God Has Given Us This Body - Prabhupada 1022
680610 - Lecture SB 07.06.01 - Montreal
You are not maintaining your body. You are given a body to fulfill your desire. You get a particular type of body to fulfill your desire. You desire . . . just like we have got, you analyze each and every one of us, each and every one has got a different type of body. Why? Each and every one of us has got a different type of mentality. That mentality is going on, and according to that mentality you are getting different types of body. So this body means to give me opportunity to satisfy a different type of mentality. That is God's grace.
- ye yathā māṁ prapadyante
- tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham
- (BG 4.11)
You wanted this body, God has given you this body. If you want a tiger's body, God will give you a tiger's body. If you want a demigod's body, God will give you a demigod's body.
- yānti deva-vratā devān
- pitṝn yānti pitṛ-vrataḥ
- bhūtejyā yānti bhūtāni
- mad-yājino 'pi yānti mām
- (BG 9.25)
But if you want a God's body you will get it also. So why not take a God's body? This is the opportunity.