spite of having the Supreme Personality of Godhead as
his son, he left home just to obey the authority of the
Vedic injunction. Kardama Muni states here the main
purpose of his leaving home: while traveling all over
the world as a mendicant, he would always remember
the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart
and thereby be freed from all the anxieties of material
existence.
The main purpose of sannyäsa life is to be in
constant companionship with the Supreme Lord,
either by thinking of Him within the heart or hearing
of Him through aural reception. In this age, hearing is
more important than thinking because one's thinking
may be disturbed by mental agitation, but if one
concentrates on hearing, he will be forced to associate
"I take birth by My own free will. My activities are for
maintaining religion. My birth and activities are divine,
not of this world. Both are actually performed by Me
only for benefiting others (the living entities). He who
understands this, will, giving up his misidentification
with the body, not take another birth, but will attain
Me”.
Güòha-artha-dépikä
Sri Madhusudana Saraswati
When Krishna says: “My birth, it means, My playacting of taking birth, as I am certainly always divine
(unconditioned by material nature) and My body is
eternal, made of bliss and knowledge. So also are
My activities imitations of (common) acts, they are
maintaining the universe by establishing the religion.
As I am the eternally divine Lord, My activities are also
divine. They are not under the influence of the three
modes of material nature. They cannot be performed
by anyone else. They are uncommon. One has to
understand the truth in this way, as I have explained it,
desisting from confusion."
"Of course, idiots mistake My birth as caused by
pregnancy, and My activities to be for selfish enjoyment
because they mistake Me to be a normal human."
One can understand the supreme truth when one
removes the ignorance of His personality, His eternal
form of bliss and knowledge and understands that