Bhagavad Gita -Srila Prabhupada 330

Shrimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is -Shri Shrimad A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Knowledge of the Absolute Chapter 7: Verse-15 When the whole population becomes narädhama. naturally all their so-called education is made null and void by the all-powerful energy of physical nature. According to the standard of the Gita, a learned man is he who sees on equal terms the learned brähmana. the dog. the cow, the elephant and the dog-eater. That is the vision of a true devotee. Sri Nityänanda Prabhu, who is the incarnation of Godhead as divine master, delivered the typical narädhamas. the brothers Jagäi and Mädhäi, and showed how the mercy of a real devotee is bestowed upon the lowest of mankind. So the narädhama who is condemned by the Personality of Godhead can again revive his spiritual consciousness only by the mercy of a devotee. Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu, in propagating the bhägavata-dharma, or activities of the devotees, has recommended that people submissively hear the message of the Personality of Godhead. The essence of this message is Bhagavad-gita. The lowest amongst human beings can be delivered by this submissive hearing process only, but unfortunately they even refuse to give an aural reception to these messages, and what to speak of surrendering to the will of the Supreme Lord? Narädhamas, or the lowest of mankind, will fully neglect the prime duty of the human being. (3) The next class of duskrti is called mäyayäpahrta-jnänäh, or those persons whose erudite knowledge has been nullified by the influence of illusory material energy. They are mostly very learned fellows—great philosophers, poets, literati, scientists, etc.—but the illusory energy misguides them, and therefore they disobey the Supreme Lord. There are a great number of mäyayäpahrta-jnänäh at the present moment, even amongst the scholars of the Bhagavad-gita. In the Gita, in plain and simple language, it is stated that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is none equal to or greater than Him. He is mentioned as the father of Brahmä, the original father of all human beings. In fact, Krsna is said to be not only the father of Brahmä but also the father of all species of life. He is the root of the impersonal Brahman and Paramätmä; the Supersoul in every entity is His plenary portion. He is the fountainhead of everything, and everyone is advised to surrender unto His lotus feet. Despite all these clear statements, the mäyayäpahrta-jnänäh deride the personality of the Supreme Lord and consider Him merely another human being. They do not know that the blessed form of human life is designed after the eternal and transcendental feature of the Supreme Lord.