152 TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTI

ha ha prabhu nanda-suta vrsabhanu-suta-yuta
karuna karaha ei-bara

‘*Krsna, Nanda-suta, You are present with Radharani, the daughter of
King Vrsabhanu. Now I fully surrender unto You. Please show me Your
mercy.”

Without Krsna consciousness one thinks, ‘‘I shall protect myself, or
my society, community, or state will give me protection. I have so many
protectors. Why should I care for God? Why shall I go to Krsna? Those
rascals who have no protection can go to Krsna.”’ But the fact is that un-
less Krsna gives one protection one cannot be protected. This is stated
in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (7.9.19): bdalasya neha Saranam pitarau nr-
simha. When Prahlada Maharaja offered prayers to Krsna as Nrsirh-
hadeva, he said, ‘‘My dear Lord, one should not think that because a
child has a father and mother he has full protection.’’ If Krsna did
not protect a child, the child could not be protected, even if he were to
have thousands of fathers and mothers. Prahlada also says, ndrtasya
cagadam udanvati majjato nauh: “‘It is not that a good physician or good
medicine can protect one from disease.”’ Suppose a rich man is suffering
from some disease and he hires a first-class physician and takes first-class
medicine. Does it mean that his life is guaranteed? No. If Krsna does not
give him protection, despite good medical treatment and a good supply of
medicine he will die. ‘Similarly,’ Prahlada continues, ‘‘one may have a
good boat, but this does not guarantee that he will not drown in the
ocean. If You do not protect him he may drown at any moment.”’ Nature
offers so many difficulties, and although scientists may try to invent
something to check these difficulties in the struggle for existence, unless
Krsna gives one protection one’s inventions will be of no use.

Kuntidevi knows this, and therefore although she is the mother of the
great warriors Arjuna and Bhima, she still thinks, ‘‘ Although my sons are
great warriors, they are not sufficient to give us protection. Nothing can
give us protection but Your lotus feet.’’ This verse illustrates the position
of a surrendered soul seeking the protection of Krsna. If we remain in
this position; knowing that our only protector is Krsna and that our only
duty is to serve Krsna, then our life is successful.
