This process of Krsna consciousness means nullifying the pavarga process

Sri Isopanisad Invocation Lecture
--Los Angeles, April 28, 1970

Gargamuni: It’s on page twelve, almost in the middle. The second paragraph. “The universe has its own time, fixed by the energy of the complete whole, and when that time is complete, this temporary manifestation will be annihilated by the complete arrangement of the complete.”

Prabhupada: Yes. Everything in this material world, it has got a fixed time. And within that fixed time there are six kinds of changes. First birth, then growth, then to stay, then to produce by-product, then dwindling, then vanish. This is the law of material nature. This flower takes birth, just like a bud, then grows, then stays for two, three days, then it produces a seed, by-product, then dries up gradually, then finish. (aside:) You sit down like this. So this is called sad-vikara, six kinds of changes. So you cannot stop this by your so-called material science. No. This is avidya. People are trying to save themselves, and sometimes talking foolishly that by scientific knowledge man will be immortal. You cannot stop the process of the material laws.

Therefore in the Bhagavad-gita it is said, daivi hy esa gunamayi mama maya duratyaya [Bg. 7.14]. The process of material nature, which is composed of three qualities—sattva-guna, rajo-guna, tamo-guna... Tri-guna. Another meaning of guna is rope. Just like you have seen rope, they’re twisted in three process. First of all thin rope, then three of them, they are rolled, then again three of them rolled, then again three. It becomes very strong. So these three qualities, sattva, raja, tamo-guna, they are mixed up. Again they produce some by-product, again mixed up, again mixed up. In this way eighty-one times they’re twisted. So gunamayi maya, binding you more and more. So you cannot get out of this binding of this material world. Binding. So therefore it is called apavarga. This process of Krsna consciousness means nullifying the pavarga process.

Yesterday I was explaining what is this pavarga to Gargamuni. This pavarga means the line of the alphabet pa. You know, those who have studied this devanagari. There are devanagari alphabets, ka kha ga gha na ca cha ja jha na. In this way five set, one line. Then come the fifth set, comes pa pha va bha ma. So this pavarga means pa.

First of all pa. Pa means parava, defeat. Everyone is trying, struggling very hard to survive, but defeated. First pavarga. Pa means parava. And then pha. Pha means foaming. Just like horse, when working very hard, you’ll find some foams coming out of the mouth, we sometimes also, when we are very tired after working very hard, the tongue becomes dry and some foam comes. So everyone is working very hard for sense gratification, but defeated. The pa, pha, and va. Va means this bondage. So first pa, second pha, the bondage third, then va, bha. Bha means beating, fearfulness. And then ma. Ma means mrtyu, or death. So this Krsna conscious process is apavarga, apa. A means none. Pavarga, these are the symptoms of this material world. And when you add this word a, apavarga, that means it is nullified.So... (aside:) You can sit down. This apavarga-vartmani.

Our Krsna consciousness movement is the path of apavarga, nullifying these pavargas.satam prasangan mama virya-samvidobhavanti hrt-karna-rasayanah kathahtaj-josanad asv apavarga-vartmanisraddha (ratir) bhaktir anukramisyatiSatam prasangan. This discussion, this is called satam prasangan, discussion. Just like there are many conferences, assembly, they have got different types of talks. Just like we were discussing last week, srotavyadini rajendra... [SB 2.1.2], apasyatam atma-tattvam grhesu grha-medhinam. Discussion. Those who are blind for self-realization, they do not take care, they have got many things to discuss. But so far Krsna conscious people are concerned, their subject matter of discussion is one: apavarga-vartmani, the path of disintegration. How it is happen? Satam prasangan.

When you form this society, Krsna conscious society, and you discuss about this apavarga from the authoritative literature, just we are doing, then it becomes relishable. You cannot discuss all these thing with a storekeeper. That will be not relishable. Satam prasangan, amongst the devotees. If you take this Isopanisad and you ask one butcher or a man like that, “Come on. We shall discuss,” he’ll throw away. The other day we were coming on this Venice Boulevard. Gargamuni gave one card to a boy. You remember? (laughs) He immediately threw away. They have no taste. So you cannot discuss all this transcendental knowledge with these demons. Satam prasangan. Therefore you have to discuss... Therefore we are opening so many centers, that people may take advantage of his society.

Because anywhere else he’ll not have the opportunity. His life is being spoiled. The modern civilization is like that. It is a killing civilization, atma-ha. Atma-hano janah. All these people are killing themselves because they do not know what is life; simply like animal or living. The animal does not know what is life, but he is under the laws of nature, evolution, going on. But when you get this human form of life, there is responsibility. You have to chalk out. Here is a chance you can become Krsna conscious and make your life solve all problems. If not, then again go to the cycle of birth and death again, 8,400,000. It will take many, many millions of years again to come back. Just like the sunshine you will see after twelve hours, twenty-four hours, morning. Everything is a process. Process. So if you lose this opportunity of elevating yourself, then again you come to the process. Nature’s law is very strong.

Daivi hy esa gunamayi [Bg. 7.14]. The sooner you surrender to Krsna, mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te. Such person is able to overcome this process of material nature.So here it is said the universe has its own time, fixed by the energy of the complete whole. Universe is also big gigantic body, material body. That’s all. Just like your body; everything is relative. Modern science, the law of relativity. An atom, a small particle, small ant, so it has got a relative life, you have got relative life. Similarly this gigantic body, it may be many millions of years this universe will exist, but it will not exist forever. That is a fact. Because it is very gigantic, therefore it may remain for some millions of years, but it will end. That is the law of nature. And when that time is complete, this temporary manifestation will be annihilated by the complete arrangement of the complete, the supreme complete.

When your time will be complete, no more, sir, in this body. Nobody can check. The arrangement is so strong. You cannot say, “Let me remain.” Actually it happens. When I was in India, Allahabad, one of our, an old friend, he was very rich man. So he was dying. So he was requesting the doctor, “Can you not give me at least four years to live? I have got some plan, you see. I could not finish it.” You see. Asa-pasa-satair baddhah. This is demonic. Everyone thinks that “Oh, I have to do this. I have to do this.” No. The doctors or doctors’ fathers or his father, no scientist can check. “Oh, no, sir. No four years. Not even four minutes. You have to go immediately.” This is the law. So before that moment comes, one should be very dexterous to realize Krsna conscious. Turnam yateta. Turnam means very swiftly, very quickly you should realize Krsna consciousness. Anu... Next, before the death, next death comes, you must finish your business. That is intelligence. Otherwise defeat.Thank you. (end)