Surrender Inevitable - Better Serve Krishna Than Senses

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Lecture — October 7, 1968, Seattle 681007LE-SEATTLE [72:53 Minutes] Prabhupāda: [kīrtana] Chant. Chant. [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much. [devotees offer obeisances] [10:15] [sings:] Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣalakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs. 5.29] [I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor who is tending the cows, yielding all desire, in abodes built with spiritual gems, surrounded by millions of purpose trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands of lakṣmīs or gopīs.] Devotees: Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. Prabhupāda: So we are worshiping Govindam, the reservoir of all pleasures, Govinda, Kṛṣṇa.

And He is ādi-puruṣaṁ, the original person. So govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. Bhajāmi means "I worship," "I surrender unto Him and I agree to love Him." These are the terms offered by hymns by Brahmā. That Brahma-saṁhitā is a..., considerably a large book. The first verse in the Fifth Chapter [Bs. 5.1], it is said that the Lord, Govinda, He has got His particular planet, which is known as Goloka Vṛndāvana. [Kṛṣṇa who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes.] It is beyond this material sky. This material sky you can see as far as your vision go, but beyond that material sky there is spiritual sky.

This material sky is covered by material energy, mahat-tattva, and there are seven layers of covering of earth, water, fire, air. And beyond that covering there is an ocean, and beyond that ocean the spiritual sky begins. And in that spiritual sky, the highest planet is called Goloka Vṛndāvana. These things are described in the Vedic literature, in the Bhagavad-gītā also. Bhagavad-gītā is very well known book.

There also it is stated, na yatra bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama [Bg. 15.6] [That abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by electricity. One who reaches it never returns to this material world.] In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said that there is another, spiritual sky, where there is no need of sunshine. Na yatra bhāsayate sūryo. Sūrya means sun, and bhāsayate means distributing the sunshine.

So there is no need of sunshine. Na yatra bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko. Śaśāṅka means moon. Neither there is need of moonlight. Na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ.

Neither there is need of electricity. That means the kingdom of light. Here, this material world is kingdom of darkness. That you know, everyone. It is actually darkness.

As soon as there is sun on the other side of this earth, it is darkness. That means by nature it is dark. Simply by sunshine, moonshine and electricity we are keeping it light. Actually, it is darkness.

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