Only By God's Favor Can We Understand Him - Prabhupada 1085
710204 - Lecture SB 06.03.12-15 - Gorakhpur
Yam evaiṣa vṛṇute . . . nāyam ātmā pravacanena labh . . . (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.23). This is Vedic injunction. Simply by talking, becoming a very nice speaker or lecturer, you cannot understand the Supreme. Nāyam ātmā na medhayā. Because you have got very nice brain, therefore you will be able to understand—no. Na medhayā. Nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo na medhayā na. Then how? Yam evaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhyaḥ-labhyaḥ (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.23): "Only such person who is favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he can understand." He can understand. Otherwise, nobody can understand.