32 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness
us is just like the relationship of a father to a son.
The son may insist upon getting something from the
father, and the father may try to convince him that
what he wants is not for his good, saying, ‘““My dear
son, don’t touch this. This is not good for you.” But
when the boy insists upon it, the father will allow
him to have it. The affectionate father gives the son
just what he wants. Similarly, the Supreme Father
gives His sons and daughters just what they want. It
is stated in Bhagavad-gita that all beings, in all
species of life, are his children.
sarva-yonisu kaunteya
murtayah sambhavanti yah
tasam brahma mahad yonir
aham bija-pradah pita

“Tt should be understood that all species of life,O son
of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material
nature, and that I am the seed-giving Father.” (Bg.14.4)

In this material world, the mother, prakrti, which
is material nature, supplies us with the body, and the
Supreme Father impregnates this matter with living
souls. There is an erroneous theory current that only
human beings have souls and that other living entities
do not, but we understand from Vedic authority
that there are over 8,000,000 species of bodies,
including plants and trees, and that they all have
souls, otherwise they would not be able to develop
and grow. In this verse Sti Krsna claims that all
living entities, regardless of the forms they take in
