Every soul is a part meant to serve the whole; Krishna consciousness trains all beings toward this original constitutional position.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.10 — April 24, 1974, Hyderabad 740424SB-HYDERABAD [31:42 Minutes] SB-01.02.10_740424SB-HYDERABAD Prabhupāda: So, “All glories to the assembled devotees” means including the children also. Kṛṣṇa conscious movement is so nice that even children—without any knowledge of Vedānta and big, big philosophy—simply by attending the performance of devotional service, even a child’s life can be glorious without any education. That is, we are explaining in this statement of Sūta Gosvāmī: ahaituky apratihatā [SB 1.2.6]. Apratihatā means you cannot check anyone.
It doesn’t matter what he is. He may be a grown-up man or a small child; he may be educated, not educated; civilized or uncivilized. Even man or animal, everyone can take part in Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, bhakti-yoga. This word is very important, that ahaituky apratihatā.
Apratihatā means “without any obstacle.” Because this Kṛṣṇa consciousness is meant for the soul, not for the body. So far body is concerned, there is…, according to our past karma it is destined. sukham aindriyakaṁ daityā deha-yogena dehinām [SB 7.6.3] Prahlāda Mahārāja says that here in this material world, we are after sense pleasure, everyone: birds, beasts, animals, aquatics, human beings—even the demigods. Anyone who is within this material world, he is concerned with the gratification of the senses in different degree; but, in any means, sense gratification. Therefore, we are given, by the laws of nature… Not…, nature is not independent, but is superior order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead as Paramātmā is sitting in everyone’s heart. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe [Bg. 18.61]. Specifically mentioned, it is within the heart, hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati. So “I am also there, and the Supersoul is also there.” So the Supersoul’s business is to witness, anumantā upadraṣṭā [Bg. 13.23]. That is mentioned in the Bhagavad-gītā.
The Supersoul is simply observing what I am doing. And He is the supreme witness, upadraṣṭā. And anumantā. As I desire—not according to my desire, but because I desire—I have been given the freedom to desire.
But without the sanction of the Supersoul, I cannot do anything. Just like a child. A child is persistent, crying, “Father I must have it. Give me.” Father does not like to give him that undesirable thing, but because the child persists in crying, making disturbance, sometimes father says, “All right.
You take.” That is father’s mercy: “Oh, why this child is crying? Let him have it, that’s all.” We have got practical experience, so I may recite that, in my younger days, when my eldest son was only two years and half, so he was trying to catch the table fan. The table fan was moving. So I was requesting, “No, don’t touch.” But he insisted, as child.