661104GP.NY Lectures
Just like modern scientists say that "We shall artificially make raining so that where there is scarcity of rain we shall fertilize the land, we shall get production," so similarly, the sankhya philosophy, according to sankhya philosophy, that rain is caused by the heat, and by the heat there is cloud in the sky, and the cloud is the cause of the rain. So there is no question of Mahendra, the controller of the cloud, or anything else.
prajas tair eva sidhyanti
mahendrah kim karisyati
na nah puro jana-pada
na grama na grha vayam
vanaukasas tata nityam
vana-saila-nivasinah
"So therefore we are not going to the city. We are inhabitants of this village. So it is better to worship this land, this land, this land, Govardhana." Because Krsna was herding His cows on the Govardhana Hill, so indirectly He hinted that "We should worship this Govardhana Hill, and that is our duty."
701208LE.AHM Lecture Prabhupada : who cannot understand immediately the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, he can try to understand Him by His different potencies. Just like He says that "I am the taste of the water." Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya: taste of water, or the sweetness of water. So there is sufficient supply of water in the oceans and the seas. Then why we are in scarcity of water? Because that taste of the water should be changed by the grace of Krsna. Otherwise you cannot use it. That is Krsna consciousness. You can also change, by distilling the sea water, or ocean water, but it will not be as tasteful as it is done by God. Or you can say nature. The same water, taken from the ocean, transferred, transformed into cloud, the cloud is distributed, and water, rain, falls. You get nice distilled water, tasteful water. So if you are going to challenge there is no existence of God, then you can do it. Why don't you do it? Why you are so much in scarcity of water? I do not think any scientist can very boldly answer that "Yes, we can do and we can defy the existence of God, or the mercy of God." That is not possible. Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh.
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