As Mother Durgā has ten hands, each equipped with a weapon sufficient to kill the demons, Śrīla Prabhupāda also has multiple weapons. With harināma, prasāda, books, festivals, and other transcendental devices and techniques, he destroys the demoniac mentality. Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!
As Mother Sarasvatī presides over all branches of Vedic knowledge, so Śrīla Prabhupāda also seemed to know about and was an expert in everything: philosophy, science, history, music, cooking, business, accounts, practical economics, art, architecture, legal matters, and so on. The only thing he did not seem to know much about, or have much interest in, was yantra-vidyā (technology), a branch of knowledge meant for the demons.
Book by Bhakti Vikāsa Swami "Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!", chapter "An Analysis of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Qualities".
In his podcast on March 22, 2023, H.H. Sivarama Swami mentions the story of how Arjuna saved Agni by allowing him to burn the Khāṇḍava forest and consume all medicinal herbs. After that Agni wanted to give Arjuna blessings by giving him yantra-vidyā, knowledge of machines, so-called technology, so, when Krsna heard that, Krsna said "No!", "It will ruin everything!"
Modern education is all about this yantra-vidyā, technology. It is the knowledge of the demons and it is coming from the lower planets.
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