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From Bhagwad Gita => : men who are not envious of Kåñëa. They have faith in Him as the Supreme
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Personality of Godhead. If such persons hear from a bona fide devotee about
the Lord, the result is that they become at once free from all sinful reactions
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From Bhagwad Gita => : and after that attain to the planetary system where all righteous persons are
situated. Therefore simply by hearing Bhagavad-gétä, even a person who does
not try to be a pure devotee attains the result of righteous activities. Thus a
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From Bhagwad Gita => : pure devotee of the Lord gives everyone a chance to become free from all
sinful reactions and to become a devotee of the Lord.
Generally those who are free from sinful reactions, those who are righteous,
very easily take to Kåñëa consciousness. The word puëya-karmaëäm is very
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From Bhagwad Gita => : significant here. This refers to the performance of great sacrifices, like the
açvamedha-yajïa, mentioned in the Vedic literature. Those who are righteous
in performing devotional service but who are not pure can attain the planetary
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From Bhagwad Gita => : system of the polestar, or Dhruvaloka, where Dhruva Mahäräja is presiding. He
is a great devotee of the Lord, and he has a special planet, which is called the
polestar.
TEXT 72
k-iÀdeTaC^]uTa& PaaQaR TvYaEk-aGa]e<a ceTaSaa )
k-iÀdjaNaSaMMaaeh" Pa[<aíSTae DaNaÅYa )) 72 ))
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From Bhagwad Gita => : kaccid etac chrutaà pärtha
tvayaikägreëa cetasä
kaccid ajïäna-sammohaù
praëañöas te dhanaïjaya
SYNONYMS
kaccit—whether; etat—this; çrutam—heard; pärtha—O son of Påthä;
tvayä—by you; eka-agreëa—with full attention; cetasä—by the mind;
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From Bhagwad Gita => : kaccit—whether; ajïäna—of ignorance; sammohaù—the illusion;
praëañöaù—dispelled; te—of you; dhanaïjaya—O conqueror of wealth
(Arjuna).
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TRANSLATION
O son of Påthä, O conqueror of wealth, have you heard this with an
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From Bhagwad Gita => : attentive mind? And are your ignorance and illusions now dispelled?
PURPORT
The Lord was acting as the spiritual master of Arjuna. Therefore it was His
duty to inquire from Arjuna whether he understood the whole Bhagavad-gétä
in its proper perspective. If not, the Lord was ready to re-explain any point, or
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From Bhagwad Gita => : the whole Bhagavad-gétä if so required. Actually, anyone who hears
Bhagavad-gétä from a bona fide spiritual master like Kåñëa or His
representative will find that all his ignorance is dispelled. Bhagavad-gétä is not
an ordinary book written by a poet or fiction writer; it is spoken by the
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Supreme Personality of Godhead. Any person fortunate enough to hear these
teachings from Kåñëa or from His bona fide spiritual representative is sure to
become a liberated person and get out of the darkness of ignorance.
TEXT 73
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From Bhagwad Gita => : AJauRNa ovac )
Naíae Maaeh" SMa*iTalR/BDaa TvTPa[SaadaNMaYaaCYauTa )
iSQaTaae_iSMa GaTaSaNdeh" k-irZYae vcNa& Tav )) 73 ))
arjuna uväca
nañöo mohaù småtir labdhä
tvat-prasädän mayäcyuta
sthito ’smi gata-sandehaù
kariñye vacanaà tava
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From Bhagwad Gita => : SYNONYMS
arjunaù uväca—Arjuna said; nañöaù—dispelled; mohaù—illusion;
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småtiù—memory; labdhä—regained; tvat-prasädät—by Your mercy; mayä—by
me; acyuta—O infallible Kåñëa; sthitaù—situated; asmi—I am; gata—removed;
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From Bhagwad Gita => : sandehaù—all doubts; kariñye—I shall execute; vacanam—order; tava—Your.
TRANSLATION
Arjuna said: My dear Kåñëa, O infallible one, my illusion is now gone. I
have regained my memory by Your mercy. I am now firm and free from doubt
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From Bhagwad Gita => : and am prepared to act according to Your instructions.
PURPORT
The constitutional position of a living entity, represented by Arjuna, is that
he has to act according to the order of the Supreme Lord. He is meant for
self-discipline. Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu says that the actual position of the
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From Bhagwad Gita => : living entity is that of eternal servant of the Supreme Lord. Forgetting this
principle, the living entity becomes conditioned by material nature, but in
serving the Supreme Lord he becomes the liberated servant of God. The living
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From Bhagwad Gita => : entity’s constitutional position is to be a servitor; he has to serve either the
illusory mäyä or the Supreme Lord. If he serves the Supreme Lord he is in his
normal condition, but if he prefers to serve the illusory, external energy, then
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From Bhagwad Gita => : certainly he will be in bondage. In illusion the living entity is serving in this
material world. He is bound by his lust and desires, yet he thinks of himself as
the master of the world. This is called illusion. When a person is liberated, his
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From Bhagwad Gita => : illusion is over, and he voluntarily surrenders unto the Supreme to act
according to His desires. The last illusion, the last snare of mäyä to trap the
living entity, is the proposition that he is God. The living entity thinks that he
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From Bhagwad Gita => : is no longer a conditioned soul, but God. He is so unintelligent that he does
not think that if he were God, then how could he be in doubt? That he does
not consider. So that is the last snare of illusion. Actually to become free from
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From Bhagwad Gita => : the illusory energy is to understand Kåñëa, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, and agree to act according to His order.
The word moha is very important in this verse. Moha refers to that which is
opposed to knowledge. Actually real knowledge is the understanding that
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every living being is eternally a servitor of the Lord, but instead of thinking
oneself in that position, the living entity thinks that he is not a servant, that
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From Bhagwad Gita => : he is the master of this material world, for he wants to lord it over the material
nature. That is his illusion. This illusion can be overcome by the mercy of the
Lord or by the mercy of a pure devotee. When that illusion is over, one agrees
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From Bhagwad Gita => : to act in Kåñëa consciousness.
Kåñëa consciousness is acting according to Kåñëa’s order. A conditioned
soul, illusioned by the external energy of matter, does not know that the
Supreme Lord is the master who is full of knowledge and who is the proprietor
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From Bhagwad Gita => : of everything. Whatever He desires He can bestow upon His devotees; He is
the friend of everyone, and He is especially inclined to His devotee. He is the
controller of this material nature and of all living entities. He is also the
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From Bhagwad Gita => : controller of inexhaustible time, and He is full of all opulences and all
potencies. The Supreme Personality of Godhead can even give Himself to the
devotee. One who does not know Him is under the spell of illusion; he does
not become a devotee, but a servitor of mäyä. Arjuna, however, after hearing
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Bhagavad-gétä from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, became free from all
illusion. He could understand that Kåñëa was not only his friend but the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. And he understood Kåñëa factually. So to
study Bhagavad-gétä is to understand Kåñëa factually. When a person is in full
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From Bhagwad Gita => : knowledge, he naturally surrenders to Kåñëa. When Arjuna understood that it
was Kåñëa’s plan to reduce the unnecessary increase of population, he agreed
to fight according to Kåñëa’s desire. He again took up his weapons—his arrows
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From Bhagwad Gita => : and bow—to fight under the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 74
SaÅYa ovac )
wTYah& vaSaudevSYa PaaQaRSYa c MahaTMaNa" )
Sa&vadiMaMaMaé[aEzMad(>auTa& raeMahzR<aMa( )) 74 ))
saïjaya uväca
ity ahaà väsudevasya
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From Bhagwad Gita => : pärthasya ca mahätmanaù
saàvädam imam açrauñam
adbhutaà roma-harñaëam
SYNONYMS
saïjayaù uväca—Saïjaya said; iti—thus; aham—I; väsudevasya—of Kåñëa;
pärthasya—and Arjuna; ca—also; mahä-ätmanaù—of the great soul;
saàvädam—discussion; imam—this; açrauñam—have heard;
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From Bhagwad Gita => : adbhutam—wonderful; roma-harñaëam—making the hair stand on end.
TRANSLATION
Saïjaya said: Thus have I heard the conversation of two great souls, Kåñëa
and Arjuna. And so wonderful is that message that my hair is standing on end.
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From Bhagwad Gita => : PURPORT
In the beginning of Bhagavad-gétä, Dhåtaräñöra inquired from his secretary
Saïjaya, “What happened on the Battlefield of Kurukñetra?” The entire study
was related to the heart of Saïjaya by the grace of his spiritual master, Vyäsa.
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From Bhagwad Gita => : He thus explained the theme of the battlefield. The conversation was
wonderful because such an important conversation between two great souls
had never taken place before and would not take place again. It was wonderful
because the Supreme Personality of Godhead was speaking about Himself and
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From Bhagwad Gita => : His energies to the living entity, Arjuna, a great devotee of the Lord. If we
follow in the footsteps of Arjuna to understand Kåñëa, then our life will be
happy and successful. Saïjaya realized this, and as he began to understand it,
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From Bhagwad Gita => : he related the conversation to Dhåtaräñöra. Now it is concluded that wherever
there is Kåñëa and Arjuna, there is victory.
TEXT 75
VYaaSaPa[SaadaC^]uTavaNaeTad(GauùMah& ParMa( )
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From Bhagwad Gita => : YaaeGa& YaaeGaeìraTk*-Z<aaTSaa+aaTk-QaYaTa" SvYaMa( )) 75 ))
vyäsa-prasädäc chrutavän
etad guhyam ahaà param
yogaà yogeçvarät kåñëät
säkñät kathayataù svayam
SYNONYMS
vyäsa-prasädät—by the mercy of Vyäsadeva; çrutavän—have heard; etat—this;
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From Bhagwad Gita => : guhyam—confidential; aham—I; param—the supreme; yogam—mysticism;
yoga-éçvarät—from the master of all mysticism; kåñëät—from Kåñëa;
säkñät—directly; kathayataù—speaking; svayam—personally.
TRANSLATION
By the mercy of Vyäsa, I have heard these most confidential talks directly
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From Bhagwad Gita => : from the master of all mysticism, Kåñëa, who was speaking personally to
Arjuna.
PURPORT
Vyäsa was the spiritual master of Saïjaya, and Saïjaya admits that it was by
Vyäsa’s mercy that he could understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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From Bhagwad Gita => : This means that one has to understand Kåñëa not directly but through the
medium of the spiritual master. The spiritual master is the transparent
medium, although it is true that the experience is still direct. This is the
mystery of the disciplic succession. When the spiritual master is bona fide,
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From Bhagwad Gita => : then one can hear Bhagavad-gétä directly, as Arjuna heard it. There are many
mystics and yogés all over the world, but Kåñëa is the master of all yoga systems.
Kåñëa’s instruction is explicitly stated in Bhagavad-gétä—surrender unto
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Kåñëa. One who does so is the topmost yogé. This is confirmed in the last verse
of the Sixth Chapter. Yoginäm api sarveñäm.
Närada is the direct disciple of Kåñëa and the spiritual master of Vyäsa.
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Therefore Vyäsa is as bona fide as Arjuna because he comes in the disciplic
succession, and Saïjaya is the direct disciple of Vyäsa. Therefore by the grace
of Vyäsa, Saïjaya’s senses were purified, and he could see and hear Kåñëa
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From Bhagwad Gita => : directly. One who directly hears Kåñëa can understand this confidential
knowledge. If one does not come to the disciplic succession, he cannot hear
Kåñëa; therefore his knowledge is always imperfect, at least as far as
understanding Bhagavad-gétä is concerned.
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From Bhagwad Gita => : In Bhagavad-gétä, all the yoga systems—karma-yoga, jïäna-yoga and
bhakti-yoga—are explained. Kåñëa is the master of all such mysticism. It is to
be understood, however, that as Arjuna was fortunate enough to understand
Kåñëa directly, so, by the grace of Vyäsa, Saïjaya was also able to hear Kåñëa
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From Bhagwad Gita => : directly. Actually there is no difference between hearing directly from Kåñëa
and hearing directly from Kåñëa via a bona fide spiritual master like Vyäsa.
The spiritual master is the representative of Vyäsadeva also. Therefore,
according to the Vedic system, on the birthday of the spiritual master the
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From Bhagwad Gita => : disciples conduct the ceremony called Vyäsa-püjä.
TEXT 76
raJaNSa&SMa*TYa Sa&SMa*TYa Sa&vadiMaMaMad(>auTaMa( )
ke-XavaJauRNaYaae" Pau<Ya& ôZYaaiMa c MauhuMauRhu" )) 76 ))
räjan saàsmåtya saàsmåtya
saàvädam imam adbhutam
keçavärjunayoù puëyaà
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From Bhagwad Gita => : håñyämi ca muhur muhuù
SYNONYMS
räjan—O King; saàsmåtya—remembering; saàsmåtya—remembering;
saàvädam—message; imam—this; adbhutam—wonderful; keçava—of Lord
Kåñëa; arjunayoù—and Arjuna; puëyam—pious; håñyämi—I am taking
pleasure; ca—also; muhuù muhuù—repeatedly.
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TRANSLATION
O King, as I repeatedly recall this wondrous and holy dialogue between
Kåñëa and Arjuna, I take pleasure, being thrilled at every moment.
PURPORT
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From Bhagwad Gita => : The understanding of Bhagavad-gétä is so transcendental that anyone who
becomes conversant with the topics of Arjuna and Kåñëa becomes righteous
and he cannot forget such talks. This is the transcendental position of spiritual
life. In other words, one who hears the Gétä from the right source, directly
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From Bhagwad Gita => : from Kåñëa, attains full Kåñëa consciousness. The result of Kåñëa
consciousness is that one becomes increasingly enlightened, and he enjoys life
with a thrill, not only for some time, but at every moment.
TEXT 77
TaÀ Sa&SMa*TYa Sa&SMa*TYa æPaMaTYad(>auTa& hre" )
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From Bhagwad Gita => : ivSMaYaae Mae MahaNraJaNôZYaaiMa c PauNa" PauNa" )) 77 ))
tac ca saàsmåtya saàsmåtya
rüpam aty-adbhutaà hareù
vismayo me mahän räjan
håñyämi ca punaù punaù
SYNONYMS
tat—that; ca—also; saàsmåtya—remembering; saàsmåtya—remembering;
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From Bhagwad Gita => : rüpam—form; ati—greatly; adbhutam—wonderful; hareù—of Lord Kåñëa;
vismayaù—wonder; me—my; mahän—great; räjan—O King; håñyämi—I am
enjoying; ca—also; punaù punaù—repeatedly.
TRANSLATION
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From Bhagwad Gita => : O King, as I remember the wonderful form of Lord Kåñëa, I am struck with
wonder more and more, and I rejoice again and again.
PURPORT
It appears that Saïjaya also, by the grace of Vyäsa, could see the universal
form Kåñëa exhibited to Arjuna. It is, of course, said that Lord Kåñëa had
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From Bhagwad Gita => : never exhibited such a form before. It was exhibited to Arjuna only, yet some
great devotees could also see the universal form of Kåñëa when it was shown to
Arjuna, and Vyäsa was one of them. He is one of the great devotees of the
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Lord, and he is considered to be a powerful incarnation of Kåñëa. Vyäsa
disclosed this to his disciple Saïjaya, who remembered that wonderful form of
Kåñëa exhibited to Arjuna and enjoyed it repeatedly.
TEXT 78
a}a YaaeGaeìr" k*-Z<aae Ya}a PaaQaaeR DaNauDaRr" )
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Ta}a é[qivRJaYaae >aUiTaDa]uRva NaqiTaMaRiTaMaRMa )) 78 ))
yatra yogeçvaraù kåñëo
yatra pärtho dhanur-dharaù
tatra çrér vijayo bhütir
dhruvä nétir matir mama
SYNONYMS
yatra—where; yoga-éçvaraù—the master of mysticism; kåñëaù—Lord Kåñëa;
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From Bhagwad Gita => : yatra—where; pärthaù—the son of Påthä; dhanuù-dharaù—the carrier of the
bow and arrow; tatra—there; çréù—opulence; vijayaù—victory;
bhütiù—exceptional power; dhruvä—certain; nétiù—morality; matiù
mama—my opinion.
TRANSLATION
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Wherever there is Kåñëa, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is
Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory,
extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion.
PURPORT
The Bhagavad-gétä began with an inquiry of Dhåtaräñöra’s. He was hopeful
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From Bhagwad Gita => : of the victory of his sons, assisted by great warriors like Bhéñma, Droëa and
Karëa. He was hopeful that the victory would be on his side. But after
describing the scene on the battlefield, Saïjaya told the King, “You are
thinking of victory, but my opinion is that where Kåñëa and Arjuna are
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From Bhagwad Gita => : present, there will be all good fortune.” He directly confirmed that Dhåtaräñöra
could not expect victory for his side. Victory was certain for the side of Arjuna
because Kåñëa was there. Kåñëa’s acceptance of the post of charioteer for
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Arjuna was an exhibition of another opulence. Kåñëa is full of all opulences,
and renunciation is one of them. There are many instances of such
renunciation, for Kåñëa is also the master of renunciation.
The fight was actually between Duryodhana and Yudhiñöhira. Arjuna was
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From Bhagwad Gita => : fighting on behalf of his elder brother, Yudhiñöhira. Because Kåñëa and Arjuna
were on the side of Yudhiñöhira, Yudhiñöhira’s victory was certain. The battle
was to decide who would rule the world, and Saïjaya predicted that the power
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From Bhagwad Gita => : would be transferred to Yudhiñöhira. It is also predicted here that Yudhiñöhira,
after gaining victory in this battle, would flourish more and more because not
only was he righteous and pious but he was also a strict moralist. He never
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From Bhagwad Gita => : spoke a lie during his life.
There are many less intelligent persons who take Bhagavad-gétä to be a
discussion of topics between two friends on a battlefield. But such a book
cannot be scripture. Some may protest that Kåñëa incited Arjuna to fight,
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From Bhagwad Gita => : which is immoral, but the reality of the situation is clearly stated:
Bhagavad-gétä is the supreme instruction in morality. The supreme instruction
of morality is stated in the Ninth Chapter, in the thirty-fourth verse:
man-manä bhava mad-bhaktaù. One must become a devotee of Kåñëa, and the
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From Bhagwad Gita => : essence of all religion is to surrender unto Kåñëa (sarva-dharmän parityajya
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mäm ekaà çaraëaà vraja). The instructions of Bhagavad-gétä constitute the
supreme process of religion and of morality. All other processes may be
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From Bhagwad Gita => : purifying and may lead to this process, but the last instruction of the Gétä is
the last word in all morality and religion: surrender unto Kåñëa. This is the
verdict of the Eighteenth Chapter.
From Bhagavad-gétä we can understand that to realize oneself by
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From Bhagwad Gita => : philosophical speculation and by meditation is one process, but to fully
surrender unto Kåñëa is the highest perfection. This is the essence of the
teachings of Bhagavad-gétä. The path of regulative principles according to the
orders of social life and according to the different courses of religion may be a
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From Bhagwad Gita => : confidential path of knowledge. But although the rituals of religion are
confidential, meditation and cultivation of knowledge are still more
confidential. And surrender unto Kåñëa in devotional service in full Kåñëa
consciousness is the most confidential instruction. That is the essence of the
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Eighteenth Chapter.
Another feature of Bhagavad-gétä is that the actual truth is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Kåñëa. The Absolute Truth is realized in three
features—impersonal Brahman, localized Paramätmä, and ultimately the
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kåñëa. Perfect knowledge of the Absolute
Truth means perfect knowledge of Kåñëa. If one understands Kåñëa, then all
the departments of knowledge are part and parcel of that understanding.
Kåñëa is transcendental, for He is always situated in His eternal internal
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From Bhagwad Gita => : potency. The living entities are manifested of His energy and are divided into
two classes, eternally conditioned and eternally liberated. Such living entities
are innumerable, and they are considered fundamental parts of Kåñëa.
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Material energy is manifested into twenty-four divisions. The creation is
effected by eternal time, and it is created and dissolved by external energy.
This manifestation of the cosmic world repeatedly becomes visible and
invisible.
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From Bhagwad Gita => : In Bhagavad-gétä five principal subject matters have been discussed: the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, material nature, the living entities, eternal
time and all kinds of activities. All is dependent on the Supreme Personality of
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Godhead, Kåñëa. All conceptions of the Absolute Truth—impersonal
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Brahman, localized Paramätmä and any other transcendental
conception—exist within the category of understanding the Supreme
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Personality of Godhead. Although superficially the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, the living entity, material nature and time appear to be different,
nothing is different from the Supreme. But the Supreme is always different
from everything. Lord Caitanya’s philosophy is that of “inconceivable oneness
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From Bhagwad Gita => : and difference.” This system of philosophy constitutes perfect knowledge of
the Absolute Truth.
The living entity in his original position is pure spirit. He is just like an
atomic particle of the Supreme Spirit. Thus Lord Kåñëa may be compared to
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From Bhagwad Gita => : the sun, and the living entities to sunshine. Because the living entities are the
marginal energy of Kåñëa, they have a tendency to be in contact either with
the material energy or with the spiritual energy. In other words, the living
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From Bhagwad Gita => : entity is situated between the two energies of the Lord, and because he belongs
to the superior energy of the Lord, he has a particle of independence. By
proper use of that independence he comes under the direct order of Kåñëa.
Thus he attains his normal condition in the pleasure-giving potency.
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From Bhagwad Gita => : Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the Eighteenth Chapter of the Çrémad
Bhagavad-gétä in the matter of its Conclusion—the Perfection of Renunciation.
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