Don't Look for Water in the Desert
Being in the holy land of Vrindavan magnifies greatly all of our devotional activities. This is why everyone should come to the most holy places of Sri Mayapur Dhama and Sri Vrindavan Dhama to engage in devotional service and reap the amazing benefit.
On 15 April 2019 in Sri Vrindavan Dhama, on the bank of the most sacred Yamuna River I gave a lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, 7th Canto, Chapter 13, Text 29. The text and Srila Prabhupada's most wonderful and enlightening purport is as follows:
jalaṁ tad-udbhavaiś channaṁ
hitvājño jala-kāmyayā
mṛgatṛṣṇām upādhāvet
tathānyatrārtha-dṛk svataḥ
SYNONYMS
jalam—water; tat-udbhavaiḥ—by grass grown from that water; channam—covered; hitvā—giving up; ajñaḥ—a foolish animal; jala-kāmyayā—desiring to drink water; mṛgatṛṣṇām—a mirage; upādhāvet—runs after; tathā—similarly; anyatra—somewhere else; artha-dṛk—self-interested; svataḥ—in himself.
TRANSLATION
Just as a deer, because of ignorance, cannot see the water within a well covered by grass, but runs after water elsewhere, the living entity covered by the material body does not see the happiness within himself, but runs after happiness in the material world.
PURPORT
This is an accurate example depicting how the living entity, because of lack of knowledge, runs after happiness outside his own self. When one understands his real identity as a spiritual being, he can understand the supreme spiritual being, Kṛṣṇa, and the real happiness exchanged between Kṛṣṇa and one's self. It is very interesting to note how this verse points to the body's growth from the spirit soul. The modern materialistic scientist thinks that life grows from matter, but actually the fact is that matter grows from life. The life, or the spiritual soul, is compared herein to water, from which clumps of matter grow in the form of grass. One who is ignorant of scientific knowledge of the spirit soul does not look inside the body to find happiness in the soul; instead, he goes outside to search for happiness, just as a deer without knowledge of the water beneath the grass goes out to the desert to find water. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to remove the ignorance of misled human beings who are trying to find water outside the jurisdiction of life. Raso vai saḥ. Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya [Bg. 7.8]. The taste of water is Kṛṣṇa. To quench one's thirst, one must taste water by association with Kṛṣṇa. This is the Vedic injunction.
And here is my lecture: Click Here for Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture
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Sankarshan Das Adhikari
On 15 April 2019 in Sri Vrindavan Dhama, on the bank of the most sacred Yamuna River I gave a lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, 7th Canto, Chapter 13, Text 29. The text and Srila Prabhupada's most wonderful and enlightening purport is as follows:
jalaṁ tad-udbhavaiś channaṁ
hitvājño jala-kāmyayā
mṛgatṛṣṇām upādhāvet
tathānyatrārtha-dṛk svataḥ
SYNONYMS
jalam—water; tat-udbhavaiḥ—by grass grown from that water; channam—covered; hitvā—giving up; ajñaḥ—a foolish animal; jala-kāmyayā—desiring to drink water; mṛgatṛṣṇām—a mirage; upādhāvet—runs after; tathā—similarly; anyatra—somewhere else; artha-dṛk—self-interested; svataḥ—in himself.
TRANSLATION
Just as a deer, because of ignorance, cannot see the water within a well covered by grass, but runs after water elsewhere, the living entity covered by the material body does not see the happiness within himself, but runs after happiness in the material world.
PURPORT
This is an accurate example depicting how the living entity, because of lack of knowledge, runs after happiness outside his own self. When one understands his real identity as a spiritual being, he can understand the supreme spiritual being, Kṛṣṇa, and the real happiness exchanged between Kṛṣṇa and one's self. It is very interesting to note how this verse points to the body's growth from the spirit soul. The modern materialistic scientist thinks that life grows from matter, but actually the fact is that matter grows from life. The life, or the spiritual soul, is compared herein to water, from which clumps of matter grow in the form of grass. One who is ignorant of scientific knowledge of the spirit soul does not look inside the body to find happiness in the soul; instead, he goes outside to search for happiness, just as a deer without knowledge of the water beneath the grass goes out to the desert to find water. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to remove the ignorance of misled human beings who are trying to find water outside the jurisdiction of life. Raso vai saḥ. Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya [Bg. 7.8]. The taste of water is Kṛṣṇa. To quench one's thirst, one must taste water by association with Kṛṣṇa. This is the Vedic injunction.
And here is my lecture: Click Here for Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture
Foolish Deer Looks For Water in the Desert
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Question: World Peace?
How do we achieve world peace?Anonymous
Answer: Recognize the Supreme Owner
When we all recognize that we are not the owners of anything, that the one who has created everything is the factual owner of everything, and that being the real owner of everything, everything is thus meant for his pleasure and satisfaction, and that this supreme owner and enjoyer is our most intimate well-wishing friend—it is then and then only that we will have world peace.Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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