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The senses are satisfied, the different parts of my body is satisfied when there is food satisfaction in the stomach. If your stomach is hungry, then how you can be satisfied? You cannot be satisfied. Even there is various arrangement for your sense gratification, but if you are hungry, then you'll not be satisfied.

So the whole world is dissatisfied because the spiritual hunger is not satisfied. Krsna is the central point. So spiritual hunger means... We are, our general propensity is to satisfy our hunger. So Krsna is the center, Krsna is the root, mula. Yatha taror mula-nisecanena trpyanti tat-skandha-bhujopasakhah. Just like watering to the root, you can satisfy the whole tree -- the trunk, branches, twigs, leaves, flowers, fruits, everything -- if there is water in the root. Similarly, Krsna is the root of all creation. Aham sarvasya prabhavah. "Everything is emanating from Me," Krsna says. Aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate [Bg. 10.8]. Whatever you see, that is coming from Krsna. There are so many other words.

Prabhupada's lecture.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.8.44
Los Angeles, May 6, 1973