50 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness
nothing to do.” This is a very intelligent conclusion;
indeed, it is the Vedic conclusion.

Nowadays it is becoming fashionable for people to
claim that they are becoming God by meditation.
This means that by meditation it is possible to trans-
form oneself into God; in other words, God medi-
tates, and by His meditation He becomes God. This
is all nonsense. God is God, and He was always God
and will always be God. Even as an infant on the lap
of His mother Krsna is God. No meditation was re-
quired, no austerity or penance. When Putana, the
demonic witch, came to poison Baby Krsna, she came
as a beautiful young girl and asked Mother Yasgoda,
“Oh, Yasodamayi, you have a very nice baby. Will
you kindly give Him to me so I can nurse Him?”
Yasoda was a very simple village woman, and she
said, “Oh yes, you can take my child.” Putana had
smeared poison on her breasts, and she intended to
kill Krsna by letting Him suck them. This is the de-
monic spirit; demons are always wanting to kill
Krsna so they can say, “God is dead. There is no
God. God is impersonal.” Krsna was so kind to
Putana that He allowed her to nurse Him, but when
He sucked her breasts He not only sucked out the
poison but her life as well. Putana fell to the ground
dead and was immediately transformed into her orig-
inal demonic form. So this is God; in the lap of His
mother He is God. He does not have to become God
by meditation, penance, austerity or by following
rules or regulations. He is substantially and eternally
God, and He has nothing to do. If one claims that he
can become God by worshiping such and such a
deity or by meditating, we should immediately take
