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Sunday, September 25, 2011

A DEVOTEE IS NEVER DEPRESSED


If you are working for Krsna, it is Krsna's desire if you be successful or not successful. Here it is, the word is used, asiddhau. That means don't think that because you are Krsna conscious, you will be always successful. No. It doesn't matter. 

Even if you are unsuccessful, you must know it firmly that without Krsna's desire, nothing can happen. If you are unsuccessful, then you should.... That is Krsna conscious.... You should know also that "It is Krsna's desire." It is Krsna's desire. 

So there is no question of being depressed because you are unsuccessful. A devotee is never depressed in the horrible condition of life. Tat te 'nukampam su-samiksamano bhunjana... [SB 10.14.8].

- Srila Prabhupada lecture, Bhagavad-gita 4.22 -- Bombay, April 11, 1974