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Perfect questions, perfect answers 1
Māyāpur, India – February 27, 1972
Perfect questions, perfect answers 1
Bob: What is the meaning of the name Kṛṣṇa?
Perfect questions, perfect answers 1
Śrīla Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa means “all-attractive.”
Perfect questions, perfect answers 1
Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes. So unless God is all-attractive, how can He be God? A man is important when he is …
Perfect questions, perfect answers 1
Śrīla Prabhupāda: So, God must be attractive, and attractive for all. Therefore, if God has any name, or if you …
Perfect questions, perfect answers 1
Bob: But why only the name Kṛṣṇa?
Perfect questions, perfect answers 1
Śrīla Prabhupāda: Because He’s all-attractive. Kṛṣṇa means “all-attractive.” God has no name, but by His qualities we give Him names. …
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Bob: But what about a name meaning “all-powerful”?
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Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes … Unless you are all-powerful, how can you be all-attractive?
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Śyāmasundara [Śrīla Prabhupāda’s secretary]: The name Kṛṣṇa includes everything.

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