Krishna is knowable through His self-revelation in creation; receive His words with faith in a qualified spiritual master.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Interview — November 10, 1971, Delhi 711110IV-DELHI [46:34 Minutes] Interview_711110IV-DELHI Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa says that "I am the taste of the water.'' So everyone has got..., everyone has knowledge what is the taste of water. Why do you say he does not know Kṛṣṇa? Kṛṣṇa says, "I am the light of the sunshine.'' So who has not seen the sunshine? So when we see sunshine, if you think, "It is Kṛṣṇa,'' what is the difficulty?
There is no difficulty. Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśi sūryayoḥ [Bg. 7.8]. When you see some moonlight... Reporter: It's very, I think, sir, that we must, as you say, live and have our being in Kṛṣṇa... Prabhupāda: Yes. It is already, but you have forgot. Reporter: It is unique.
It is so unique. Of course, I mean to say... Prabhupāda: Huh? Why it is not easy? Reporter: It is not easy to be able to live, everybody... You know what a pāpī I am.
I don't think the Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so easy... Prabhupāda: No, no, no. Even if you are pāpī, if you see... Don't you see the sunlight? Reporter: It's very easy to see. Prabhupāda: Suppose you are pāpī. Do you think that you don't see the sunlight?
Reporter: Yes, we do. Prabhupāda: So if Kṛṣṇa says, "The sunlight is Myself,'' what is the difficulty, even if you are pāpī? If..., don't... If you say, "I won't understand like that,'' that is another thing. But if the statement is clear, even if you are pāpī, what is the difficulty to understand it?
Simply if you say, "I won't understand,'' like this, that is a different thing. Reporter: No, no, no. So how do you explain to a Muslim, he's... Prabhupāda: No, no, no. You say one after another. Reporter: Yes, sir. Prabhupāda: Don't make me distressed. Yes.
So try to understand. Reporter: Yes. Prabhupāda: You have raised that "I cannot understand.'' What is the difficulty to understand? Reporter: I mean to be able to actually live it, day to day, life. Prabhupāda: This is a question of... Even suppose Kṛṣṇa says, "This beautiful flower I am.'' So you are seeing this beautiful flower. So why do you not understand if Kṛṣṇa says like that? This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.