Future of Hare Krishna movement - SB10.2.20

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TEXT 20

 

tam viksya kamsah prabhayajitantaram

virocayantim bhavanam suci-smitam

ahaisa me prana-haro harir guham

dhruvam srito yan na pureyam idrsi

 

tam--her (Devaki); viksya--after seeing; kamsah--her brother Kamsa;

prabhaya--with the enhancement of her beauty and influence;

ajita-antaram--because of keeping Ajita, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,

Visnu, within herself; virocayantim--illuminating; bhavanam--the whole

atmosphere of the house; suci-smitam--smiling and brilliant; aha--said to

himself; esah--this (Supreme Person); me--my; prana-harah--who will kill me;

harih--Lord Visnu; guham--within the womb of Devaki; dhruvam--certainly;

sritah--has taken shelter; yat--because; na--was not; pura--formerly;

iyam--Devaki; idrsi--like this.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Because the Supreme Personality of Godhead was within her womb, Devaki

illuminated the entire atmosphere in the place where she was confined.

Seeing her jubilant, pure and smiling, Kamsa thought, "The Supreme

Personality of Godhead, Visnu, who is now within her, will kill me. Devaki

has never before looked so brilliant and jubilant."

 

PURPORT

 

The Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (4.7):

 

yada yada hi dharmasya

glanir bhavati bharata

abhyutthanam adharmasya

tadatmanam srjamy aham

 

"Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O

descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion--at that time I

descend Myself." In this age, at the present moment, there are inordinate

discrepancies in the discharge of human duties. Human life is meant for God

realization, but unfortunately the materialistic civilization is stressing

only the senses of the body, not understanding the living force within the

body. As clearly stated in Bhagavad-gita (dehino 'smin yatha dehe), within

the body is the body's proprietor, the living force, which is more

important. But human society has become so fallen that instead of

understanding the living force within the body, people have become busy with

external things. This is a discrepancy in human duties. Therefore Krsna has

taken birth or taken shelter within the womb of the Krsna consciousness

movement. Men of Kamsa's class, therefore, are very much afraid and are busy

trying to stop this movement, especially in the Western countries. One

politician has remarked that the Krsna consciousness movement is spreading

like an epidemic and that if not checked immediately, within ten years it

may capture governmental power. There is, of course, such potency in the

Krsna consciousness movement. As stated by authorities (Cc. Adi 17.22),

kali-kale nama-rupe krsna-avatara: in this age, Krsna has appeared in the

Hare Krsna maha-mantra. The Krsna consciousness movement is spreading like

wildfire all over the world, and it will go on doing so. Men who are like

Kamsa are very much afraid of the movement's progress and acceptance by the

younger generation, but as Krsna could not be killed by Kamsa, this movement

cannot be checked by men of Kamsa's class. The movement will go on

increasing more and more, provided the leaders of the movement remain firmly

Krsna conscious by following the regulative principles and the primary

activities of chanting the Hare Krsna mantra regularly.