All beings seek Krishna directly or indirectly; different paths of realization are one truth viewed from varying angles.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 4.11 — March 31, 1974, Bombay 740331BG-BOMBAY [40:43 Minutes] Bg-04.11_740331BG-BOMBAY Prabhupāda: [Chanting jaya rādhā-mādhava] [break] [01:02] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ [Bg. 4.11] [break] [03:55] Translation: "All of them, as they surrender unto Me, I reward accordingly.
Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Pṛthā." Prabhupāda: ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ [Bg. 4.11] Everyone is seeking to find out Kṛṣṇa, directly or indirectly. Kṛṣṇa means the all-attractive. All-attractive. Bhagavān means the all-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead.
So indirectly or directly, everyone is seeking Kṛṣṇa, the all-attractive. Ānanda-mayo 'bhyāsāt—the Supreme Bliss. We can give an example. Just like we take care of our body. We want to keep body very fit, healthy and beautiful, very nicely kept. Why?
Why we take care of our body? Because I, the spirit soul, part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, I am living in this body. Therefore I take care of my body. Nobody takes care of the dead body.
This is a fact. Either I take care of my body, or my family's body, or my wife's body, or my children's body. Why? Because the part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa is there.
The soul is there. And as soon as the soul is gone, the part and parcel is gone from the body, the body has no value. Throw it away. The same body.
This is practical. Therefore I love my body because the part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa is there. Or you love your body; I love your body, only for the reason, jīvanaṁ sarva-bhūtānām—the part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa is there. Then why the part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa is taken care of?