4 Krsna Consciousness: the Topmost Yoga System

parent; Sudama is His lover as a friend; Arjuna also as a
friend—there are millions and billions of different kinds of
direct devotees of Krsna.

So the yoga systems as described here lead to bhakti-yoga,
and bhakti-yoga can be practiced by persons who have devel-
oped attachment to Krsna. Others cannot practice it. And, if
anyone is able to develop that attachment, the relationship will
be that he will understand God, Krsna, perfectly. However we

may try to understand God by our different theories or specu-
lations, it is still a difficult job. We may say that we have under-

stood God, but it is not possible to understand Him as He is,
because we have limited senses, and He is unlimited.

It is said in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that our senses are im-
perfect, all of them. We cannot understand even the material
world perfectly. You have seen so many planets and stars in
the sky at night, but you do not know what they are. You do
not even know what the moon planet is, though men have been
trying for so many years to go there in sputniks. Even this one
planet, Earth! We do not know what varieties there are even
on this planet! If you go to the sea, to the sky, your percep-
tion is limited. Our knowledge is, therefore, always imperfect.
On that we must agree. If we foolishly think that we have
acquired all forms of knowledge and we have advanced in
science, this is another foolishness. It is not possible.

And, when it is not possible to understand even the material
things which we daily see with our eyes, what can we say of
the spiritual world and Krsna, the Supreme Personality of God-
head? He is the supreme spiritual form, and it is not possible to
understand Him by our limited senses. Then why are we
bothering so much for Krsna consciousness, if it is not possible?
If these imperfect senses cannot realize Krsna as He is? The
answer is that if you become submissive, if you develop the
spiritual attitude of following Krsna, and you are as a servant
or a friend, as a parent or as a lover—if you begin to give
