78 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness

“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)

This information is not only given in Bhagavad-
gita but in other scriptures as well, and it has been
accepted from the very beginning by great
acaryas (teachers) like Sankaracarya, Ramanujacarya,
Madhvacarya, Lord Caitanya and many other stal-
wart authorities. Even at the present moment those
who do not accept Krsna as the Supreme Lord are
accepting the knowledge given by Krsna to Arjuna.
So in this way they are accepting Krsna indirectly.
If one accepts Bhagavad-gita as a great book of
knowledge, he is also accepting Krsna. There is no
doubt that the Supreme Absolute Truth is Krsna
and that we have our eternal relationship with Him.

Our eternal relationship with God is sabhajana:
God is great, and we are subordinate. He is the
predominator, and we are the predominated. The
duty of the subordinate is to please the predominator.
Similarly, if we want to be happy, we must learn
how to make Krsna happy. This is the process of
Krsna consciousness.

But how is it to be understood that the Su-
preme Lord is satisfied by our service and labor?
It is actually possible to perfect our service or
occupational duty. Everyone has some service to
perform according to his designations. He may be an
Indian or American, Hindu, Muslim or Christian,
man, woman, brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra or
whatever—in any case he is meant to do some sort
of work, and that work is his occupational duty.
