True intelligence exists to know God; misused for mere animal gratification, it degrades humanity completely.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.37 — July 19, 1975, San Francisco 750719SB-SAN FRANCISCO [30:14 Minutes] SB-06.01.37_750719SB-SAN FRANCISCO Nitāi: "Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak: After the messengers of Yamarāja thus addressed the Viṣṇudūtas, those perfected beings who are personal associates of Vāsudeva smiled and, with voices resounding as the sound of the cloud, gravely spoke the following words." Prabhupāda: ity ukte yamadūtais te vāsudevokta-kāriṇaḥ tān pratyūcuḥ prahasyedaṁ megha-nirhrādayā girā [SB 6.1.37] So the Yamadūtas, they very politely submitted. They could understand immediately that these persons so nicely decorated, four hands, looking very youthful, all the good qualities... So with due submission, they said that "You look so nice, gentle. Why you are interfering with our duties?" Kim arthaṁ dharma-pālasya kiṅkarān no niṣedhatha [SB 6.1.36].
So they accepted the submission. Very humbly they submitted, with great respect. Therefore they were smiling. And the word is used here, tān pratyūcuḥ prahasya idam.
When there is argument, dealing, if the words are exchanged very politely, so things go on nicely. So prahasya. Prahasya, now they are challenging, the Viṣṇudūta, that "You are claiming to become the servants of Yamarāja, and he is Dharmarāja, he is authority, and how is that you do not know whom to arrest and whom not to arrest? This man is now free from all sinful reaction.
How is that you are claiming to be servant of Yamarāja, Dharmarāja, and do not know?" Therefore they were smiling. So their challenge was that "You are claiming to be servants of Yamarāja, but we are doubting whether you are bona fide servants of Yamarāja. Otherwise why you are committing this mistake?" So this indicates the servant should be as good as the master. That is servant. Because sometimes servants may be challenged.
So that is the qualification of Kṛṣṇa's servant. Kṛṣṇa's servant must be always equipped, because they have to meet so many opposing elements, Kṛṣṇa's the... Paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām [Bg. 4.8]. There are so many...
Practically the whole material world is full of duṣkṛtām. They want to create God. They don't want to become servant of God. That is their challenge.
Therefore, anyone who is claiming to become servant of God, Kṛṣṇa, he must be well equipped to meet the challenging spirit of others. Prahasya idaṁ megha-nirhrādayā girā. Very gravely enquired from them. What is that enquiry?