Attach your mind to Krishna's beautiful form, not to void impersonalism, and achieve transcendent freedom.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 7.1 — December 2, 1968, Los Angeles 681202BG-LOS ANGELES [76:15 Minutes] Prabhupāda: [kīrtana] [prema-dhvanī] Thank you very much. [devotees offer obeisances] [10:33] [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. [devotees repeat three times] Prabhupāda: So we are worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda. That is our business.
What is the effect of worshiping Govinda? Just like people are trying to go to the moon planet, very teeny effort. Even they go to the moon planet, they'll be not very much benefited, because the scientists say the moon planet is below 200 degree zero point. So we cannot tolerate the cold climate of this planet, how we shall be benefited even we go to the moon planet?
And moon planet is the nearest planet. There are millions of other planets also, and the scientists say that to reach the highest, topmost planet, it will take forty thousands of years. And who is going to live for forty thousand years to go and come back? These are practical difficulties, and therefore we are called conditioned soul. Our activities are conditions, not free.
But you can attain a life of freedom, life of unlimited energy, unlimited happiness, unlimited bliss. There is possibility. This is not story or fiction. We see so many planets within this universe. We have got so many flying vehicles, but we cannot approach even to the nearest, we are so much limited.
But if we worship Govinda, then it is possible. You can go anywhere. We have written these statements in our small booklet Easy Journey to Other Planets. This is possible.
Don't think that this planet is all and all. There are many, many millions of other very nice planets. There the standard of happiness, standard of enjoyment is many more times greater than what we are enjoying here. So how this is possible, I shall read the Seventh Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā, which is spoken by Govinda Himself. [finds page] Bhagavad-gītā, Seventh Chapter.
Lord Kṛṣṇa says, mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu [Bg. 7.1] [Now hear, O son of Pṛthā [Arjuna], how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt.] Now, here the word yogam is also explained. What sort of yoga Kṛṣṇa is recommending? Mayy āsakta-manāḥ: keeping the mind always attached to Kṛṣṇa, this yoga system. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness is yoga system.