48 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness

and that someone is superior. No one individual can
say, “I am the supreme. No one is above me.” Nor
can anyone say, “I am the most inferior. No one is
below me.” Once we think that we are the most
inferior, we'll immediately find that someone is
inferior to us; and once we think that we are supreme,
we'll immediately find someone superior. This is our
position.

God’s position, however, is not like this. In
Bhagavad-gita Krsna asserts His superiority Himself
in this way:

mattah parataram nanyat
kincid asti dhananijaya

mayi sarvam idam protam
sutre mani-gana iva

“O conquerer of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth
superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls
are strung on a thread.” (Bg. 7.7)

God is asamaurdha, which means that no one is
equal to or superior to Him. If we find someone who
has no superior, we can accept him as God. God can
be defined as one who has no superior and who has
no equal. This is the Vedic version. In the Upanisads
it is said, na tat samas cabhyadhikas ca dréyate: no
one is found equal to or greater than Him.

Another characteristic of God is that He has
nothing to do. In the material world, when a man
is considered very important, he always has a great
number of things to do. The President of the United
States, for instance, is considered to be the supreme
man in the country, but as soon as there is some
