Chant Hare Krishna constantly to transcend time's influence and awaken eternal Krishna consciousness.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.43 [partially recorded] — March 24, 1972, Bombay 720324SB-BOMBAY [11:42 Minutes] SB-01.03.43_720324SB-BOMBAY Prabhupāda: …just like when we at night, we are naṣṭa-dṛśām. Even though we have got these eyes, we cannot see; we require light. For a moment there was no electric light—you immediately became blind. That is our position.
We are very much proud of our eyes. We see…, we say, "Can you show me God?" There are so many questions. But what is your eyes? Your eyes, if there is no light, electricity, you cannot see.
And you want to see God with these eyes, these imperfect eyes? But they say, "Can you show me God?" So the answer is, "Can you see God?" You have to make the eyes naṣṭa-dṛśām. Our eyes, our senses, are so imperfect, it is not possible to understand Kṛṣṇa. Ataḥ kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ [Padma Purāna]. So you have to rectify your faulty senses—eyes, hands, everything.
Then you can understand Kṛṣṇa. That is stated here: kalau naṣṭa-dṛśām. In this age, kalau… This is called Kali, age of Kali—fighting. Quarrel means disagreement and fight, kalau.
Kalau naṣṭa-dṛśām eṣa purāṇārko 'dhunoditaḥ [SB 1.3.43]. This Purāna, this Bhagavata-Purāna, is just like sunshine, or sun: adhunoditaḥ. So we should take advantage of this sunshine, Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa’s…, what is called, śabdha incarnation. This Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam… Kṛṣṇa has many incarnations.
Just like here, we are worshiping the Deity, this is called arcā-avatāra. Similarly, this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is sound avatāra. Kṛṣṇa can appear as avatāra in anything, because this sound means from sky, and this arcā is from stone. Kṛṣṇa claims, bhūmir āpo analo vāyuḥ khaṁ buddhir [Bg. 7.4]. Khaṁ means ākāśāḥ.
From the ākāśāḥ, from the sky, there is śabdha, sound vibration. That is the symptom that existence of ākāśāḥ. And this arcā-mūrti, that is also made of stone, but Kṛṣṇa..., the stone is nothing but energy of Kṛṣṇa; the sound is energy of Kṛṣṇa. So as the sunshine is energy of the sun… When there is sunshine, the energy of the sun, you can understand the sun is there.