680709SB.MON                    Lectures                   232697/530501 The Lord is friend of the devotee, and as soon as He  sees–He is within you–that you are engaged in hearing about Him, He  helps

is within you–that you are engaged in hearing about Him, He helps you.  How He helps you? He cleanses your heart. Therefore a person, although  he is born of low family, because he is thinking of Krsna, or God, always,  oh, he is being purified. Prahlada Maharaja gives us evidence that manye  tad-arpita-manah. Because he has placed his life, he has placed his  endeavor, everything for Krsna, by mind, by his body, by activities,  therefore pranam punati sa kulam: he is purifying not only himself but his  whole family. This is a prerogative. If a boy becomes a devotee, the whole  family becomes purified. Sva-kulam. The whole family becomes  purified. What best service he can give otherwise than by  becoming the devotee of Lord? That is the best service to his father, mother,  forefathers, grandfather, everyone. That we will find in this  Prahlada Maharaja said, sva-kulam. And na tu bhurimanah.    But  a person who is simply proud of his material qualification, bhurimanah…  Bhurimanah means puffed up, Mr., Dr. Frog, puffed up: “Oh, I am such and  such. I am such and such.” So he cannot purify himself, what to speak of  his family. No. Krsna consciousness is so nice that if one becomes Krsna  conscious, he purifies himself. Never mind wherever he is born. It doesn’t  matter. He is more than a brahmana, viprad dvi-sad-guna, with all the  qualifications. ….