{"id":11877,"date":"2013-09-01T08:24:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T07:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11877"},"modified":"2013-09-01T08:24:35","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T07:24:35","slug":"indians-shoul-go-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11877","title":{"rendered":"Indians shoul go abroad!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Compiled by&#8211;  <\/p>\n<p>Premanjana Das (Pranjal Joshi)<\/p>\n<p>1)    Srimad-Bhagavatam is meant for all human beings and it is the duty of the Hindus specially the Vaisnavas to disseminate the great knowledge throughout the whole world. With this purpose in view I have taken up the mighty project and I wish that you gentlemen cooperate with me fully.<\/p>\n<p>(Letter to: Mathura Prasad &#8212; Vrindaban 23 May, 1964)<\/p>\n<p>2)  My dear Gopavrndesa dasa,<\/p>\n<p>Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your offering of the sanskrit verse which you composed for me and I thank you very much. Now I am encouraging my young disciples to all try to learn at least one Indian language, like Hindi or Bengali. At least those who have the propensity can become proficient in some language, especially Hindi, and then you will be able to preach in India in the native language. It will be very effective.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that this meets you in good health.<\/p>\n<p>Your ever well-wisher,<\/p>\n<p>A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami<\/p>\n<p> ACBS\/pks<\/p>\n<p> (Letter to: Gopavrndesa &#8212; Los Angeles 4 June, 1976)<\/p>\n<p>3)<\/p>\n<p>tad-v\u0101g-visargo janat\u0101gha-viplavo<\/p>\n<p>yasmin prati-\u015blokam abaddhavaty api<\/p>\n<p>n\u0101m\u0101ny anantasya ya\u015bo &#8216;\u1e45kit\u0101ni yat<\/p>\n<p>\u015b\u1e5b\u1e47vanti g\u0101yanti g\u1e5b\u1e47anti s\u0101dhava\u1e25<\/p>\n<p>SYNONYMS:  tat\u2014that; v\u0101k\u2014vocabulary; visarga\u1e25\u2014creation; janat\u0101\u2014the people in general; agha\u2014sins; viplava\u1e25\u2014revolutionary; yasmin\u2014in which; prati-\u015blokam\u2014each and every stanza; abaddhavati\u2014irregularly composed; api\u2014in spite of; n\u0101m\u0101ni\u2014transcendental names, etc.; anantasya\u2014of the unlimited Lord; ya\u015ba\u1e25\u2014glories; a\u1e45kit\u0101ni\u2014depicted; yat\u2014what; \u015b\u1e5b\u1e47vanti\u2014do hear; g\u0101yanti\u2014do sing; g\u1e5b\u1e47anti\u2014do accept; s\u0101dhava\u1e25\u2014the purified men who are honest.  <\/p>\n<p>TRANSLATION: On the other hand, that literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, forms, pastimes, etc., of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a different creation, full of transcendental words directed toward bringing about a revolution in the impious lives of this world&#8217;s misdirected civilization. Such transcendental literatures, even though imperfectly composed, are heard, sung and accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest.   <\/p>\n<p>PURPORT: It is a qualification of the great thinkers to pick up the best even from the worst. It is said that the intelligent man should pick up nectar from a stock of poison, should accept gold even from a filthy place, should accept a good and qualified wife even from an obscure family and should accept a good lesson even from a man or from a teacher who comes from the untouchables. These are some of the ethical instructions for everyone in every place without exception. But a saint is far above the level of an ordinary man. He is always absorbed in glorifying the Supreme Lord because by broadcasting the holy name and fame of the Supreme Lord, the polluted atmosphere of the world will change, and as a result of propagating the transcendental literatures like \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam, people will become sane in their transactions. While preparing this commentation on this particular stanza of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam we have a crisis before us. Our neighboring friend China has attacked the border of India with a militaristic spirit. We have practically no business in the political field, yet we see that previously there were both China and India, and they both lived peacefully for centuries without ill feeling. The reason is that they lived those days in an atmosphere of God consciousness, and every country, over the surface of the world, was God-fearing, pure-hearted and simple, and there was no question of political diplomacy. There is no cause of quarrel between the two countries China and India over land which is not very suitable for habitation, and certainly there is no cause for fighting on this issue. But due to the age of quarrel, Kali, which we have discussed, there is always a chance of quarrel on slight provocation. This is due not to the issue in question, but to the polluted atmosphere of this age: systematically there is propaganda by a section of people to stop glorification of the name and fame of the Supreme Lord. Therefore, there is a great need for disseminating the message of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam all over the world. It is the duty of every responsible Indian to broadcast the transcendental message of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam throughout the world to do all the supermost good as well as to bring about the desired peace in the world. Because India has failed in her duty by neglecting this responsible work, there is so much quarrel and trouble all over the world. We are confident that if the transcendental message of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam is received only by the leading men of the world, certainly there will be a change of heart, and naturally the people in general will follow them. The mass of people in general are tools in the hands of the modern politicians and leaders of the people. If there is a change of heart of the leaders only, certainly there will be a radical change in the atmosphere of the world. We know that our honest attempt to present this great literature conveying transcendental messages for reviving the God consciousness of the people in general and respiritualizing the world atmosphere is fraught with many difficulties. Our presenting this matter in adequate language, especially a foreign language, will certainly fail, and there will be so many literary discrepancies despite our honest attempt to present it in the proper way. But we are sure that with all our faults in this connection the seriousness of the subject matter will be taken into consideration, and the leaders of society will still accept this due to its being an honest attempt to glorify the Almighty God. When there is fire in a house, the inmates of the house go out to get help from the neighbors who may be foreigners, and yet without knowing the language the victims of the fire express themselves, and the neighbors understand the need, even though not expressed in the same language. The same spirit of cooperation is needed to broadcast this transcendental message of the \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam throughout the polluted atmosphere of the world. After all, it is a technical science of spiritual values, and thus we are concerned with the techniques and not with the language. If the techniques of this great literature are understood by the people of the world, there will be success.  When there are too many materialistic activities by the people in general all over the world, there is no wonder that a person or a nation attacks another person or nation on slight provocation. That is the rule of this age of Kali or quarrel. The atmosphere is already polluted with corruption of all description, and everyone knows it well. There are so many unwanted literatures full of materialistic ideas of sense gratification. In many countries there are bodies appointed by the state to detect and censor obscene literature. This means that neither the government nor the responsible leaders of the public want such literature, yet it is in the marketplace because the people want it for sense gratification. The people in general want to read (that is a natural instinct), but because their minds are polluted they want such literatures. Under the circumstances, transcendental literature like \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam will not only diminish the activities of the corrupt mind of the people in general, but also it will supply food for their hankering after reading some interesting literature. In the beginning they may not like it because one suffering from jaundice is reluctant to take sugar candy, but we should know that sugar candy is the only remedy for jaundice. Similarly, let there be systematic propaganda for popularizing reading of the Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 and the \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam, which will act like sugar candy for the jaundicelike condition of sense gratification. When men have a taste for this literature, the other literatures, which are catering poison to society, will then automatically cease.  We are sure, therefore, that everyone in human society will welcome \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam, even though it is now presented with so many faults, for it is recommended by \u015ar\u012b N\u0101rada, who has very kindly appeared in this chapter.<\/p>\n<p>(Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1:&#8221;Creation&#8221; :5: Narada&#8217;s Instructions on Srimad-Bhagavatam for Vyasadeva, Text 11)<\/p>\n<p>3)    So Indians are meant for welfare activities for the whole world. And how they will do? Not by begging: &#8220;Give me rice, give me milk powder, give me money, give me this.&#8221; No. If you spread this K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness movement all over the world, then you will be respectful. People will like it. They are very hungry for this K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness. So I am struggling alone. I require many Indians to join and spread this movement all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>(Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.1, Pandal Lecture &#8212; Bombay, January 12, 1973)<\/p>\n<p>4)    Prabhup\u0101da: (Hindi) It will distribute India&#8217;s glories. People will feel obliged to India, that &#8220;We have got this knowledge from India.&#8221; Actually knowledge is here. There is no such knowledge all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>bh\u0101rata-bh\u016bmite haila manu\u1e63ya-janma y\u0101ra<\/p>\n<p>janma s\u0101rthaka kari&#8217; kara para-upak\u0101ra<\/p>\n[Cc. \u0100di 9.41]\n<p>      Paropak\u0101ra. India is meant for paropak\u0101ra. India is not meant for exploiting others. But unfortunately the knowledge is&#8230; Sarasvat\u012b j\u00f1\u0101na-khale yath\u0101 sat\u012b. We have got the store of knowledge, but we have kept it locked up, not distributed to the world. They are called j\u00f1\u0101na-khala. One who has knowledge but he does not want to distribute it, that is, they are termed as j\u00f1\u0101na-khala. So we should not be j\u00f1\u0101na-khala. In India there is storehouse of spiritual knowledge, and every one of us should make our life successful by assimilating this knowledge and distribute all over the world. There is customer; there is appreciation. This is K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness movement. (Hindi) Why you should be j\u00f1\u0101na-khala? Na s\u0101dhu manye.  J\u00f1\u0101na should be distributed. The modern scientists also, they have&#8230; If they have discovered something new, they go and distribute for the benefit of the whole human society. Unfortunately we are distorting the knowledge in Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101, interpreting in a different way according to my whims, and spoiling my life and others&#8217;. This process should be stopped. Present Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 as it is. You&#8217;ll be benefited; others&#8230; Don&#8217;t distort. That is our duty.<\/p>\n<p>(1977 Conversations : May, 1977 : Evening Darsana &#8212; May 12, 1977, Hrishikesh )<\/p>\n<p>Srila Prabhupada at airport<\/p>\n<p>5)    So five thousand years ago this philosophy was spoken to Arjuna, and we are having the instruction. Unfortunately that is again being distorted. Because we do not receive through the parampar\u0101 system, we inference, we make inferences in our own way, and therefore it is also again broken. Therefore again, five hundred years ago, \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu instructed this Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 as a devotee. \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu is supposed to be incarnation of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. As K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He instructed as the order-giving master, sarva-dharm\u0101n parityajya m\u0101m eka\u1e41 \u015bara\u1e47a\u1e41  vraja [Bg.18.66],but still, people misunderstood. Therefore this time, five hundred years ago, Lord Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Himself, appeared as a devotee of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu is K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. That is described in the authentic \u015b\u0101stra:<\/p>\n<p>k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-var\u1e47a\u1e41 tvi\u1e63\u0101k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u1e41<\/p>\n<p>s\u0101\u1e45gop\u0101\u1e45g\u0101stra-p\u0101r\u1e63adam<\/p>\n<p>yaj\u00f1air sa\u1e45k\u012brtanai\u1e25 pr\u0101yair<\/p>\n<p>yajanti hi su-medhasa\u1e25<\/p>\n[SB 11.5.32]\n<p>So this K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness movement is practically \u015ar\u012b CaitanyaMah\u0101prabhu&#8217;s movement. And \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu is K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Himself. So K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is very kind upon the conditioned soul. He is trying to elevate them to the real platform of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness again and again. But we are so stubborn, we are trying to forget K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a again and again. This is going on. So \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu&#8217;s mission is&#8230;Especially He is instructing to the Indian people. He is saying to the Indian people, bh\u0101rata-bh\u016bmite manu\u1e63ya-janma haila y\u0101ra [Cc. \u0100di9.41].\u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu appeared in Bengal, you know, in the district of Navadv\u012bpa, about sixty-four miles from Calcutta, northern side. So His life and precepts are there. We have translated many books. You&#8217;ll find Teachings of Lord Caitanya and Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta, almost seventeen volumes, Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta. And we have summarized the teaching in one volume. So you can learn about the teachings of Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu. But the summary of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu&#8217;s teaching is like this. He says to every Indian, not only Bengalis&#8230;It is not that because He appeared in Bengal, therefore He advised to the Bengalis. He is especially speaking to the Indians.<\/p>\n<p>bh\u0101rata-bh\u016bmite manu\u1e63ya-janma haila y\u0101ra<\/p>\n<p>janma s\u0101rthaka kari&#8217; kara para-upak\u0101ra<\/p>\n[Cc. \u0100di 9.41]\n<p>Para-upak\u0101ra. He says that &#8220;Anyone who has taken birth in India, Bh\u0101ratabh\u016bmi&#8230;&#8221; Bh\u0101ratabh\u016bmi is pu\u1e47ya-bh\u016bmi, the pious land. Within this universe&#8230; In the \u015b\u0101stra we find that even the demigods in the heavenly planets, they desire to take birth in India. India is so glorious. So Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu&#8217;s mission is that anyone who has taken birth as a human being in India, his business is to first of all make his life perfect by taking advantage of the Vedic knowledge, because it is available in India. So every Indian, especially the higher circles, namely the br\u0101hma\u1e47as, k\u1e63atriyas, and the vai\u015byas, especially the br\u0101hma\u1e47a, it is their business to make the life perfect by studying the Vedic knowledge and distribute the knowledge all over the world. Para-upak\u0101ra. Because, so far spiritual knowledge is concerned, outside India they have got very meager knowledge; therefore Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu requested that every Indian, especially the higher class, study the Vedic knowledge and distribute it throughout the whole world.<\/p>\n<p>bh\u0101rata-bh\u016bmite manu\u1e63ya-janma haila y\u0101ra<\/p>\n<p>janma s\u0101rthaka kari&#8217; kara para-upak\u0101ra<\/p>\n[Cc. \u0100di 9.41]\n<p>Srila Prabhupada in Tompkins Square Park (New York)<\/p>\n<p>Para-upak\u0101ra. This K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness is the best welfare activities in the world because people are in ignorance. They are&#8230; Everyone, practically 99.9%, at the present moment, they are under the conception, bodily conception: &#8220;I am Indian,&#8221; &#8220;I am American,&#8221; &#8220;I am Hindu,&#8221; &#8220;I am Muslim,&#8221; like that. That is ignorance. That will be discussed in the Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 very elaborately. So the question maybe raised that &#8220;How I can do welfare activities for the welfare of the whole world?&#8221; The Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu encourages. He says that \u0101m\u0101ra \u0101j\u00f1\u0101ya guru  ha\u00f1\u0101 t\u0101ra ei de\u015ba: &#8220;Wherever you are staying,&#8221; ei de\u015ba, in that country&#8230; You may not go outside, but wherever you are staying, &#8220;\u0101m\u0101ra \u0101j\u00f1\u0101ya, &#8220;by My order,&#8221; guru ha\u00f1\u0101, &#8220;you must become a guru&#8221;\u2014by the order of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu.\u201d Then? I have no education. How can I become a guru? How can I instruct?&#8221; Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu says, &#8220;Yes, that I know. But you take My order.&#8221; \u0100m\u0101ra \u0101j\u00f1\u0101ya guru ha\u00f1\u0101 t\u0101ra ei de\u015ba [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. &#8220;Then what shall I do?&#8221; Y\u0101re dekha t\u0101rekaha k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-upade\u015ba: &#8220;You become guru. You haven&#8217;t got to manufacture anything, any philosophy. You simply instruct whatever is spoken by K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. That&#8217;s all. You become a guru.&#8221; So our request is that you are so many Indians living in this foreign country for generations. So take this instruction of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu. Because you are coming from India, therefore it is special request to you that &#8220;By the order of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu, every one of you become a guru.&#8221; And what shall you have to do? \u0100m\u0101ra \u0101j\u00f1\u0101ya guru ha\u00f1\u0101 t\u0101ra ei de\u015ba [Cc.Madhya 7.128]. Ei de\u015ba. This South Africa, you are staying here. So you preach as a guru. And what shall you preach? Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhusays, y\u0101re dekha t\u0101re kaha k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a upade\u015ba [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. You haven&#8217;t got to do anything. The instruction of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is there in the Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101. Don&#8217;t distort it, but put it as it is. That&#8217;s your duty. If you do simply this thing&#8230; Because in the Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 it is clearly said that K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is the Supreme Personality of Godhead&#8230;K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a says Himself that matta\u1e25  paratara\u1e41  n\u0101nyat ki\u00f1cid asti dhana\u00f1jaya[Bg. 7.7].<\/p>\n<p>(General lectures City Hall Lecture &#8212; Durban, October 7, 1975)<\/p>\n<p>6)    So these boys, when I started my class, 26 Second Avenue, some of these students were coming, and then I started my k\u012brtana at the Thompkins Square Park, sitting on the ground floor. These boys and the girls were coming. That was the first publicity, make in the New York Times, about my k\u012brtana, and gradually it developed. Next branch was opened at San Francisco, then at Montreal, then at Boston, Buffalo. In this way now we have sixty-five branches all over the world, and each branch there are maximum two hundred devotees like these, and minimum twenty-five devotees at least. And each branch&#8230; At Los Angeles we are spending $20,000 per month, which is in Indian exchange two lakhs of rupees. Similarly, we are spending $10,000 in New York. In this way we have to spend seven lakhs of rupees per month for maintaining all these men, and we have got big, big publication like this. When I went to the Western country I brought only three volumes of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam in the temple of our Sri K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Sharma. He gave me shelter there, and I was publishing these books, and actually Lallaji also contributed something for my publication. So in this way I went there with three books. Now we have got over three dozen books, all beautifully published. We have given enough literature to understand K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a can be understood by the grace of Lord Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu very easily, simply by chanting this Hare K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a mantra. Simply by chanting. Para\u1e41 vijayate \u015br\u012b-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-sa\u1e45k\u012brtanam. But if you want to understand K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a through philosophy and science, we have got three dozen books. So we can convince you in both ways. If you are illiterate, if you have no knowledge, chant Hare K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and you will get your life back. And if you think that you want to understand through science and philosophy, we have got three dozen books. Anyway, you come. That is our appeal. Don&#8217;t take this movement very, I mean to say, neglectfully. It is very serious movement, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness movement, and it is the duty of all Indians, as Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu predicted,<\/p>\n<p>bh\u0101rata-bh\u016bmite manu\u1e63ya-janma haila y\u0101ra<\/p>\n<p>janma s\u0101rthaka kari&#8217; kara para-upak\u0101ra<\/p>\n[Cc. \u0100di 9.41]\n<p>     There is a great need for this movement. We want hundreds and thousands of preachers to go outside India and preach this cult. And there are customers ready. Wherever we are opening our branches, it appears as if they are awaiting our arrival. Immediately they take up. So there is very great opportunity. You cannot compete with the Western countries by your technology, however you may make some sewing machine or cycle or Ambassador car. They are hundred years ahead. You cannot make any competition by machine. If you can give them anything and glorify your country, then this is this movement, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness. Then they will admit that you have something. Wherever I go, they inquire, &#8220;Oh, India is poverty-stricken. Oh, you have come that part.&#8221; India is advertised as poverty. Yes, in comparison to Western country it is simply poverty-stricken. We have not enough food, nor enough, I mean to say, house, and above all you have no milk. India, the land where we hear from \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam that, that the, by the cows&#8217; milk in V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana there was muddy ground. And in that India now there is powdered milk.<\/p>\n<p>(Arrival Lecture &#8212; New Delhi, November 10, 1971)<\/p>\n<p>7)    Great and renowned scholars and devotees of the Lord have prepared voluminous books and literatures on the life and precepts of the Lord. Such literatures are all based on the \u015b\u0101stras like the Vedas, Pur\u0101\u1e47as, Upani\u1e63ads, R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a, Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata and other histories and authentic literatures approved by the recognized \u0101c\u0101ryas. They are unique in composition and unrivaled in presentation, and they are full of transcendental knowledge. Unfortunately the people of the world are still ignorant of them, but when these literatures, which are mostly in Sanskrit and Bengali, come to light the world and when they are presented before thinking people, then India&#8217;s glory and the message of love will over flood this morbid world, which is vainly searching after peace and prosperity by various illusory methods not approved by the \u0101c\u0101ryas in the chain of disciplic succession.<\/p>\n<p> (Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1: &#8220;Creation\u201d: Introduction)<\/p>\n<p>8)<\/p>\n<p>He wanted that human beings, those who have taken birth as a human being in India, they should take the cause, the mission of Lord Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu, and spread all over the world. Janma s\u0101rthaka kari&#8217; karoparopak\u0101ra. The India is made for doing good to others. India is notmeant for exploiting others. That is not India&#8217;s mission. From the very beginning, from long, long distant place, people used to come here to learn spiritual advancement of life. It is said that Lord Jesus Christ also came here, and he lived here for twelve years. Similarly, many Chinese scholars and transcendentalists used to come. So India is a land of knowledge and culture, especially spiritual knowledge, since very, very long time. So especially those who are born in India, they should take advantage of the privilege. Unfortunately, they are criticizing the foreigners, those who have taken it. They&#8217;re suspecting. It is very, very regrettable fact. But anyway, that is the way, that is the order of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu, that those who are intelligent persons, intelligent Indians, they should take advantage of the gifts of the great sages and saintly persons, make their life successful and preach the cult all over the world. That is the mission of Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu. Our K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness movement is meant for that purpose.<\/p>\n<p>(Nectar of Devotion Lectures : The Nectar of Devotion &#8212; Vrndavana, November 13, 1972 )<\/p>\n<p>Compiled by&#8211; <\/p>\n<p>Premanjana Das (Pranjal Joshi)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Premanjana Das:  Srimad-Bhagavatam is meant for all human beings and it is the duty of the Hindus specially the Vaisnavas to disseminate the great knowledge throughout the whole world<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}