19800429 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.28

The following is a class given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on April 29, 1980 in Los Angeles, California. The class begins with a reading from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto 7, Chapter 9, Text 28.

evaṁ janaṁ nipatitaṁ prabhavāhi-kūpe
kāmābhikāmam anu yaḥ prapatan prasaṅgāt
kṛtvātmasāt surarṣiṇā bhagavan gṛhītaḥ
so ’haṁ kathaṁ nu visṛje tava bhṛtya-sevām

This verse was written in Śrīla Prabhupāda’s prayer to Lord Kṛṣṇa as he was approaching the United States on the Jaladūta. And actually, Lord Narasiṁhadeva explains later that “Anyone who studies these prayers of Prahlāda Mahārāja, he is guaranteed to become a pure devotee.”

So, each of the prayers is filled with so many instructions. This is also one of the most important, that… Narasiṁhadeva of course is one of the avatāras or incarnations of Kṛṣṇa. There are not many Gods, there is one God, Kṛṣṇa. But He assumes different forms and different pastimes so that He can satisfy His devotees. So, on days like Narasiṁha-caturdaśī, it is not wrong to also remember other of the guṇa-avatāras, yuga-avatāras, līlā-avatāras: like Varāha, like Trivikrama, Vāmana, like Matysa, Kūrma and so on. However, for the preachers the form of Narasiṁhadeva, it is specially wonderful because the preacher is actually trying to follow in the footsteps of Prahlāda Mahārāja.

When we want to glorify the Lord, we can do that best by glorifying His favorite devotees. So today being Narasiṁha-caturdaśī, let us first meditate upon the wonderful qualities of Prahlāda Mahārāja as a suitable means of glorifying Lord Narasiṁhadeva. Of course, the situation in which Prahlāda Mahārāja received the mercy of Nārada Muni is known to all.

Actually Hiraṇyakaśipu, his demoniac father, had gone for austerity and at that time the demigods taking advantage, kidnapped his wife who was pregnant with the intention that as soon as the child was born, they would kill it. They would kill the demon.

Of course, here we see even though they intended to kill the child, they couldn’t dream of abortion. This is a side point. They were going to wait until the child was born. They knew that neither case the child was, you see, going to be killed. But the idea of killing within the womb of the mother, that didn’t even apparently appear to their minds. So… However, they were stopped by Nārada Muni who knew that in the womb there was not a demon but a great devotee, and he took the mother and began to give spiritual instruction.

Prahlāda Mahārāja in the womb was listening to every instruction given by Nārada Muni and understanding. So, when Prahlāda Mahārāja is born, he was already filled with knowledge of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So, because of having that Kṛṣṇa conscious devotional spirit right from the very birth, he was immediately at an ends with his father.

And every time his father would ask him questions of course, he would always reply simply pure devotional replies which infuriated his father, Hiraṇyakaśipu. So, he wanted to murder him. So, reminds us of… (darśana opens)

Jaya Śrī Śrī Rukmiṇī Dvārakādīśa!

…the determination that a devotee must have to preach, just like in Rāma-līlā.

In Rāma-līlā, when Sītā was being stolen by Rāvaṇa, then the bird devotee Jaṭāyu, he attacked Rāvaṇa to try to save Sītā. He was no match. He was already old. He was no match for Rāvaṇa. But he couldn’t stand idle seeing Sītā being taken away. So, even though he knew that definitely he would not be able to be an equal match for Rāvaṇa. Nevertheless, he attacked Rāvaṇa fearlessly, tearing his flesh, scratching with his claws and his beak to try to stop him from taking Sītā.

Of course, extremely embarrassed by this attack, Rāvaṇa was impeded from taking Sītā, fiercely took out his sword and he cut off the wings of Jaṭāyu. Of course, Jaṭāyu lived long enough for Rāmacandra to come and get the message of who had taken Sītā. Śrīla Prabhupāda instructs us that this mood of Jaṭāyu that irregardless of whether it appears that he will win or not win, the devotee simply carries out his duty even if it means costing his life.

We have seen the same determination here in Prahlāda Mahārāja. Actually, we are also seeing the same determination here in our midst. There have been some people who are saying that it is not possible to distribute any more books in America. Some such rumor has spread.

In fact, it reminds me how Śrīla Prabhupāda was told by his god brothers that “Lord Caitanya doesn’t mean that pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi-grāma sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma, doesn’t mean that every town and village. It must mean something else. Every town and village in West Bengal or something.” Whatever they… they couldn’t exactly understand how it was possible by their vision that Kṛṣṇa consciousness could spread to the West. So, they just didn’t want to accept, forbade them, Lord Caitanya’s statement.

Similarly, sometimes we hear rumors that such and such place is burned out. No more books can be given out, or you have to think of some alternative, comic books, something else. So, of course we see in Jaṭāyu that it appeared to be a hopeless cause. Similarly, it seems hopeless cause when Hanumān went to Laṅka, but he set the whole city on fire. Similarly, it seemed a hopeless cause when Śrīla Prabhupāda went to the West, but he has also set the whole West on fire, fire of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

So, also Śrīla Rāmeśvara Swami everybody is telling him “All the BBT is finished. No more books can be given out.” But he is also determined that “Śrīla Prabhupāda ordered to double book distribution, how could it have been given if it wasn’t possible? What to speak of, that books are no longer to be given out?” So, we are seeing that same determination in our midst to carry out Śrīla Prabhupāda’s order.

So Prahlāda Mahārāja, he was preaching under the most difficult conditions one could imagine. He was preaching and his father was ordering daily that he should be arrested. Not only arrested but he was hung over a sheer cliff. You can just put yourself in that position, held by the neck off of a practically bottomless pit.

(Shouting) “Give up Kṛṣṇa, or I’ll cast you down in this hole! What do you say? Speak up, boy!”

“Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare”

That was his reply.

“Hmph! Damn you! Disgrace to the demons!”

Kṛṣṇa catches him, and again Prahlāda is back. And “How did you get back? Throw him in boiling oil!” Throwing him… Holding him over the oil, you can smell the ghee, you see, the oil, mustard oil. Talk about being fried out! (laughter) This will be the fry of all fries!

“You give up Kṛṣṇa?”

“Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare”

Now talk about deprogramming. Better not reveal this part to Ted Patrick.

Devotees: Jaya!

Jayapataka Swami: You see… They may throw Prahlāda in the oil and he is swimming, you see. Indoor pool, hot springs. (laughter) So... Of course, when all else failed, then Hiraṇyakaśipu, he wanted to take the law in his own hand. And of course, we know that the Lord so kindly satisfied Prahlāda’s prediction that the Lord was everywhere, in everything including the pillar, and He came out and killed His devotee Vijaya who had taken the form of Hiraṇyakaśipu, to all of the joy of the demigods.

When He was fighting, then for a moment He allowed Hiraṇyakaśipu to escape. At that the demigods became very afraid that they might be seen by Hiraṇyakaśipu; and he might ultimately not be killed by Narasiṁhadeva, and then he will be very angry at them.

You see, this is the difference between a pure devotee and a sakāma devotee or a devotee… The demigods are also devotees, the devas, you see. There are two kinds of devotees: those who are pure devotees, niṣkāma and then there are the devas.

The deva group, they are devotees with material desire, you see. The devas, they look toward the face of Kṛṣṇa. And the devotees they look toward the pāda, at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, the pure devotees.

So, we can see that the devas, who are still maintaining some material desire, they are also afraid. Material desire means fear. So, although Narasiṁhadeva was just playing with Hiraṇyakaśipu, just like He plays with the demons. They... For temporary time they show some opulence, you see, they show some petrol dollars, or this dollars or that dollars for some time and then they get destroyed. Just to delude them into thinking that they are independent. Then ultimately Kṛṣṇa, He establishes His own devotees for the welfare of the world.

Devotees following in the footsteps of Prahlāda, they have no fear. They know that if they simply pursue the instructions of their spiritual master sincerely, that... everything will succeed. This is the paramparā system. Actually, if we meditate, you see, although Prahlāda was born as a... in the family of demon... of course, in those days demons were very cultured, very cultured people.

Today we are born in the Kali-yuga and innocent or demon or even devotee, everybody is practically uncultured. So, they are engaging in the grossest type of mleccha or unclean activities. But just like Prahlāda Mahārāja patiently tried to instruct his classmates, similarly the spiritual master, he comes, you see apparently as another human being like anyone else, like another classmate, another citizen.

But actually, because he is empowered with the message of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, he is not an ordinary person. He can change the lives and the destiny which is otherwise unchangeable by anyone. So, in such a way the spiritual master, he comes and he delivers the fallen souls from their conditioned life. Especially we have seen how Śrīla Prabhupāda came to the Western countries where people are engaged in activities of passion, ignorance. And by his intense influence, he was able to attract the minds of the souls completely engrossed in sense gratification to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Now when we talk about owing someone something, how can we value a place, a price on how much a devotee is in debt, how much we are in debt to our spiritual master for giving us this spiritual life. Prahlāda Mahārāja he saw Narasiṁhadeva face to face. What does he say here to Lord Narasiṁhadeva when he is offered everything? He says that “I am only able to see You now because of the mercy of my spiritual master. Where was I without his mercy? So, I simply request that I continue to be the servant of Your servant.”

Sometimes a devotee has a tendency to be contaminated by materialistic vision. And that manifests by the grasshopper propensity of jumping over, trying to jump over the spiritual master. Here we see that Prahlāda is seeing Kṛṣṇa or Narasiṁhadeva face to face. He could be thinking, “Well, thank you Gurudeva, now I have made it. I don’t need you anymore.” which should be some kind of materialistic understanding.

That is not his mood. Even he sees Kṛṣṇa, he is not at all proud. He knows why he is seeing Kṛṣṇa, why he is seeing Narasiṁhadeva: “Due to my guru’s mercy.”

In India they like to ask the question that “If you simultaneously say that you walk in a room and there you see your spiritual master and Kṛṣṇa, to whom will you offer your obeisances first?” What do you think? The spiritual master?!

If you are able to see Kṛṣṇa, that is due to the mercy of your spiritual master. Therefore, he always gets the respect first. By his instruction, by his mercy, then we can serve. So, sometimes we see that in spite of Śrīla Prabhupāda coming and delivering some fallen souls from the pits of ignorance that neglecting all kind of common sense, intelligence and good instruction, they become very eager to know more, or what they think is more, than their spiritual master.

Of course, no one can know more than the spiritual master. But somehow, some kind of a hidden desire, some kind of a doubt thinking that “I know more.” or “There may be something else which is not being given” drives people on.

So Kṛṣṇa is known as the satisfier of all desires. And so for the cheaters there is also someone to cheat them. So sometimes we see that... This is especially dangerous for those who are engaged in the scholarly work in the Sanskrit department, Bengali department. Due to lack of realization, due to lack of preaching and purification, they read something and… prior... due to lack of reading Prabhupāda’s books very thoroughly, they see something which they think “Oh how this... this is something new. Now I know more than everybody else.” And suddenly they are thinking “I know more than my spiritual master.” And then you hear about you know, even their names are after the names of the son of Śacī or this one or that one, names of Kṛṣṇa. They neglect the spiritual master and take a position that they know more. So, we can understand that it is just like back to a mouse.

They obviously didn’t understand the simple instruction of Prahlāda Mahārāja. Even he sees Kṛṣṇa face to face, he is not thinking “How great I am!” He is thinking that “This is the mercy of my guru.” We become a little expert in our service, immediately we think that “How wonderful I am.” We forget that how wonderful my spiritual master’s mercy is, it can make such a useless person as myself do something which appears to be even slightly useful in service.

So Prahlāda Mahārāja is showing us very practically that we have an unlimited debt to pay. Those who are so unfortunate as to fall away into sense gratification, whatever they have done in their service that will never go in vain. They will get another chance.

But as Lord Caitanya said if someone becomes envious of the spiritual master, who has selflessly taken extreme risks to simply deliver him from the worst condition of material birth and death, ignorance, if he becomes blasphemous and envious of that person, then Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu out of His causeless mercy says even then He gives him a chance. He will get a chance to have a spiritual master again after one koṭi-kalpa, 10 million days of Brahmā, he can get a guru again. He gets the chance. So, one should not bite the spiritual hand that has fed the nectar of Kṛṣṇa. If due to your extreme misfortune you cannot stomach it, the nectar, still you should not despise the person who is out of causeless mercy feeding it.

So Prahlāda Mahārāja, he has shown that whether in an extreme danger and misfortune or whether in the extreme success, he was not intoxicated by fear or by success. No one can be in a more miserable position than he was in, you see, externally. Of course, because of his devotional mood we see that there’s no change, so where is the question of miserable or happy? But from the objective viewpoint, being thrown in boiling oil, being tortured by his father, what worse condition was there?

But he was never intoxicated by fear, even he sees God face to face he wasn’t intoxicated by success. He didn’t once forget the words of his spiritual master. And what was his concern? Of course, he is the… he is also in our sampradāya. He is a disciple of Nārada Muni.

Nārada Muni is our spiritual master. He is a preacher. His intention is to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He didn’t like the sādhus who were interested simply in their own liberation.

As he says here in śloka 44 of Chapter 9, ”My dear Lord Narasiṁhadeva, I see that there are many saintly persons indeed, but they are interested only in their own deliverance. Not caring for the big cities and towns, they go to the Himalayas or the forest to meditate with vows of silence [mauna-vrata]. They are not interested in delivering others. As for me, however, I do not wish to be liberated alone, leaving aside all these poor fools and rascals. I know that without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, without taking shelter of Your lotus feet, one cannot be happy. Therefore, I wish to bring them back to shelter at Your lotus feet.”

Prabhupāda explains that “This is the decision of the Vaiṣṇava, the pure devotee of the Lord. For himself he has no problems, even if he has to stay in this material world, because his only business is to remain in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The Kṛṣṇa conscious person can even go to hell and still be happy. The pure devotee is never unhappy in any condition of life.”

So, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement has started in the interest of teaching the people Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Prabhupāda says, “We do not teach one to meditate in a secluded place just so that one may show that he has become very much advanced and may be proud of his so called transcendental meditation, although he engages in all sorts of foolish, materialistic activities. A Vaiṣṇava like Prahlāda Mahārāja is not interested in such a bluff of spiritual advancement. Rather he is interested in enlightening people in Kṛṣṇa consciousness because that is the only way for them to become happy. The members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement are not at all interested in so called meditation when one will only make a show of meditation. Rather every member of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is interested in going door to door to try to convince people about the teachings of Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, the Teachings of Lord Caitanya. That is the purpose of the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. The members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement must be fully convinced that without Kṛṣṇa, one cannot be happy. Thus, the Kṛṣṇa conscious people avoid all kinds of pseudo-spiritualists, transcendentalists, meditators, monists, philosophers and philanthropists.” So, this is the mood of the goṣṭhiyānandī - the devotee who takes pleasure in seeing the society of devotees increase.

Of course, some people say that, “Well you have to first of all be advanced then you can do that. So, let me chant until I become Kṛṣṇa conscious, then I will go out and preach.” Where they find that in the scriptures? That no one knows. But it is an excuse for not preaching. But here we see that of course advancement means you simply try to follow your spiritual master, he does the rest.

We see within that statement some idea that “By my personal attempt I am going to become advanced. I am going step outside, sit in a secluded place, chant. When I get strong, then I will follow my spiritual master’s orders.” Of course, this is foolishness.

And Prahlāda also says the same thing in verse 45…6: “O Supreme Personality of Godhead, there are ten prescribed methods on the path to liberation — to remain silent, not to speak to anyone, to observe vows, to amass all kinds of Vedic knowledge, to undergo austerities, to study the Vedas and other Vedic literatures, to execute the duties of varṇāśrama-dharma, to explain the śāstras, to stay in a solitary place, to chant mantras silent-japa, and to be absorbed in trance - samādhi. These different methods for liberation are generally only a professional practice and means of livelihood for those who have not conquered their senses. Because such persons are falsely proud, these procedures may not be successful.”

So, I remember that Śrīla Prabhupāda, he once told us that, “I am not planning to become Kṛṣṇa conscious or expect to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, by the expertise of my devotional service, by my skill in Sanskrit pronunciation, by my rising in the morning, by…” he… I forget the exact examples he gave, but he said, “by following regulative principles, by my service.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda said that “I am simply dependent on the mercy of my spiritual master, what can I do? But simply I am trying to carry out his orders. By his mercy I will succeed or not. I am simply depending on his mercy.”

Of course, the devotees of Narasiṁhadeva, at first, they were very afraid, no one could speak to Narasiṁhadeva except for Prahlāda Mahārāja. But after Prahlāda had appeased Narasiṁhadeva, then Narasiṁhadeva He blessed Prahlāda and He left. He left that place and He went to the holy dhāma of Śrī Māyāpur.

In Śrī Māyāpur, Madhyadvīpa, there is a place called Devapallī, Suvarṇa Vihāra and Narasiṁhapalli. Narasiṁhadeva seeing His eternal dhāma, tired from all the strenuous fighting with... Of course, His tiredness is His causeless mercy. The actual reason was, He knew that His devotees wanted to serve Him. They had no opportunity. He came. He was so fierce that no one could approach Him. Even Lakṣmī was afraid. She had to stay in hiding. She never saw Him so angry in Her life. He was practically on fire.

So now He has been cooled down, so He took rest at the hill Narasiṁhapallī, bathed in the river Suvarṇa Vihāra. And all the demigods, they took the form of villagers, and they began offering Him nice foodstuffs and serving Him. And He stayed and accept the service of His devotees.

Still today on our parikramā, sometimes we go to the holy dhāma of Narasiṁhapallī for Lord Narasiṁha accepted the intimate service from His devotees.

The devotee, he gets the opportunity to worship Kṛṣṇa face to face, to offer prasāda directly, by the mercy of his spiritual master. He doesn’t try to jump ahead on his own to serve the Lord, directly. He simply tries to serve the spiritual master and by that in due course, by the mercy of the spiritual master he will be elevated to that position. Just as the devotees of Narasiṁhadeva, they were elevated to that position - they could serve Him directly in His dhāma.

We shouldn’t get impatient. I been chanting, although you have been in millions and unlimited number of births sitting “I have already been chanting for eight years, and I haven’t yet seen Kṛṣṇa face to face. I have to do something special that Prabhupāda hasn’t said, that I spiritual master hasn’t told it.” Don’t be tricked. They are like prostitutes. Some people, they try to say, “Come on, I have something to tell you that your guru doesn’t know.” (In Shouting Voice) “I spit on your face! My guru knows everything!”

If anyone ever says that, you know, he is the worst, envious snake. We never hear from someone who says is in… his opening statement, “I have something to tell you, your guru doesn’t know.” But in this material world such envious snakes exist and we just allow them to be destroyed by Kṛṣṇa’s cakra because we don’t want to indulge. So, we don’t even look at their unfortunate, blasphemous faces.

It is so unfortunate if someone gives up his guru. We don’t want to associate with such an unfortunate person. We are simply following in the footsteps of the great souls - mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ [Mahābhārata Vana-parva 313.117]. Their example is one. Mahājana is singular because they are all following the same principle.

So long as the spiritual master is guiding one in his service to Kṛṣṇa, it can never be neglected. Prahlāda Mahārāja was a preacher. He dedicated his life to simply giving everyone the chance to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. He didn’t want to go back alone.

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, He came down and He preached for 24 years. Of course, from 14 to 24 in Navadvīpa, He constantly preached. From His… As soon as He was born, He got the people to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, otherwise He wouldn’t stop chanting…the crying. Then He went and He preached 8 years all around South India. Nor… even He went as far as Maharashtra. He went to Vṛndāvana.

He sent Lord Nityānanda back to Bengal, “You preach. You give My order to everyone from house to house.” Every year devotees came down to Jagannātha Purī and He had a huge Ratha-yātrā festival preaching. He sent Rūpa and Sanātana to excavate the holy places in Vṛndāvana and write literature for preaching. Lord Nityānanda, Balarāma, personally His whole life simply preached - begging every person to accept the order of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

If anybody gets any idea that Lord Caitanya’s movement has any other purpose than preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they are simply mad men. [Break] for developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness by satisfying Lord Caitanya’s mission.

Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura mentions 13 kinds of bogus sampradāyas. And most of them say that “Lord Caitanya didn’t want us to preach”, for one reason or another. So we have to be very clear, “What is the position of our movement?” Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, he said, “(duṣṭa) mana! tumi kisera vaiṣṇava? nirjana bhajana naya.” You want to go in a solitary place mind and then you want to be worshipped by people that “Oh, he is solitarily worshipping, he is a great person.”

Prabhupāda in his Bengali prayers to his spiritual master and Kṛṣṇa, he describes that “We will taste the nectar of the residents of Vṛndāvana in saṅkīrtana-rasa, in the midst of so many devotees chanting kīrtana, engaging in saṅkīrtana, then we will taste what is the nectar of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. What is the mood of the residents of Vṛndāvana, the Vraja-vāsīs.” Not by solitary attempt.

What does Narasiṁhadeva Himself say of Prahlāda?

bhavanti puruṣā loke
mad-bhaktās tvām anuvratāḥ
bhavān me khalu bhaktānāṁ
sarveṣāṁ pratirūpa-dhṛk
[SB 7.10.21]

Those who follow your example will naturally become My pure devotee. You are the best example of My devotee, and others should follow in your footsteps.

In this connection, Prabhupāda also says, Madhvācārya quotes from Skanda Purāṇa:

ṛte tu tāttvikān devān
nāradādīṁs tathaiva ca
prahrādād uttamaḥ ko nu
viṣṇu-bhaktau jagat-traye

Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, he accepted the sannyāsa order of life. He was criticized by bābājīs, “Why you are becoming a sannyāsī varṇāśrama-dharma? Why you are not staying in liberated status like us?”

And Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Prabhupāda, he said that “I am not so great. I am simply trying to carry out the service to guru and Gaurāṅga. Lord Caitanya, He was sitting in Guṇḍicā-mandira hearing Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara speak from the tenth canto and about Kṛṣṇa’s rasa-līla. He is Kṛṣṇa Himself in the mood of Rādhārāṇī, that is His position to enjoy. I am not Kṛṣṇa. I am not Lord Caitanya. I am the servant of His servant of his servant of his servant’s servant. And He has ordered that yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa. So, I am simply accepting the humble service of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. I am not so great that I can imitate Him. But by His mercy if I am able to understand Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that will be my fortune. I cannot imitate.”

So, the devotees take the mood of the servant of the servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the prayer that Śrīla Prabhupāda has given when he came to this Western world. That is the instruction repeatedly given. That is our secret of success. That we should serve the spiritual master first. Narasiṁhadeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He came because Prahlāda Mahārāja was His humble, non-envious, surrendered devotee.

This morning we heard how we should pray that Narasiṁhadeva sit in our heart. We should pray that He reside there; and by His transcendental virājamān presence all the evil, all the dirty, all the materialistic desires, thoughts and contaminations will be immediately eradicated.

This is a sincere and just prayer by the devotee to the Lord to “Kindly in spite of my unqualified nature, if You will have mercy and be present in my heart so that I can simply serve You without any impediments.” This is only possible by the mercy of the spiritual master that the Lord will reside in one’s heart.

So, we should not attempt to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead by concoction. This is what Śrīla Prabhupāda, “One must first be prepared to serve the spiritual master and when one is qualified, he is automatically offered the platform of direct service to the Lord.”

Nārada Muni was struck by lightning and immediately he received his svarūpa-deha. He received his spiritual form. When the time is right, Kṛṣṇa reveals everything.

vāsudeve bhagavati
bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ
janayaty āśu vairāgyaṁ
jñānaṁ yad brahma-darśanam
(SB 3.32.23)

Causelessly it comes on its own accord by the mercy of guru and Kṛṣṇa. So, we take this opportunity to pray to our spiritual master that by his presence in our heart, that the Supreme Lord Narasiṁhadeva, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Nityānanda can be present within our heart. With Them in our heart, then where is there any scope for contamination?

Thank you very much.