Bhagavatam-daily 246 – 11.12.03 – Association makes bhakti accessible to all humans – and nonhumans too.mp3

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Thank you Srimad Bhagavatam 11.12.3 Krishna is glorifying the potency of association of his devotees and there in that connection he is stating over here that various living beings of various capacities in various parts of the universe have all got the opportunity to become elevated and liberated by the association of his devotees in that connection he gives the example here Satsangena Hidaiteya Satsangena by the association of devotees Daiteya, Daityas are then some are one category of non devotional or more specifically anti devotional beings who are the sons of Diti in the Puranic genealogy it is described that both the Devas and Asuras have come from the same father but through different mothers the sons of Kashyapa through Aditi are called as Adityas they are the Devas and the sons of Kashyapa through Diti are called as Daityas so among these two the Daityas are generally considered lower their rewards are also below the earthly planetary system and further their consciousness is also usually more anti devotional than the consciousness of people in general of the humans and certainly of Devatas so Krishna is although we could go into the technicalities of the various living beings that are talked about over here the Daityas are one category of demoniac beings Daityas, Daanavas, Rakshasas these are all different categories of beings so similarly Yatudhana, Mrughakhagha so Yatudhana, it’s interesting now Krishna is not only putting over here Yatudhana is the demons they are also another kind of Asuric demoniac people and now Krishna is putting also Mrughakhagha Mrughakhagha is the animals, Khagagha is the birds when Krishna is talking about how the potency of devotion can liberate everyone he does not restrict that to humans alone, certainly humans can be and are liberated by the potency of Krishna manifesting through his devotees at the same time it is that potency is accessible even beyond through non-human beings also there is the celebrated story of course of Ramanujacharya how once he after taking prasad washed his hands and when he washed his hands the the water that washed his hands that contained some of his Mahaprasad and that Mahaprasad went to some fish who were there in the lake below and just by taking that Mahaprasad the fish got liberated and got 400 Vishnu forms and went back to Vaikuntha so the key point here is that Bhakti is so universal that its universality goes beyond human to all living beings nowadays there is Speciesism Speciesism just like we have Communism, Socialism, Nationalism so Speciesism means that the idea that the human species is categorically different from other species that is an idea taught by certain religions especially the Abrahamic religions Christianity primarily and this idea is largely coming from the fundamental world view that there is nothing except Krishna in our life sorry this is that not that there is nothing except Krishna sorry that humans alone have the capacity to access God and no other living beings have that capacity that whole attitude makes the practice of Speciesism natural but here we see the inclusiveness of Bhakti that it is said that by the association of devotees devotees can give Krishna and Krishna Bhakti even to those living beings who are not within the human species mrugaha khagaha so a bird is and those who are animals this way by understanding that Bhakti is in and of itself universal that Bhakti is in and of itself capable of delivering all living beings so here this list talks about lower both ways those who are lower in terms of in terms of disposition like the the Ittyas and those who are lower in terms of conscious or rather lower in terms of biological species also that is the animals and plants animals and birds and further it will talk about further the verse talks about Gandharvas Apsaras these are celestial beings those who are above us humans above in terms of the location of their abodes and above in terms of the extent of their dharmic orientation but either way the point is that wherever a person wherever a soul may be in terms of geographical location or in terms of the aboding location all souls can be delivered by the process of bhakti that is offered by the association of devotees so we see there are special devotees like Narada who travel in various parts of the universe and by travelling thus they deliver souls who are in different parts of the world now in addition to that yes this devotee Narada like Narada I am Prabhupada celebrated as the called as the original spaceman so origin cosmonaut we could say like that there are various living beings and all of them have the like that there are various living beings in various parts of the universe and there are various representatives of the law who offer their association to living beings in different parts of the universe and they deliver them that is the great potency of the devotees who make the universal process of bhakti universally accessible and thus they deliver people negative souls all over the universe thank you