Those who are very much proud, they do not take Krishna consciousness very seriously
In class, speaking from Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.3, Prabhupada explained that although Prahlada Maharaja was an inexperienced young boy, nevertheless the demigods, being unable to pacify Lord Nrisimhadeva, asked him to go forward to speak. Even Sri Lakshmi-devi, the Lord's eternal consort, could not approach Him, what to speak of pacify Him.
Prabhupada explained that it was something like putting a small boy in the cage of a lion. But Prahlada felt no difficulty. He sat at the feet of the Lord, feeling himself completely protected.
Srila Prabhupada stressed the necessity of becoming humble if we want to make advancement in Krishna consciousness. If a person is proud, then Krishna consciousness is not possible. "Those who are very much proud, they do not take Krishna consciousness very seriously. They think, 'These poor fellows, who had no money, no foodstuff, they have come in the name of Krishna for begging. So it is for them. It is not for us. I am very rich. I am very opulent. I am very educated. I am very aristocratic. So for me there is no need of.'
"The Indians say like that in your country. 'Now we have known this Krishna, Hare Krishna. Now it is not needed. Now it is technology.' So these puffed-up persons cannot understand Krishna. One has to become very humble."
He cautioned us that a devotee must always feel insignificant before guru and Krishna. "If somebody thinks that 'I have become more than my guru, more than Krishna,' then he is finished. Never should we think that 'I have become very big personality.' That was the instruction of my Guru Maharaja, that bada Vaishnava: 'I am very big Vaishnava. Everyone should come and obey my orders.' This is condemned position. Real position is one should be very humble and meek."
He also commented about the constant requests he has been receiving for sannyasa. "It doesn't require to change. There are so many questions sometimes: Whether it is necessary to take sannyasa? By the routine work, it is necessary. But if one is serious, so for him it is not necessary ahaituky apratihata because for a serious student of devotion, Krishna is in his hand."
Class was short.
Afterward the devotees accompanied him with a lively kirtana as he circumambulated the Deities in what has now become a regular feature of his morning program. Walking around the Deity room three times Prabhupada vigorously rang the bells hanging on either side of the temple room. The more he rang them, the more energetic the chanting became. As he came before the Deities he spun clockwise on the spot before moving on around. The kirtana party accompanied him, in front and behind, and by the end, every one was jumping up and down and singing ecstatically, as Prabhupada's face beamed with satisfaction.
Reference: Transcendental Diary Volume 1 by Hari Sauri Dasa
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