Vaishnavas Enlighten Others - Prabhupada 0937

700103 - Lecture SB 06.01.06 - Los Angeles

Vaiṣṇava means the servant of God or the devotee of God, Vaiṣṇava. Viṣṇu means Lord, and Vaiṣṇava means one who is devotee of Viṣṇu, he is called Vaiṣṇava. Godly. Godly person. Vaiṣṇava means godly person.

So every godly person, he thinks for others. "Oh, people are suffering for want of knowledge, for want of God consciousness, for want of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Oh, let me do some service. Let me enlighten them so that they may be happy." Therefore we offer our obeisances to the Vaiṣṇavas: vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca (Vaiṣṇava-praṇāma). Vāñchā-kalpa-taru means that, "My dear devotee, you are just like a desire tree. Whatever I desire from you, you fulfill." Vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca. Kṛpā means mercy, "You are the ocean of mercy," and patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo, "and you are deliverer of the fallen souls. Therefore I offer my obeisances unto you."