Originally Krishna Conscious – Know God by Name Form and Pastimes

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Bhagavad-gītā 7.1 — February 14, 1972, Madras 720214BG-MADRAS [35:39 Minutes] Bg-07.01_720214BG-MADRAS Prabhupāda: ...pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu [Bg. 7.1] Mr. Justice [indistinct] Swami, Ladies and Gentlemen, first of all, I thank you very much for kindly coming here and participating in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. As I have already explained last night, that originally we are all Kṛṣṇa conscious. Just like each of..., each of every one of us is conscious of our father.

Everyone knows, "I am the son of such-and-such gentleman.'' Similarly, originally we were all Kṛṣṇa conscious, originally, because Kṛṣṇa said that mamaivāṁso jīva bhūta [Bg. 15.7]: "All the living entities, they are My part and parcel.'' In another place Kṛṣṇa said, aham bīja-pradaḥ pitā. Sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya [Bg. 14.4]. All the forms of living entity that are manifest, they are all sons of the supreme father, Kṛṣṇa. In other religion, just like Christian religion, they accept the supreme father: "O Father, give us our daily bread,'' they pray in the church.

But they do not know the name of the father. That is the difficulty. But one who is Kṛṣṇa conscious, he knows what is the name of his original father, what does He do, where He lives, what is His personal feature, what is His pastime—everything. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says here, asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ mām yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu [Bg. 7.1]. Everyone is anxious to know, at least intelligent men, what is God, what is our relationship with Him, how He looks, where He lives.

These are naturally inquisitiveness of any sane man. So here in the Bhagavad-gītā the Personality of Godhead Himself speaks about Himself. We have to simply accept it, that's all. You haven't got to make any research where is God, what is God, where does He live, what does He do.

Here is everything. So unfortunately, God is canvassing Himself personally, and still we are unaware of Him. Why? Because there is one verse which you will see in Caitanya-caritāmṛta. Caitanya-caritāmṛta...

Here, two honorable Justices are present, and I can recite that verse. It is in Bengali. It is said there caitanya-dayā katha karaha vicāra [Cc. Ādi 8.15]. The author is placing the quality of mercy as given by Caitanya Mahāprabhu to the judgment of the public.

Caitanya-dayā katha karaha vicāra. It is not something we have accepted blindly, as faith. No. It is a fact.

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