# November 28 *Lectures from this day: 6 recordings* --- **[[spoken/661128bg.ny|Bg 9.13 — November 28, 1966, New York]]** **Kīrtanānanda:** [taps microphone] You'll have to play very quietly while Swami chants from the beginning and [indistinct]. **Prabhupāda:** [*prema-dhvani*] All glories to the assembled devotees. All glories to the assembled devotees. All glories to the assembled devotees. Thank you very much. **Prabhupāda:** > satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ > yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ > namasyantaś ca māṁ bhaktyā > nitya-yuktā upāsate > [[bg/9/14|[Bg. 9.14] ]] --- **[[spoken/661128cc.ny|Cc. Madhya 20.137 — November 28, 1966, New York]]** **Prabhupāda:** > ...-svarūpa-mādhuryaiś- > varya-bhakti-rasāśrayam > tattvaṁ sanātanāyeśaḥ > kṛpayopadideśa saḥ > [[cc/madhya/20/97|[Cc. Madhya 20.97] ]] *Kṛṣṇa-svarūpa.* Now, Sanātana Gosvāmī is taking instruction and lessons from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. And what is the subject matter of instruction? That is described herein by the author of this *Caitanya-caritāmṛta.* The subject matter is *kṛṣṇa-svarūpa,* what is the actual position of Kṛṣṇa, *kṛṣṇa-svarūpa-mādhuryaiś,* and what is the special attractiveness of Kṛṣṇa, *mādhurya, kṛṣṇa-svarūpa-mādhurya aiśvarya,* and what are the opulences of Kṛṣṇa. *Bhakti-rasāśrayam.* And all these—what is Kṛṣṇa, what is His special qualification for attraction, and what is His opulence—these three things can be understood through devotional service, by no other means. Just like I have several times cited the example that if you want to be in confidence of a great personality, then you must satisfy him by your service. You cannot understand a big man by your speculation. Even in this material world, if you want to know a big man, what he is, then you must satisfy him by your service attitude, by friendship, by love, and he will disclose to you what he is. So the same process is *bhakti-rasāśrayam.* If you want to know what is Kṛṣṇa, what is His opulence, what is special feature for attraction, then you should try to understand through this devotional service of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. --- **[[spoken/721128bg.hyd|Bg 2.24 — November 28, 1972, Hyderabad]]** **Prabhupāda:** > acchedyo 'yam adāhyo 'yam > akledyo 'śoṣya eva ca > nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur > acalo 'yaṁ sanātanaḥ > [[bg/2/24|[Bg. 2.24] ]] Here is the import of *sanātana*. *Nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur acalo 'yaṁ sanātanaḥ*. *Sanātana...* Here is mention of *sanātana*. In another place, in the Seventh Chapter, er, Fifteenth Chapter, there is the mention of *sanātana:* *mamaivāṁśo jīva-bhūtaḥ jīva-loke sanātanaḥ* [[bg/15/7|[Bg. 15.7] ]]. Another place there is mention of *sanātana:* *paras tasmāt tu bhāvaḥ anyaḥ avyaktaḥ avyaktāt sanātanaḥ* [[bg/8/20|[Bg. 8.20] ]]. In another place there is mention, in the Eleventh Chapter, Kṛṣṇa is addressed as *sanātana*. So Kṛṣṇa is *sanātana,* and we living entities, we are also *sanātana.* And there is a place, *paras tasmāt tu...* "Place" means another nature, not this nature, not this *prakṛti.* There is another *prakṛti. Para tasmāt. Para* means transcendental. This nature is not *sanātana;* it is *asanātana,* perishable. *Sanātana* means not perishable. --- **[[spoken/741128sb.bom|SB 3.25.28 — November 28, 1974, Bombay]]** **Nit**ā**i: *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.* [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] "On hearing the statement of the Lord, Devahūti inquired: What kind of devotional service is worth developing and practicing to help me easily and immediately attain to the service of Your lotus feet?" --- **[[spoken/751128sb.del|SB 5.5.1 — November 28, 1975, Delhi]]** This is Fifth Chapter of the Fifth Canto of *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.* [drinks water] *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* is the last contribution of Vyāsadeva. *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalaṁ idam* [[sb/1/1/3|[SB. 1.1.3] ]]. In the beginning, introduction of *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* Vyāsadeva giving the information that this *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* is the *nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalaṁ idam. Nigama* means *Vedas.* So he compared the *Vedas* as a tree where you can get many fruits. So this *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* is described as *nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalaṁ idam. Kalpa-taru* means desire tree. Desire tree, you can get any kind of fruit from that tree. In the material world there are many different types of trees, fruits and flowers, but you can get one type of fruit or one type of flower from a particular type of tree. But there is another tree; that is in the spiritual world. That is called desire tree. Whatever you want from that tree you can get. *Kalpa-taru.* The spiritual world, description of the spiritual world is there in the *Brahma-saṁhitā. Cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa* [Bs. 5.29]. There the trees are *kalpa-vṛkṣa,* or *nigama-kalpa-taru. Kalpa-taru* or *kalpa-vṛkṣa,* the same thing. So *Vedas* means knowledge. So from the *Vedas* you can get all kinds of knowledge, both material and spiritual. Therefore it is called *Veda,* knowledge. So in that tree of knowledge the ripened fruit is *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* is written by Vyāsadeva after writing four *Vedas* and the eighteen *Purāṇas,* the 108 *Upaniṣads,* then *Vedānta-sūtra* and *Mahābhārata,* in which *Bhagavad-gītā* is set up. So after compiling all these Vedic literatures Vyāsadeva was not satisfied. Then his spiritual master advised him to describe the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Bhagavata. Bhagavān.* --- **[[spoken/761128sb.vrn|SB 5.6.6 — November 28, 1976, Vṛndāvana]]** **Pradyumna:** *Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. *[devotees repeat] [leads chanting, etc.] **Translation:** "Lord Ṛṣabhadeva was the head of all kings and emperors within this universe, but assuming the dress and language of an *avadhūta,* He acted as if dull and materially bound. Consequently, no one could observe His divine opulence. He adopted this behavior just to teach *yogīs* how to give up the body. Nonetheless, He maintained His original position as a plenary expansion of Lord Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa. Remaining always in that state, He gave up His pastimes as Lord Ṛṣabhadeva within the material world. If, following in the footsteps of Lord Ṛṣabhadeva, one can give up his subtle body, there is no chance that one will accept a material body again." --- ## Letters - [[../../letters/1967/671128_nandarani.md|Letter to Nandarani, 1967]] - [[../../letters/1968/681128_hansadutta.md|Letter to Hansadutta, 1968]] - [[../../letters/1970/701128_gargamuni.md|Letter to Gargamuni, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701128_jagadisa.md|Letter to Jagadisa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1970/701128_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1970]] - [[../../letters/1974/741128_ajita.md|Letter to Ajita, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741128_gopala_krsna.md|Letter to Gopala Krsna, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741128_jagannatha.md|Letter to Jagannatha, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741128_jayapataka.md|Letter to Jayapataka, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741128_jayatirtha.md|Letter to Jayatirtha, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1974/741128_satsvarupa.md|Letter to Satsvarupa, 1974]] - [[../../letters/1976/761128_sridhara.md|Letter to Sridhara, 1976]] - [[../../letters/1976/761128_yasomatinandana.md|Letter to Yasomatinandana, 1976]]