750331b Conversation - Srila Prabhupada Speaks a Nectar Drop in Mayapur
| Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada |
| "Acyutānanda: The Rāmānuja and the Madhva, they say kṛṣṇa-varṇam means "black." Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣa kṛṣṇam (SB 11.5.32): "But He is effulgent."
Prabhupāda: Hmm? No. We should follow our ācāryas. Why . . . Acyutānanda: No, but how to convince them that? They will never accept Caitanya. Prabhupāda: No. "You are also ācārya, but we have got our own ācārya. Why should I follow you?" Acyutānanda: But how to convince them? Prabhupāda: Convince means they will not be convinced. Kṛṣṇa-varṇam, kṛṣṇaṁ varṇayati. One who is describing Kṛṣṇa, that is kṛṣṇa-varṇa. And kṛṣṇa-varṇa does not mean black. And again it is confirmed, tviṣā akṛṣṇam. So how can they say "black"? By complexion, He is akṛṣṇa. So how they can interpret that He's black? Acyutānanda: That it says . . . they interpret kṛṣṇa-varṇam. . . Prabhupāda: That is foolishness. That is foolishness. Kṛṣṇa-varṇam means kṛṣṇaṁ varṇayati iti kṛṣṇa-varṇam. If it is kṛṣṇa-varṇa, then how it is again confirmed, tviṣā akṛṣṇa? Acyutānanda: That His effulgence. Prabhupāda: That is his interpretation. Tviṣā, tviṣā akṛṣṇam. And in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said, idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ, śuklo raktas tathā pitaḥ idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ (SB 10.8.13). So God has other colors also: white and red and yellow. So here is yellow. Tviṣā akṛṣṇa. So we have to follow Jīva Gosvāmī. What these rascals we have to follow? We don't follow." |
| 750331 - Conversation - Mayapur |