Our cosmic insignificance demands humility and surrender to Krishna, the only source of true peace and liberation.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Lecture at Government Center, Pedagogical Institute [Partially Recorded] — February 1, 1971, Allahabad 710201L1-ALLAHABAD [11:36 Minutes] Lecture_710201L1-ALLAHABAD Prabhupāda: ...karuṇā-sindho dīna-bandho jagat-pate gopeśa gopikā-kānta rādhā-kānta namo 'stu te ["O my dear Kṛṣṇa, ocean of mercy, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the cowherd men and the lover of the gopīs, especially Rādhārāṇī. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You."] tapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgī rādhe vṛndāvaneśvari vṛṣabhānu-sute devi praṇamāmi hari-priye ["I offer my respects to Rādhārāṇī, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vṛndāvana. You are the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu, and You are very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa."] Ladies and Gentleman, we know Kṛṣṇa as Kṛpā-sindhu, the ocean of mercy: he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho.
Dīna-bandho, and He is the friend of all submissive spiritual souls. Dīna-bandho. Dīna—this very word is used because we are in this material existence. We are very much puffed up—svalpa-jalā mātrena sapari phora-phorayate.
Just like a small fish in the corner of the lake flaps, similarly, we do not know what is our position. Our position is very insignificant in this material world. This material world is described in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, er, Bhagavad-gītā: ekāṁśena sthito jagat [Bg. 10.42]. This material world is only an insignificant portion of the whole creation. There are innumerable universes; that we get information—yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi [Bs. 5.40].
Jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi. Jagad-aṇḍa means this universe. So there are… Koṭi means innumerable. Caitanya Mahāprabhu stated that this universe is just like a mustard seed in the bag of a mustard. Just you cannot count how many mustard seeds are there in a big bag, and this is one of the mustard seeds.
Jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi. Koṭi vasudhādi vibhūti-bhinnam [Bs. 5.40], and each universe is impregnated with innumerable planets. So just imagine this world is out of such innumerable planets in one universe. There are innumerable universes, and all together all these universes is considered the material world.
There are many description in the śāstras. So out of the innumerable universes, this universe is only an insignificant part, and within this universe there are innumerable planets, out of which this earthly planet is an insignificant portion. And within this earthly planet there are so many countries. So our India is only a portion. And in India there are so many provinces and cities and countries. Out of this, Allahabad is very insignificant, and we, what to speak of our position, we are very, very insignificant in the creation of the Lord.
But we are puffed up—"I am God" We are so much puffed up, our position is so insignificant, but we are puffed up; we speak of that "I am God" That is called māyā. That is called māyā: which is not actually fact. Therefore Kṛṣṇa, although He is suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ… Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ [Bg. 5.29] He is friend of everyone. Because He is God, He is friend of everyone, samo 'haṁ sarva-bhūteṣu [Bg. 9.29].