32 TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTI

and enjoy.” This is maya. No one but Krsna can be the enjoyer. Krsna
therefore says in Bhagavad-gita, bhoktaram yajfa: ‘‘] am the only en-
joyer.”’ If we supply ingredients for Krsna’s enjoyment, we attain the per-
fection of life. But if we want to imitate Krsna, thinking, ‘‘I shall become
God and enjoy like Him,”’ then we are in maya. Our natural position is to
provide enjoyment for Krsna. In the spiritual world, for example, Krsna
enjoys, and the gopis, the transcendental cowherd girls, supply the ingre-
dients for Krsna’s enjoyment. This is bhakti.

Bhakti is a relationship between master and servant. The servant’s
duty is to serve the master, and the master supplies whatever the servant
needs.

nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam
eko bahtinam yo vidadhati kaman
(Katha Up. 2.2.13)

The Vedic literature informs us that Krsna can supply all the necessities
for one’s life. There is no scarcity and no economic problem. We simply
have to try to serve Krsna, and then everything will be complete.

If Krsna desires, there may be ample supplies. In America, for exam-
ple, there is an ample supply of everything needed, although in other
countries this is not so. For instance, when I went to Switzerland I saw
that everything there is imported. The only thing supplied locally is
snow. This is all under Krsna’s control. If one becomes a devotee, one
will be amply supplied with food, and if one does not become a devotee
one will be covered with snow. Everything is under Krsna’s control, so
actually there is no scarcity. The only scarcity is a scarcity of Krsna
consciousness.

Of course, the world is full of dangers. But Kuntidevi says, ‘‘Because
Devaki is Your devotee, You saved her from the distresses imposed
upon her by her envious brother.’’ As soon as Devaki’s brother heard
that his sister’s eighth son would kill him, he was immediately ready to
kill Devaki. But Devaki’s husband pacified him. It is the duty of a hus-
band to protect his wife, and therefore Devaki’s husband said, ‘‘My dear
brother-in-law, why are you envious of your sister? After all, your sister
will not kill you; it is her son who will kill you. That is the problem. So I
shall deliver all the sons to you, and then you may do whatever you like
with them. Why should you kill this innocent, newly married girl? She is
your younger sister, and you should protect her, just as you would pro-
tect your daughter. Why should you kill her?’ In this way he placated
