Forgetfulness of Krishna causes all suffering; remembrance through devotional love grants eternal liberation.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Anantarām Śāstrījī: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 7.9.53 [chants verse; Prabhupāda and devotees respond] [break] mām aprīṇata āyuṣman darśanaṁ durlabhaṁ hi me dṛṣṭvā māṁ na punar jantur ātmānaṁ taptum arhati [SB 7.9.53] [05:18] Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Translation: "My dear Prahlāda, may you live a long time.
One cannot appreciate or understand Me without pleasing Me, but one who has seen Me or pleased Me has nothing for which to lament for his own personal self." Prabhupāda: [corrects:] "His own personal satisfaction." mām aprīṇata āyuṣman darśanaṁ durlabhaṁ hi me dṛṣṭvā māṁ na punar jantur ātmānaṁ taptum arhati [SB 7.9.53] There are two common questions. Everyone, so many people, come to us. Their first question is that "I am not getting peace in my mind. How can I get peace?" Yes, how can you get peace?
You have no connection with the Supreme Person. Kuto śānty ayuktasya, [Bg 2.66] in the Bhagavad-gītā it is... How you can get peace? It is impossible.
Many examples we have given many times. A child is crying. Everyone is trying to pacify the child—still crying. But as soon as the mother takes the child on the breast, immediately pacified.
This is the... You are searching after peace life after life, moment after mo..., hour after... You cannot have peace unless you come to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is not possible.
Therefore it is advised, tasyaiva hetoḥ prayateta kovido [SB 1.5.18]. For that purpose, how you can see God or you can please God, tasyaiva, hetoḥ, for that purpose only, prayateta, one should endeavor. No other endeavor. Human life is meant for...
That is Vedānta-sūtra. Athāto brahma-jijñāsā. Where is Brahman? Where is the Absolute Truth?