Text 50] Lord Krsna Shows the Universal Form 139

Foolish persons do not know how risky life is here if one does not
follow the instructions of Krsna. The Krsna consciousness movement,
therefore, has been started so that by practicing Krsna consciousness one
can avoid the risky life of this material existence. There is no question of
accepting or not accepting Krsna consciousness. It is not optional; it is
compulsory. If we do not take to Krsna consciousness, our life is very
risky. Everything is explained in Bhagavad-gitd. Therefore, to learn
how to become free from the miserable condition of material existence,
Bhagavad-gita As It Is is the preliminary study. Then, if one under-
stands Bhagavad-gitd, one can proceed to Srimad-Bhagavatam, and if
one advances further, one may study Caitanya-caritamrta. We are
therefore presenting these invaluable books to the whole world so that
people may study them and be happy, being delivered from miserable
conditional life.

TEXT 50

AAC TH: F ATA AS ZT HATTA:
aa Aes eA VAT MATA AMAA UI4ell

astv ity uktah sa bhagavan
vraje drono mahd-yasah

Jajfie nanda iti khydato
yasoda sa dharabhavat

astu—when Brahma agreed, “Yes, it is all right’; iti uktah—thus
being ordered by him; sah—he (Drona); bhagavan —eternally the
father of Krsna (Bhagavan’s father is also Bhagavan); vraje—in Vraja-
bhimi, Vrndavana; dronah—Drona, the most powerful Vasu; mahda-
yasah—the very famous transcendentalist; jajfie—appeared; nandah—
as Nanda Maharaja; iti—thus; khydtah—is celebrated; yasodaé—as
mother Yasoda; sé—she; dhard—the same Dhara; abhavat—appeared.

TRANSLATION

When Brahmi said, “Yes, let it be so,”’ the most fortune Drona,
who was equal to Bhagavan, appeared in Vrajapura, Vrndavana, as
