When humanity forgets Krishna owns everything, time steals prosperity; remembering this restores abundance and peace.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.16.24 — July 14, 1974, Los Angeles 740714SB-LOS ANGELES [24:47 Minutes] SB-01.16.24_740714SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: [leads singing of Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much. [04:57] Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] idaṁ hi mamācakṣva tavādhi-mūlaṁ vasundhare yena vikarśitāsi kālena vā te balināṁ balīyasā surārcitaṁ kiṁ hṛtam amba saubhagam [SB 1.16.24] [break] [leads synonyms] [break] [09:03] "Mother, are you the reservoir of all... Mother, you are the reservoir of all riches.
Please inform me of the root cause of your tribulations by which you have been reduced to such a weak state. I think that the powerful influence of time, which conquers the most powerful, might have forcibly taken away all your fortune, which was adored even by the demigods." Prabhupāda: idaṁ hi mamācakṣva tavādhi-mūlaṁ vasundhare yena vikarśitāsi kālena vā te balināṁ balīyasā surārcitaṁ kiṁ hṛtam amba saubhagam [SB 1.16.24] So kālena, kālena means "by the time." In the Bhagavad-gītā there is, sa kāleneha yogo naṣṭaḥ parantapa [Bg. 4.2]. So time is very powerful. Time is eternal, and it is very powerful.
So the inquiry is, "Vasundhare, the reservoir of all riches, whether you have been plundered or taken away of all your fortunes in due course of time?" Vasundhare, this planet... There are innumerable planets. This is one of them. And it is referred here that surārcitam.
Surārcitam. Sura means the demigods, and arcitam means worshiped. So the demigods, they live in higher planetary system. Their standard of life is far, far better, thousands and thousand times better.
Therefore when this planet is more opulent, even the demigods, they eulogize, surārcitaṁ, saubhagam. That kind of opulence is certainly very great fortune. So all these inquiries are being made because Kṛṣṇa left this planet. "When Kṛṣṇa was present, so the opulence of this planet was so great that even the demigods in higher planetary system, they were also envious.
So that is now... Because Kṛṣṇa is not there, so that opulence is now taken away. So whether you are so much sorry for this purpose?" So this planet or any planet, they are all full with opulence. Pūrṇam idaṁ pūrṇam adaḥ [Īśopaniṣad, Invocation].
By... Anything created by God is complete. Several times I have explained, just like in this planet we require water. Water is required for cleansing, for cultivating...