Kirtan & Lecture in [Hindi-final proofreading pending]

Prabhupāda: Chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, the holy name with me will give you peace.

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare

[Śrīla Prabhupāda asks everyone to clap their hands.]

[05:06]

I shall speak in Hindi. You translate…

*Indian man: [Transl. You speak in Hindi.]

Prabhupāda: I thank you all because you chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahāmantra along with me. This Hare, the Lord’s potency, just like Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, Sītā-Rāma, Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa. The Lord’s potencies. It is there in the Vedas,

na tasya kāryaṁ karaṇaṁ ca vidyate
na tat-samaś cābhyadhikaś ca dṛśyate
parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate
svā-bhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca
[Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.8]

[The Supreme Lord has nothing to do. Nothing is equal to Him or greater than Him. He acts in different phases by manifesting His parts and parcels, which are all simultaneously differently situated by His unlimited, variegated potencies. Each potency acts quite naturally in sequences, providing Him full knowledge, power and pastimes.]

The Lord does not need to engage in any work. Just like we see that a rich man or a big man or a minister, they do not do any work themselves. But they have many servants and helpers. Similarly the Lord does not have to do any work with His own hands.

na tasya kāryaṁ karaṇaṁ ca vidyate

And na tat-samaś, equal to the Lord, “I am as good as the Lord”—this is demoniac mentality. There is no one equal to the Lord and there is no one above Him also. na tat-samaś adhikaś. Everyone is below the Lord. So this Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, this is a prayer to the Lord, “Oh Harā! The potency of the Lord, You and Oh Kṛṣṇa, Oh, my Lord! Both of you together, please engage me in Your devotional service.” Because the living entity’s constitutional position is to serve the Lord. Caitanya Mahāprabhu said: jīvera ’svarūpa haya-nitya kṛṣṇa-dāsa [Cc Madhya 20.108] Every living entity is by constitutional position an eternal servant of the Supreme Lord. But having forgotten his constitutional position, he wants to lord it over in the material world. That is why he is suffering. parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate [Cc Madhya 13.65, purport].*

So we, in this material world, are called conditioned souls. We have forgotten our eternal servitorship to the Lord. Our time is being lost in the service of māyā, the illusory energy. So by chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa, we can get rid of this illusory energy.

ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam.
[Śrī Śikṣāṣṭaka 1]

I think we shall continue Hare Kṛṣṇa, otherwise they will go away. Therefore I began Hare Kṛṣṇa. Let them sit down and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and get them to join in. Take this. [end]