Better Worship Indra than Krishna If
Вопросы и ответы | 1 января 2011 | English | Nadiad, Gujarat, Индия
Вопрос:
Maharaj, you posted a following quote of Srila Prabhupada with a title "Better worship Indra than Krsna, if…" on your regular BVKS Sanga Mail group.
Those who are too much lusty, lover of the vagina, they may worship Indra. This is the recommendation. Everything is there. If you want vagina instead of Krsna, all right, do it. You have it. So unfortunately, if our student falls a victim of vagina instead of Krsna, that is very regrettable. Then better he worship, instead of Krsna, let him worship Indra.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.3.1-3 — Los Angeles, May 22, 1972
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Srila Prabhupada writes in the purport of Srimad Bhagavatam (SB 3.21.15),
Kardama Muni could have asked his benediction from Uma, for it is recommended in the scriptures that if anyone wants a good wife, he should worship Uma. But he preferred to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead because it is recommended in the Bhagavatam that everyone, whether he is full of desires, has no desire or desires liberation, should worship the Supreme Lord. Of these three classes of men, one tries to be happy by fulfillment of material desires, another wants to be happy by becoming one with the Supreme, and another, the perfect man, is a devotee. He does not want anything in return from the Personality of Godhead; he only wants to render transcendental loving service. In any case, everyone should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for He will fulfill everyone's desire. The advantage of worshiping the Supreme Person is that even if one has desires for material enjoyment, if he worships Krsna he will gradually become a pure devotee and have no more material hankering.
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How do we understand this apparent contradiction?
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