So anyone who does not take the result of his karma, then he is sannyasi.
Yesterday's Srimad Bhagavatam verse described how Lord Rishabhadeva adopted a mode in which He was lying in His own stool and urine, just to avoid the association of ordinary persons. But today's verse, 5.5.33, made it clear that even this act of the Lord was glorious: "Because Lord Rishabhadeva remained in that condition, the public did not disturb Him, but no bad aroma emanated from His stool and urine. Quite the contrary, His stool and urine were so aromatic that they filled eighty miles of the countryside with a pleasant fragrance."
Srila Prabhupada got off to a humorous start. "So here is incarnation of God, Rishabhadeva. Now there are so many rascal incarnations. Is it possible to pass stool and make it surabhi? Is it possible? So you can ask these rascal incarnations that 'Pass your stool here!" With everyone laughing and he himself chuckling, he continued, "Let us see first of all. Then we shall accept you! Practical. 'We are fools and rascals. We want practical test.' "
Smiling broadly, he told us that we have to accept the statements of sastra, that if the incarnation of God passes stool, it is fragrant. "He can do it. That is God."
According to sastra, even the stool of the cow is so pure that it makes whatever it comes in contact with pure also. "In Indian villages," he told us, "still they use cow dung for smearing over the Floor, and it becomes very nice, fresh, and purified. That is injunction of the sastra, that cow dung is pure. So if by the will of Krishna, by the arrangement of Krishna, even an animal's stool can become so purified, what to speak of Krishna's stool?"
Each morning as we greet the Deity form of the Lord, we sing verse 5.32 from Brahma samhita. Prabhupada cited it to remind us of the potency of those forms, and the vast difference between the Lord's body and ours. "Just like generally we find a person is born from the yoni [womb]. Therefore we call sarva yoni. But Garbhodakasayi Vishnu, He did not take any help from his wife to give birth to a son, Lord Brahma. He generated from His navel. This is called angani yasya sakalendriya vrittimanti. We have to see that. Where is that instance ordinarily that a child is born from the navel? But He can do that. A child is born from female. That is from the yoni. But here a living creature is born from the navel, and that is also [from] purusha. That is sac cid ananda vigrahah. You cannot compare Krishna's body with our body. If you do that, then you must be a mudha, rascal. Don't do that. Krishna is always transcendental."
Still, he said, understanding Krishna's form is not difficult. Simply by engaging just one of our senses we can realize Him easily. "When you engage your tongue . . . It is also wonderful. To understand Krishna, you require your tongue. Generally we understand by seeing or by hearing. Hearing is there, but here it is recommended tongue, especially. Why tongue is used? Because if you simply chant Hare Krishna by your tongue and taste Krishna prasadam, you will understand Krishna. Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau svayam eva sphuraty adah [Brs. 1.2.234]. If you make it a promise that 'I shall not talk anything except Krishna's message,' and if you promise that 'I shall not take anything which is not offered to Krishna,' these two things, this prasadam and chanting, will make you perfect to understand Krishna."
He also warned us to be careful in the execution of our service.
Narrating the story of Ambarisha Maharaja, who understood the Lord by perfectly fixing his mind on Him, he told us about Durvasa Muni, who on a slight pretext, found fault in him. Even though he was so powerful, he could not be helped even by Narayana Himself, because he had offended a great devotee. "Vaishnava aparadha is very, very offensive. You should be very careful. Caitanya Mahaprabhu has warned. Vaishnava aparadha, offense at the feet of Vaishnava, is exactly like mad elephant. If a mad elephant enters your garden, then he spoils everything. Vaishnava aparadha means hati mata. Mata means mad, and hati means elephant. So we should be very, very careful not to commit any offense at the feet of Vaishnava. Vaishnava does not take any offense. He does not care who is offender, but Krishna takes care. Krishna will never tolerate if a person is Vaishnava aparadha. Mind that. Just like a big man. You can offend him, he doesn't mind. But if [you do] something harmful to his child, so he becomes very angry."
"Durvasa Muni, by his yogic power, he not only crossed over this material space and the material universe, but he went to the other space, paravyoma, where he saw Lord Vishnu, and he came back within a year. So that is yoga. One can reach even the sun planet by the beams. This is yoga practice. By touching the beams he can go to the sun planet. There are so many wonderful things. So Durvasa Muni was a great yogi. He knew all these things. Still, he was defeated before a Vaishnava. He had to come and immediately fall down: 'Maharaja Ambarisha, kindly excuse me; I have done offense.' Maharaja Ambarisha was so humble that 'You are in trouble, brahmana, so whatever I have got, asset, whatever I have done, austerity, penance . . . you take immediately and be excused.' This is Vaishnava: 'You take all my assets.' So there was very friendly. Then both of them took prasadam, and then Durvasa Muni could understand what is the power of devotee. So be very much careful to remain a spotless devotee. Then all success is there. There is no doubt about it. "
Thus, Prabhupada said, if we want to understand Krishna we can do so only by the process of devotional service. "That is Krishna consciousness movement. Then your life is successful. And to understand Krishna, no other method will help you. Krishna said, bhaktya mam abhijanati [Bg. 18.55]. Never said that 'I can be understood by yogic process or by karma, by jnana.' "
Having spelled out the failure of doing yoga without devotion, Prabhupada concluded by giving a strong warning of the consequences of karmic activities done not for the pleasure of the Lord. "So anyone who does not take the result of his karma, then he is sannyasi. Suppose you are a businessman. You have earned two lakhs of rupees, but give it to Krishna. Otherwise what you will do with these two lakhs of rupees? If you don't take it, will you throw it away? 'No, why shall I throw it? It should be utilized for Krishna.' People are very much enthusiastic to earn money in this material world. We can see practically, especially in the Western world. But if they engage their profit for pushing on Krishna consciousness movement, then their money will no more be engaged in releasing atomic bomb. Otherwise it will be used for releasing atomic bomb. I shall break your head and you shall break my head. Both of them we shall finish."
Reference: Transcendental Diary Volume 5 by Hari Sauri Dasa
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