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Swan-Like Devotees and Revolutionary Transcendental Literature

📅 January 19, 1972 📍 Jaipur ⏱ 23 min
Literature glorifying God destroys sins; swans recognize truth regardless of grammatical flaws, but crows seek only garbage.
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Room Conversation on SB 1.5.11 — January 19, 1972, Jaipur 720119R1-JAIPUR [22:38 Minutes] Conv_720119R1-JAIPUR SB-01.05.11_720119R1-JAIPUR Prabhupāda: ...these people or this revolution is meant for killing the sinful resultant action of the people. This revolution. Janatā agha. Agha means resultant action of sinful life.

So janatā agha viplavaḥ. Viplavaḥ means revolution. This very word is used. tad-vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavo yasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty api [SB 1.5.11] Such revolutionary literature, even they are not properly composed, yasmin prati-ślokam abaddham, not according to the grammatical rules and other rhetorical rules, but the, I mean to say, thoughts and the effects of such revolutionary literature is required. Not the grammatical.

The so-called rascals, they are concerned with the grammatical. But those who are actually worker, they are concerned with the thoughts. What is the thought is there? Therefore, it is said that, tad-vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavo yasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty api nāmāny anantasya yaśo 'nkitāni yat [SB 1.5.11] If there is simply the attempt is there how to glorify the Supreme Lord.

That is a fact. It doesn't matter whether it is written in correct language or incorrect language. It doesn't matter. If the whole thought is targeted to glorify the Supreme Lord, then nāmāny anantasya yaśo 'nkitāni yat gṛṇanti gāyanti śṛṇvanti sādhavaḥ.

Then those who are actually sādhu, even in spite of all these defects, because the only attempt is to glorify the Lord, then those who are sādhu, those who are devotee, they hear it. Śṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti. Not only hear, they chant also the same thing. And not only chant, but gṛṇanti, they apply in their actual life. This is the Bhāgavata śloka.

Is it clear now? Yes. Tad-vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavo. If the thought is revolutionary for transcendental realization, even it is not properly composed from grammatical and literary point of view, because the attempt is there for glorifying the Supreme Lord, all devotee, all great sages, saintly persons, sādhavaḥ, gṛṇanti, they accept. Yes.

Gṛṇanti śṛṇvanti, hear with attention, and gāyanti, and chant also. This is the principle. The only center is whether it is meant for awakening God consciousness. That is the central point, not the language.

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