God is present in every moment—in water's taste, light's radiance, sound's vibration—accessible through constant remembrance.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: [taps on microphone] raso 'ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṃ nṛṣu [Bg 7.8] [O son of Kuntī [Arjuna], I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man.] Now, Lord Kṛṣṇa is describing how you become Kṛṣṇa conscious fully, in every step of your life. This verse we have been discussing last day, that raso 'ham apsu kaunteya. This glass of water, the taste, the juice of this water, is Kṛṣṇa. You cannot, when you are thirsty..., this water given by God; there is no other replacement.
If somebody offers me, "Instead of water, you drink gold," no, this water is required. The taste of the water is so nice that when I am thirsty, I require water. No manufacturer can create this taste of the water. Therefore, which is not possible to produce by any human being, that is God.
So raso 'ham apsu kaunteya. We can remember Kṛṣṇa, or God, when we drink water, because nobody can avoid drinking water. So the God consciousness is there. How can you forget?
Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ. When there is some illumination, when there is some illumination... [aside:] You want to come here? I ask this... [indistinct reply by guest] All right. When there is some illumination, that illumination is also Kṛṣṇa. The original effulgence is brahma-jyoti.
That is in the spiritual sky. This material sky is covered; therefore the nature of this material sky is darkness. Now, at night we are experiencing the real nature of this material world—it is darkness. Artificially, it is being illuminated by the sun, by the moon, by the electricity.
Otherwise, it is darkness. So this illumination is God, we have to understand. This illumination. Now, how this illumination is coming? Originally, in the spiritual sky, just like the sun has the shining force which we call sunshine, similarly in the..., from the kingdom of God, there is a shining which is called brahma-jyoti.
The brahma-jyoti is reflected by the sun; the moon is reflected by the sun. I mean to say, sun is reflection of brahma-jyoti, and moon is reflection of the sun. Everyone, you know, the stars, glittering stars, they are also reflection of the sun. Similarly, this electricity is also reflection of sun.