Only the wise seek Krishna; the foolish chase fleeting pleasures while remaining blind to their eternal spiritual nature.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Anantarām Śāstrījī & Yaśodānandana: Hari oṁ. Śaṁ no mitraḥ śaṁ varuṇaḥ. śaṁ no bhavatv- aryamā. śaṁno indro bṛhaspatiḥ. śaṁ no viṣṇur urukramaḥ. namo brahmaṇe. namaste vāyo. tvameva pratyakṣaṁ brahmāsi. tvameva pratyakṣaṁ brahma vadiṣyāmi. ṛtaṁ vadiṣyāmi. satyaṁ vadiṣyāmi. tanmām avatu. tad vaktāram avatu. avatumām. avatu vaktāram. Om śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ. [Taittirīya Upaniṣad] [Oṁ, May Mitra be propitious with us, may Varuṇa be propitious with us, may the honourable Aryamā be propitious with us, may Indra and Bṛhaspati be propitious with us, may Viṣṇu with long strides be propitious with us, salutations to Brahman, salutations to Vāyu [the breath of Puruṣa], You indeed are the visible Brahman, I proclaim, You indeed are the visible Brahman, I speak about the divine truth, I speak about the absolute truth, May that protect me, May that protect the preceptor, protect me, protect the preceptor. Oṁ peace, peace, peace.] Aiṁ. kṛṣṇaika-ceta mada-moha-vināśa-kārin mad-dṛṣṭi-gocara prabho prabhupāda-svāmin doṣā vivṛddhi-pariduṣita-manda-buddheḥ sañcintayāmi caraṇau tava bhakti-hetoḥ vṛndāvane ramaṇa-reti-prasiddha-bhūmau tatrāpi krṣṇa-balarāma-supāda-mūle jṭānaṁ paraṁ parama-puruṣa bhakti y uktaṁ dātre sadaiva prabhupāda namo namas te O lord, O Prabhupāda, may you always be the object of my vision.
Only the name of Kṛṣṇa can destroy my pride and illusion. Although my mind and intelligence are contaminated by ever increasing faults and wicked inclinations, I meditate upon your lotus feet in causeless devotion. In the most holy land of Vṛndāvana, Ramaṇa Reti is a famous spot, there at the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma, you are preaching the topmost knowledge of devotional service unto the Supreme Personality, Lord Kṛṣṇa. O Prabhupāda, kindly bestow upon me that treasury always. I repeatedly offer my obeisances unto you. [Prayers to Śrīla Prabhupāda composed by Śrī Anantarāma Śāstrī.] Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.
Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.54 [chants verse; Prabhupāda and devotees respond] [break] prīṇanti hy atha māṁ dhīrāḥ sarva-bhāvena sādhavaḥ śreyas-kāmā mahā-bhāga sarvāsām āśiṣāṁ patim [SB 7.9.54] Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: [chants synonyms; devotees respond] Translation: [05:14] "My dear Prahlāda, you are very fortunate. You may know from Me that those who are highly elevated, wise persons try to please Me in all different modes of mellows because I am the only person to fulfill the desires of everyone." Prabhupāda: prīṇanti hy atha māṁ dhīrāḥ sarva-bhāvena sādhavaḥ śreyas-kāmā mahā-bhāga sarvāsām āśiṣāṁ patim [SB 7.9.54] So each word in this verse is very important. Prīṇanti hy atha māṁ dhīrāḥ.
Dhira means very intelligent, not crazy; just the opposite of crazy. Dhīra. So Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā who is dhīra. There are many places.
Dhīras tatra na muhyati. dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati [Bg 2.13] The simple thing, that "I am not this body. I am living within this body, and because I am living within this body, the bodily changes are taking place." This simple thing. A dead child never grows, but a living child grows or changes body. So where is the difficulty to understand that there is something in the body, therefore the body is changing?
Dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā [Bg 2.13]. A child is becoming a baby, baby is becoming a boy, a boy is becoming a young man, young man is becoming a middle-aged, a middle-aged man is becoming old man. So the old man, now, after giving up when it is useless, this body, no more workable, then he must get another body, as we have experienced after one stage of life another stage, another body. Where is the difficulty?
Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, dhīras tatra na muhyati. Those who are intelligent, they are not, I mean to say, bewildered. They accept, "Yes, there is." Only the rascals, they cannot understand, the rascals. The opposite number of dhīra, the crazy rascals, they cannot understand.