Work Done for Krishna's Satisfaction Is Bhakti-Yoga – We Know Exactly Who God Is So We Can Satisfy Him

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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.35 — August 16, 1974, Vṛndāvana 740816SB-VRNDAVAN [36:18 Minutes] SB-01.05.35_740816SB-VRNDAVAN Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] yad atra kriyate karma bhagavat-paritoṣaṇam jñānaṁ yat tad adhīnaṁ hi bhakti-yoga-samanvitam [SB 1.5.35] [break] [02:43] Translation: "Whatever work is done here in this life for the satisfaction for the mission of the Lord is called bhakti-yoga, or transcendental loving service of the Lord. And what is called knowledge becomes a concomitant factor." [break]

Prabhupāda: yad atra kriyate karma bhagavat-paritoṣaṇam jñānaṁ yat tad adhīnaṁ hi bhakti-yoga-samanvitam [SB 1.5.35] A similar passage is there, saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam. Ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ. ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam [SB 1.2.13] Similar. Bhagavat-paritoṣaṇam. Bhagavat-paritoṣaṇam or hari-toṣaṇam, the same thing.

So first of all we must know what is bhagavat, or Hari; then we may try to satisfy Him. Unfortunately, we do not know what is God. Where is the question of satisfying Him? This is the...

At the present moment, vague idea, what is God; practically no idea. What is their God? "God is good." They... Sometimes they say, "God is great," but what is that God, how great He is, how He is good, nobody knows.

So where is the question of hari-toṣaṇam? If I do not know... Somebody says that "You go and satisfy Mr. Such-and-such, Mr.

John." So I do not know who is Mr. John, where does he live, what does he do, then how can I satisfy him? This is the position. So hari-toṣaṇam or bhagavat-paritoṣaṇam can be possible when we actually know what is God. Otherwise there is no question.

So, so far we are concerned, Kṛṣṇa conscious devotees, we know who is God. Therefore this business is possible by us, not by others. We know what is God. We have no vague idea.

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