CC Madhya 20.130 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 130
- sarvajñera vākye mūla-dhana anubandha
- sarva-śāstre upadeśe, ‘śrī-kṛṣṇa’—sambandha
SYNONYMS
sarvajñera—of the astrologer; vākye—by the assurance; mūla-dhana—with the treasure; anubandha—connection; sarva-śāstre—all Vedic literatures; upadeśe—instruct; śrī-kṛṣṇa—Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sambandha—the central connection.
TRANSLATION
“By the words of the astrologer, the poor man’s connection with the treasure was established. Similarly, the Vedic literature advises us that our real connection is with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
In the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 7.26), Śrī Kṛṣṇa says:
- vedāhaṁ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna
- bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māṁ tu veda na kaścana
“O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities, but Me no one knows.” Thus Kṛṣṇa knows the cause of the distressed condition of the conditioned soul. He therefore descends from His original position to instruct the conditioned soul and inform him about his forgetfulness of his relationship with Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa exhibits Himself in His relationships in Vṛndāvana and at the Battle of Kurukṣetra so that people will be attracted to Him and will return home, back to Godhead. Kṛṣṇa also says in the Bhagavad-gītā that He is the proprietor of all universes, the enjoyer of everything that be and the friend of everyone. Bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram/ suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhutānāṁ (BG 5.29). If we revive our original intimate relationship with Kṛṣṇa, our distressed condition in the material world will be mitigated. Everyone is trying to adjust to the distressed conditions of material existence, but the basic problems cannot be solved unless one is in an intimate relationship with Kṛṣṇa.