Get on a Regular Diet of Hearing Srimad Bhagvatam | SB 1.1.2 | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 07 Aug 2025

One might think— "Well, how might I enter into the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam?” That’s a question Prabhupāda asked on the Jaladūta: How will people be able to receive this message? Because they are so enamored of the modes of material nature and their ways of life. Prabhupāda introduced it a step at a time, and as devotees gathered to hear, they became purified. If one can appreciate that the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam has the power to overcome the modes of material nature—which create this sense of envy in the material world, and fear, and all the other base qualities that come from illusion—then one might take it as medicine. That is mentioned in the 10th Canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 10.1.4): nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād bhavauṣadhāc chrotra-mano-’bhirāmāt ka uttamaśloka-guṇānuvādāt pumān virajyeta vinā paśughnāt which contains the word auṣadhi. Auṣadhi means a kind of medicine. This is where we can appreciate the sādhana-bhakti of hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. One may say, “I’m not qualified. I can’t enter. I’m not nirmatsarāṇām.” That’s okay. You take it as medicine. And one might say, “The people I’m distributing to, they don’t even know what it is.” Well, how are they going to know what it is if you don’t give it to them? Prabhupāda once said that when the devotees were saying, “We’re going to preach, but people are not interested,” Prabhupāda said, “That’s why you preach! How would they become interested unless you tell them?” They are all open to suggestion. You just have to speak it. Therefore, we are a culture of the Bhāgavata. And very particularly, Prabhupāda brought it to America—or as he said, it brought him—and he painstakingly made sure that all the volumes were going to be available. Even after Prabhupāda left, he made sure someone else who was trained by him, who could carry the same message, would be able to translate it. Kṛṣṇa made all those arrangements. He sent Pradyumna; He sent Hṛdayānanda Mahārāja. Others who were qualified, who had heard from Prabhupāda sufficiently, were able to read through the commentaries of the ācāryas and give the summary all the way through—what to speak of the tenor of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s voice, whom they had heard from for many years. Therefore, we have this greatest treasure. We have the daily process of hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the association of devotees, and, of course, we are also distributing it. So we can be very sure of its efficacy, not only for ourselves advancing in devotional service, but also in bestowing it upon other people and helping them to come into the culture of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Nothing else will solve problems. Everything else is a stopgap measure to solve the problems of the material world. But if one gets on a regular diet of hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam on a daily basis—and, of course, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa—then naturally, the impediments to one’s sanity will diminish. What to speak of: one will become happy by hearing it! (31:12) ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://vaisesikadasayatra.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://thefourquestionsbook.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 ------------------------------------------------------------