Bhagavad-gita 8.1

Remember Krishna at the Moment of Death and Attain Liberation – Always Be Prepared for Death

📅 June 7, 1974 📍 Geneva ⏱ 25 min
Remember Krishna always; when death comes, you will naturally attain liberation and return to Godhead.
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Bhagavad-gītā 8.1 — June 7, 1974, Geneva 740607BG-GENEVA [25:26 Minutes] Bg-08.01_740607BG-GENEVA Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] arjuna uvāca kiṁ tad-brahma kim adhyātmaṁ kiṁ karma puruṣottama adhibhūtaṁ ca kiṁ proktam adhidaivaṁ kim ucyate [Bg. 8.1] [break] [02:47] Translation: "Arjuna inquired: O my Lord, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What is the self? What are fruitive activities?

What is this material manifestation? And what are the demigods? Please explain this to me." [pause]

Prabhupāda: arjuna uvāca kiṁ tad-brahma kim adhyātmaṁ kiṁ karma puruṣottama adhibhūtaṁ ca kiṁ proktam adhidaivaṁ kim ucyate [Bg. 8.1] These are the subject matter of knowledge. Kiṁ brahma. Brahman means the biggest. Bṛhannatvāt bṛhatvāt.

Biggest, it is already biggest, but still increasing, that is called brahman. So this cosmic mani..., universe, it is already the biggest, but it is increasing. That is also scientific, modern science. It is...

The statement is already scientific. Modern science also, they say that the universe is increasing. So brahman means the biggest. So our Vaiṣṇava philosophy, biggest means Kṛṣṇa, because He is the richest, He is the strongest, He is the wisest, He is the most beautiful. In this way, He is the biggest.

We also calculate: If anyone is very rich, we consider he is the biggest man in the society. But nobody can hold all the riches of the world. Kṛṣṇa can hold. Kṛṣṇa has got all the riches of the world.

Sarva-loka-maheśvaram [Bg. 5.29]. Kṛṣṇa says, "I am the maheśvaram, the supreme owner of all the planets." So actually Kṛṣṇa is Para-brahman. He's not only Brahman, but Para-brahman. That is accepted.

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