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| Madhya-līlā | Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.130
sarvajñera vākye mūla-dhana anubandha
sarva-śāstre upadeśe, 'śrī-krishna' — 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-krishna — Lord Śrī Krishna, 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 Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
In the Bhagavad-gītā (7.26), Śrī Krishna says:
vedāham samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna
bhavishyāni ca bhūtāni mām 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 Krishna 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 Krishna. Krishna exhibits Himself in His relationships in Vrindāvana and at the Battle of Kurukshetra so that people will be attracted to Him and will return home, back to Godhead. Krishna 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. Bhoktāram yajña-tapasām sarva-loka-maheśvaram/ suhridam sarva-bhutānām (Bg. 5.29). If we revive our original intimate relationship with Krishna, 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 Krishna.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness