Who is a rascal?

[Bhakti Vikasa Swami]

Caitya guru: Prabhupada, many times they tell us that "Prabhupada, he criticize
us." We said, "Yes, you are made to be criticized."
Devotee (3): Your stick is Bhagavad-gita As It Is.
Prabhupada: They say? They say?
Caitya-guru: Oh, yes. In Mauritius there are many cults. So they invited us. I
went to two, three. So they asked me that "We are coming many temple. You
people, why not you come?" I said, "Well, whenever you invite us, we are ready
to come, but you accept our philosophy." So they said, "How we can accept your
philosophy? Prabhupada, he, wherever, he say that all the other are Mayavadi.
All other are rascal." [laughter] "Well, Krsna has said that. Prabhupada is not
doing that. Krsna said who don't accept Him, he is mudha; he is rascal. So
Prabhupada is giving as it is, whatever Krsna has said." Oh, they were...
Prabhupada: No... [break] Krsna said, "The rascals do not surrender to Me." So
as soon as we see somebody not Krsna conscious, we call him rascal. So what is
the wrong there?
Caitya guru: It is not wrong.
Prabhupada: Krsna says, na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah [Bg
7.15]. So we find out rascals if he is not Krsna conscious. So what is our
fault? Krsna says this is the test to find out who is a rascal. And who is
rascal? Who is not Krsna conscious, he is a rascal. So if you are not Krsna
conscious, you are a rascal. We have to see through the sastra characteristic
of a rascal, that he is not Krsna conscious. That's all. We may be fool, but we
take lesson from Bhagavad-gita. That's all. And from the lesson we understand
you are rascal number one. That's all.

Morning Walk – December 10, 1975, Vrndavana