Only pure devotion to Krishna liberates; yoga powers and philosophical knowledge cannot compare to surrender's transforming grace.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.15 — June 28, 1975, Denver 750628SB-DENVER [31:01 Minutes] SB-06.01.15_750628SB-DENVER Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] Sixth Canto, First Chapter, verse number eight.
[leads chanting of verse, etc.] asmāt puraivāśv iha pāpa-niṣkṛtau yateta mṛtyor avipadyatātmanā doṣasya dṛṣṭvā guru-lāghavaṁ yathā bhiṣak cikitseta rujāṁ nidānavi [SB 6.1.8] Prabhupāda: We were reading yesterday this fifteenth verse. Harikeśa: I asked you if you wanted to go back to eight, and you said yes.
Prabhupāda: Who said? Harikeśa: I thought you did.
Prabhupāda: You thought. I didn't say. Nitāi: He told me that... Harikeśa: That's what I thought.
Prabhupāda: You told him, but I didn't say. Nitāi: [indistinct]
Prabhupāda: Yes. Nitāi: Tasmāt puraiva...
Prabhupāda: Hmm? Nitāi: You want me to [indistinct]?