Hare Krsna,
Realizations from Chapters 5 through 7:
- Without the Lord’s empowerment and intervention, no action or transformation in the universe is possible.
In the 5th chapter, Maitreya first elaborately described the creation of the material universe. In the course of creation, the gross and subtle material elements once formed were meant to combine together to form the universe and different bodies within it. But the elements couldn’t do so without the Lord’s help.
SB 3.5.23 & 26: The Personality of Godhead, the master of all living entities, existed prior to the creation as one without a second. It is by His will only that creation is made possible and again everything merges in Him. This Supreme Self is symptomized by different names. The Supreme Living Being in His feature as the transcendental puruṣa incarnation, who is the Lord’s plenary expansion, impregnates the material nature of three modes, and thus by the influence of eternal time the living entities appear.
- Eagerness to serve Krsna and willingness to cooperate with Krsna’s devotees attract the mercy of Krsna.
During the process of creation, the presiding deities of various material elements began to offer prayers to Lord Maha Visnu:
“O Lord, Your lotus feet are like an umbrella for the surrendered souls, protecting them from all the miseries of material existence. All the sages under that shelter throw off all material miseries. We therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto Your lotus feet. (SB 3.5.39)
O Father, O Lord, O Personality of Godhead, the living entities in the material world can never have any happiness because they are overwhelmed by the three kinds of miseries. Therefore, they take shelter of the shade of Your lotus feet, which are full of knowledge, and we also thus take shelter of them. (SB 3.5.40)
The lotus feet of the Lord are by themselves the shelter of all places of pilgrimage. The great clear-minded sages, carried by the wings of the Vedas, always search after the nest of Your lotus-like face. Some of them surrender to Your lotus feet at every step by taking shelter of the best of rivers [the Ganges], which can deliver one from all sinful reactions. (SB 3.5.41)
Simply by hearing about Your lotus feet with eagerness and devotion and by meditating upon them within the heart, one at once becomes enlightened with knowledge, and on the strength of detachment one becomes pacified. We must therefore take shelter of the sanctuary of Your lotus feet. (SB 3.5.42)
O Lord, persons who, because of their serious attitude, attain the stage of enlightened devotional service achieve the complete meaning of renunciation and knowledge and attain the Vaikuṇṭhaloka in the spiritual sky simply by drinking the nectar of Your topics. (SB 3.5.46)
- Krsna bhakti mitigates all miseries:
In SB 3.5.10-16, Vidura expresses the power of Krsna-katha. He says that being devoid of the nectar of Krsna’s pastimes, the lesser topics like the higher and lower status of human society have not satisfied him. Who in human society can be fully satiated with hearing the talks of the Lord who is worshipped by great devotees? Such topics can cut off one’s bondage simply by entering the holes of one’s ears. Krsna-katha increases indifference to all other things and such remembrance of the lotus feet vanquishes all miseries without delay.
SB 3.5.13: For one who is anxious to engage constantly in hearing such topics, kṛṣṇa-kathā gradually increases his indifference towards all other things. Such constant remembrance of the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa by the devotee who has achieved transcendental bliss vanquishes all his miseries without delay.
SB 3.5.15: O Maitreya, O friend of the distressed, the glories of the Supreme Lord can alone do good for people all over the world. Therefore, just as bees collect honey from flowers, kindly describe the essence of all topics — the topics of the Lord.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Krsna Katha 