Bhagavad-gita 16.5

Krsna Is Universal Father Not Hindu God – Mukti Means Giving Up False Bodily Identification

📅 January 31, 1975 📍 Honolulu ⏱ 30 min
Liberation means transcending bodily identification and recognizing all souls as Krishna's universal children.
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Bhagavad-gītā 16.5 — January 31, 1975, Honolulu 750131BG-HONOLULU [30:02 Minutes] BG-16.05_750131BG-HONOLULU Nitāi: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [devotees repeat] daivī sampad vimokṣāya nibandhāyāsurī matā mā śucaḥ sampadaṁ daivīm abhijāto 'si pāṇḍava [Bg. 16.5] [break] [02:02] "The transcendental qualities are conducive to liberation, whereas the demoniac qualities make for bondage. Do not worry, O son of Pāṇḍu, for you are born with divine qualities." Prabhupāda: daivī sampad vimokṣāya nibandhāyāsurī matā mā śucaḥ sampadaṁ daivīm abhijāto 'si pāṇḍava [Bg. 16.5] This is very important verse. Daivi sampad, the qualities, divine qualities, that is described, abhayam sattva samsuddhi. That is elaborately stated in the first verse [indistinct]. abhayaṁ sattva-saṁśuddhir jñāna-yoga-vyavasthitiḥ dānaṁ damaś ca yajñaś ca svādhyāyas tapa ārjavam ahiṁsā satyam akrodhas satyam akrodha... tyāgaḥ śāntir apaiśunam dayā bhūteṣv aloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīr acāpalam tejaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ śaucam adroho nātimānitā bhavanti sampadaṁ daivīm...

[Bg. 16.1-3] These are the daivī sampad. So last night we have discussed that daivī sampad is described. There is nothing secret. Everything is open.

So if you develop these qualities, abhayaṁ sattva-saṁśuddhiḥ, etc., then you become qualified with divine possession, sampatti. Sampatti means what you possess, under your control. So sampatti, two kinds of sampatti: divine sampatti and demonic sampatti. Demonic sampatti also described, dambho darpo 'bhimānaś ca krodhaḥ pāruṣyam eva ca ajñānaṁ cābhijātasya pārtha sampadam āsurīm [Bg. 16.4] Now asura, the adjective is āsurīm.

So āsurīm and daivīm, two sampattis are there. They are open before you. Now you take up whatever you like. It is up to you.

It is not forbidden that daivī sampatti is meant for a class of men and āsurī sampatti is meant for another class of men. No. Kṛṣṇa is open to everyone. Kṛṣṇa is not monopolized by a certain class of men.

Don't think like that, that "Kṛṣṇa is Indian," "Kṛṣṇa is Hindu," or like that, or "kṣatriya." "Therefore He is meant for others." No. Because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is everyone's property. He is not... Don't think in that way, just like it is stated in the English dictionary: "Kṛṣṇa, one of the Hindu gods." But Kṛṣṇa does not say that "I am the Hindu god." They have made in the dictionary, "Kṛṣṇa, one of the Hindu gods." They have no knowledge about Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says, sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya [Bg. 14.4]: "In all species of life." There are 8,400[,000] species of life.

Jalajā nava-lakṣāṇi sthāvarā lakṣa-viṁśati [Padma Purāṇa]. Nine lakh species in the water; and trees and plants, there are two million species. Similarly, insects, sthāvarā lakṣa-viṁśati. Jalajā nava-lakṣāṇi sthāvarā lakṣa-viṁśati, kṛmayo rudra-saṅkhyayaḥ.

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