Darshan - 8th August 2021 @4.30 p.m.

Based on the Bhagavad-Gita 6.8-9

Being in equanimity

1. Equanimity - perfect disposition towards things and persons of the world

2. Art of neither being just nor unjust
3. Art of dealing with the matter and people
4. Experience of the joy of true freedom

Story -
1. SB 9.21
The Generosity of King Rantideva
For himself, King Rantideva was always satisfied and depended completely on the Lord’s
providence. At the same time, when guests came to his palace the generous king would personally
look after their every comfort, as if it all depended not on providence but on him. Once King
Rantideva fasted for forty-eight days, but he never complained or made any attempt to get food.
On the morning of the forty-ninth day, he received a sizeable quantity of well-prepared food. But
just as he was about to take his meal, a learned brahmana priest arrived as a guest.

King Rantideva was very advanced in spiritual knowledge, so he could see that the Supreme
Lord Krishna dwells in the heart of every living being. As a result, he received his guest with faith
and respect and gave him a share of the food. The brahmana ate to his satisfaction and went
away.

Now King Rantideva again prepared to break his long fast, but just as he was about to take his
first bite, a low-class laborer entered the palace. King Rantideva could also see Krishna dwelling
in the heart of this sudra, so he gave him a portion of the food as well.

After the sudra had gone away, a bearded and bedraggled man surrounded by a pack of dogs
arrived before King Rantideva. “O King,” he said, “my company of dogs and I are very hungry.
Please give us something to eat.” With great respect King Rantideva gave what was left of his food
to the dogs and their master.

Now only some drinking water remained, and there was only enough for one person. When
the king was just about to drink it, a candala (a dog-eater, the lowest of men) appeared before
him and said, “O King, although I am lowborn, kindly give me some drinking water.”

Touched by these pitiable words, the good-hearted King Rantideva said, “By offering water to
maintain the life of this poor candala, I shall not be the loser—by this act of charity I shall free
myself from all hunger, thirst, fatigue, and illusion.

“I do not pray to the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna for the powers of mystic yoga,
nor for salvation from repeated birth and death in the material world. I want only to stay on this
earth among all the living creatures and suffer all their pains for them. In that way they may be
freed from all distress.”

The ravages of hunger and thirst had brought King Rantideva to the verge of death, and yet
he gladly gave even his last drop of water to the wretched candala. Just then Lord Brahma, Lord
Siva, and other great demigods appeared before the king and revealed that it was they who had
presented themselves as the brahmana, the sudra, the candala, and the man with the dogs.
 The demigods were very pleased with King Rantideva and wanted to bestow great wealth and
opulence upon him. But the king had no desire to enjoy such things. He simply wanted to keep
his mind focused on the lotus feet of Lord Krishna and render devotional service unto Him.
Rantideva knew that Krishna is the eternal master of all the demigods and that the demigods’
gifts are temporary—they pass away with the passing of time. A pure devotee, King Rantideva
cared only about his eternal loving relationship with the Supreme Lord.

This was all ordained by the Supreme Personality of Godhead just to glorify His devotee and show
how tolerant a devotee is in rendering service to the Lord. The Supreme Personality of Godhead,
being extremely pleased with Rantideva, entrusted him with very confidential service. The special
power to render the most confidential service is entrusted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
to a pure devotee, not to ordinary devotees.

2. Bhagavan Balaram Scolding Bhima for killing Duryodhan by breaking rule of club fight .
3. Sri Nityanand prabhu preaching drunkards
4. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu hugging fisherman
5. HDG Srila Prabhupada preaching everyone
Srila Prabhupada equanimity

Giriraja Swami: An elderly Indian gentleman who visited Prabhupada in his room became gradually
critical of Srila Prabhupada's preaching. "Swamiji," the man said, "you should not criticize so many
persons. You should see everyone equally. The Bhagavad-gita says, panditah sama-darsinah: you
should see everybody equally." Prabhupada replied, "That is a higher stage. I am not on that stage. I
distinguish. On the higher stage you don't distinguish between pious activity and sinful activity. But I
distinguish. I say, You are sinning and you should stop.'" As the discussion continued, Prabhupada
kept referring to the previous acaryas in order to support his viewpoint. "I have my Bhagavad-gita,"
said Prabhupada. "I have my acaryas. I stand on their authority." Pursuing the argument,
Prabhupada's visitor said, "What have you done beyond that? You are just repeating what they've
done. What have you done?" Prabhupada replied, "I've not done anything. I'm simply repeating. So
my contribution is that I have made this knowledge available to people all over the world. Without
discrimination, I have given Krishna consciousness to everyone. That is my contribution and that is
my version of panditah sama-darsinah." Prabhupada concluded the interview with those words, and
the man expressed gratefulness. Later in the hall, while leaving, the man was remarking out loud to
himself, "Very interesting ... He sees everyone equally... "

Speaker - Krishnapad das

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