Surrender to Krishna is the test of spirituality, not scholarly knowledge or philosophical study alone.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — April 8, 1974, Bombay 740408MW-BOMBAY [34:05 Minutes] Walk_740408MW-BOMBAY Prabhupāda: That is not possible. If... They are very, very great, powerful. Even apparently it seems that they were victims of beauty, that is not the fact.
Satsvarūpa: If their son was Vyāsadeva, how could it be falldown?
Prabhupāda: He could beget a child like Vyāsadeva. [break] Girirāja: [reading from Kṛṣṇa book] "Chapter Two. 'Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Womb.' King Kaṁsa not only occupied the kingdoms of the Yadu, Bhoja and Andhaka dynasties and the kingdom of Śūrasena..." [break]
Prabhupāda: So the only expense... [break] ...intention of Kṛṣṇa. Girirāja: Kṛṣṇa and yog...
Prabhupāda: [break] ...he says, this mantra, nāyam ātmā bala-hīnā na labhya, he says, "Unless you very, become very stout and strong and there is no question of advancement in spiritual life. Therefore we should first of all eat meat and become very strong, and then we'll be spiritually realized." Yaśomatīnandana: Who says that?
Prabhupāda: Vivekananda. [break] ...physical strength. [break] Yaśomatīnandana: ...Dvārakā. Vasudeva.
Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa was transferred to Vṛndāvana. Not other city[?]. Yaśomatīnandana: Kṛṣṇa had other brothers and sisters besides Balarāma and Subhadrā? Prabhupāda: We hear only two. [break] Gurudāsa: Once I asked you that question in 1968, and you answered that Subhadrā sat on Kṛṣṇa's lap and smiled.