PRABHUPADA CLASS : THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF GOD {PT 1}

protectacow.typepad.com PRAYERS OF QUEEN KUNTI Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.23 -- Los Angeles, April 15, 1973 Devotee: yatha hrsikesa khalena devaki kamsena ruddhaticiram sucarpita vimocitaham ca sahatmaja vibho tvayaiva nathena muhur vipad-ganat "O Hrsikesa, master of the senses and Lord of lords, You have released Your mother, Devaki, who was long imprisoned and distressed by the envious King Kamsa, and me and my children from a series of constant dangers." Prabhupada: So this is the position of devotees, that Devaki who happens to be the mother of Krsna... She's not ordinary woman. Who can become the mother of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? The most advanced devotee, so that Krsna has agreed to become her son. In his previous life, the husband and wife, they underwent severe austerities, and when Krsna appeared before them and wanted to give them benediction, they wanted a son like God. So where can be another person who is equal to God? That is not possible. God means there is no equal. There is no greater. Asamordhva. That is God. God, there cannot be any competition, that "You are God, I am God, he is God, he is God." No. These are dogs. They are not God. God means without competition: one. God is one. Nobody is great... asamordhva. Nobody is greater than Him. Nobody is equal to Him. Everyone is lower. Ekale isvara krsna ara saba bhrtya. The only master is Krsna, God; and everyone, servant. Never mind. Even if he's Brahma, Visnu or Siva, big, big demigods. And what to ...