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ing in the court, nobody comes to you to consult as a lawyer.

Nobody cares for you. You must be practicing also. Similarly, to be-
come a brahmana means first of all, he must know what is Brah-
man and he must be actually situated in the activities of Brahman.
So devotional service are activities of Brahman. Activities in Krishna
consciousness means activities in Brahman. Brahme carati iti brah-
ma brahmacari. Carati means acts. Actually, he acts in life, applies
the principles of brahmana in his life, he is called brahmacari. So
these were the trainings.

So just see how the training was, that a kshatriya cannot refuse his
promise. So Maharaja Dasaratha, he fulfilled the promise of his
youngest wife and asked his son, eldest son Ramacandra, “My dear
boy, You’ll have to go to forest for fourteen years. That is the desire
of Your youngest mother. And I promised that I shall fulfill her
promise, uh, request. So please accept.” Ramacandra said, “Yes
father, I am ready.” Just see. This is the quality. Out of the six opu-
lences of God, this is one quality.

Nrsimha Caturdasi Appearance day: Lord Nrsimhadeva
Celebrations – May 23