Krishna consciousness transcends all material designations, yet varnashrama provides the pathway for purification in this world.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Lecture Engagement [Intro by the Governor and Mayor] — November 29, 1971, Vṛndāvana 711129LE-VRINDAVAN [43:59 Minutes] Lecture_711129LE-VRINDAVAN Devotee: [Loud kīrtana in background] engagement, November 28, evening [break] November 29, evening [break] Vṛndāvana. Governor: Vṛndāvana is the place of Rādhārānī and Lord Kṛṣṇa. Rādhārānī and Lord Kṛṣṇa whenever they are pleased upon someone they call them to this holy place. Otherwise one has no right to come to this place. Yesterday Swamiji [indistinct] how he went to America and he said that when he went there he had only 40 rupees [indistinct] but he had one thing more, you perhaps know?
And in India we call it a precious stone it is called pāragaś[?]. Pāragaś is a stone which turns iron into gold. That pāragaś he had with him that pāragaś is the nama-saṅkīrtana of Lord Kṛṣṇa. This he had with him but you may just put the question is pāragaś always acting? No.
Pāragaś is not always acting because from 1922 to 1965 he had to wait for that, where is pāragaś acting? Pāragaś is acting illusionary while Rādhārānīis free from sambandha. While Rādhārānī was free from [indistinct] that pāragaś became effective and that pāragaś has collected you all in its fold. You, you may say even when Rādhārānī is pleased, is there some way to approach Rādhārānī? There is.
You can't go directly to Rādhārānī as in courts of law you go through a bhakti[?], in the same way if you want to approach Rādhārānī you have to take help of sambandha. Who is that prabhu from whom you can take help? He is the gurudeva. If gurudeva can take you to Rādhārānī, Rādhārānī will accept you.
And please keep in mind that it's by the grace of Rādhārānī and Lord Kṛṣṇa and by the kindness of your gurudeva you have come to see Rādhārānī. Take it for granted that Rādhārānī is actually pleased for you. You. He comes from Japan, he comes from Africa and. Devotee: America. Governor: Friend here comes from America and German.
Do you think you could come here without the kindness of Rādhārānī? Or without the kindness of Kṛṣṇa? If you have come and if you have just received the elevations of bhakti[?] [indistinct] of this holy dhāma it is due to the kindness of your gurudeva. We, we are all very thankful to him for bringing you all here and on behalf of the people of this place, on behalf of our young mayor on behalf of the authority of the municipality of Vṛndāvana we all welcome you and we wish that you become so offered[?] to this place, this holy place of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Kulaśekhara[?] and dāsānu-dāsa dāsa [indistinct] Audience: [applause] Devotee: This is the mayor of Vṛndāvana speaking. Mayor: [indistinct] to Svāmī Mahārāja.
Appreciating the services he has done for the cause of Vaiṣṇava dharma, for the cause of nāma-saṅkīrtana, for the cause of [indistinct]. [Hindi] [break] [Hindi] Lord Kṛṣṇa is the only way [indistinct] of the earth. [indistinct] bhakti-bhāva is very important [break] [04:58] Prabhupāda: [indistinct] My disciples there are gṛhasthas and sannyāsīs, brahmacārīs, like that. We are establishing daiva-varṇāśrama-dharma as Lord Kṛṣṇa has said in the Bhagavad-gītā; cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ [Bg 4.13] So, these eight divisions, four social orders and four spiritual orders, brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra, brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, sannyāsa.