Perfect knowledge from Krishna is directly perceivable through devoted practice, accessible to all without complex philosophy.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 9.1–2 — June 30, 1974, Melbourne 740630BG-MELBOURNE [45:18 Minutes] Bg-09.01–02_740630BG-MELBOURNE Prabhupāda: Śrī-bhagavān uvāca.
Prabhupāda: idaṁ tu te guhyatamaṁ pravakṣyāmy anasūyave jñānaṁ vijñāna-sahitaṁ yaj jñātvā mokṣyase 'śubhāt [Bg. 9.1] I am speaking… [aside:] that child; disturbance …from Bhagavad-gītā, ninth chapter. Śrī-bhagavān uvāca. In every chapter you will find this word, śrī-bhagavān uvāca. Bhagavān means the… [children crying in background]
Prabhupāda: Bhagavān means the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Bhaga. Bhaga means “opulence,” and vān means “one who possesses.” So God means “who possesses all the opulences in fullness.” He is called Bhagavān. The definition of God is “He is the richest, He is the strongest, He is the most beautiful, He is the wisest, He is the most renounced.” In this way, you analyze.
There are many rich men, but nobody can say that “I am the richest of all.” That is not possible, because there is competition. If I am rich, you are richer than me, another richer than you, another richer than him. So nobody can say that “I am the richest of all.” That only God can say. So in this way, where you find the Supreme, Supreme Being… The word God is defined in dictionary as the Supreme Being.
What is that Supreme Being? The richest, the strongest, the most beautiful, the wisest, the most renounced—in this way. So that Bhagavān, that Supreme Personality of Godhead, is speaking. Therefore, this knowledge, Bhagavad-gītā …Bhagavad-gītā means the knowledge given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Not secondary knowledge; first-hand knowledge.
So we have to receive first-hand perfect knowledge; then our life will be successful. Not defective knowledge. Knowledge received from a living being, as we are, that is imperfect; always imperfect—because we are deficient. We are deficient.
Deficient means we commit mistake. Any big man you take, no big man can say that “I did not commit any mistake in my life.” That is not possible. He must commit. He is illusioned; he takes one thing for another.