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yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamy aham
‘“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O de-
scendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I
descend Myself.”’

God comes to this world in person, He leaves behind His instructions
like those of Bhagavad-gita, and He leaves behind His devotees who can
explain who God is, but still we are so stubborn that we do not accept
God. This is foolishness. In Bhagavad-gita those who do not accept God
are called muidhah—rascals and fools.

God exists, and God’s energy also exists, so if we cannot see God we
can at least see His energy. We may not see the electric powerhouse and
the engineer within it generating power, but we use electricity in so many
ways. Therefore we should inquire where this electricity comes from.
This is intelligence, and if one inquires in this way he will eventually find
the powerhouse itself. Similarly, if one studies further to find out who is
running the powerhouse, one will find a human being. Although the
electricity is impersonal and even the powerhouse is impersonal, the man
behind everything is a person. Similarly, God is a person. This is a logical
conclusion. How can He be impersonal? That which is impersonal has no
intelligence. We have invented so many very wonderful machines, but
the machines are not intelligent. The intelligence belongs to the opera-
tor. Therefore Krsna says, mayddhyaksena prakrtih stiyate sa-caradcaram:
‘*You are seeing the energy displayed in the wonderful actions and reac-
tions of this material cosmic manifestation, but don’t think that they are
working independently. No, I am behind them.”’

Krsna further says:

maya tatam idam sarvam
jagad avyakta-murtina
mat-sthani sarva-bhutani
na caham tesv avasthitah
‘*By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All
beings are in Me, but I am not in them.” (Bg. 9.4) That which is avyakta,
unmanifested, also has murti, a form. The sky, for example, is avyakta,
unmanifest, but it also has a form—the round form of the universe. If we
