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only have a fragile and perishable human body which is subject to old age, disease and death. Arjuna had his intrepid Gandiva bow to subdue his enemies. But we have only an undetermined will. Arjuna had a quiver of unlimited arrows that would never become empty but we have only our unlimited desires. Arjuna had so much help and assistance but still he was unable to follow the instruction man-mana-bhavo absorb your mind and heart in God.Arjuna replied to Lord Krishna that he was about to engage in warfare with so many enemies on the battlefield in front of him. How will I be able to absorb my mind in this way if I have to absorb my mind in conquering my enemies? I do not see how it is possible for me to do this.We also have so many enemies opposite us and we are mostly absorbed in them. What are our enemies? They are the desires of the mind, the eyes, the tongue, the stomach and the sexual organs. Our desires are so strong and prevalent that we cannot conquer even one of these desires let alone all of them. There is aphorism in India which says: If there is no bamboo there will be no flute. The desires of lust, greed, anger and envy are all formidably arrayed against us showing no mercy and it is very difficult for us to overcome them. But anyhow we must endeavour to surmount them one way or another anyway if we are to be successful in our spiritual life. If for some reason due to extenuating circumstances beyond our control we are unable to absorb our mind and heart in Lord Krishna then we can try our level best to follow the advice of the next instruction mad-bhakto become My devotee.Mad-BhaktoLord Krishna being very merciful then gives the advice of mad-bhakto become My devotee. Arjuna reflecting on this said it is very easy for one to say they will become a devotee but to actually be one is not so easy.To actually become a devotee of the Supreme Lord Krishna there is one requirement that is an indispensable prerequisite and that is one should not have even the slightest material desire that is not directly connected for the service of Lord Krishna. For the attainment of bhakti or loving devotional service to Lord Krishna there cannot even be the slightest trace of any material desires in our hearts. Otherwise it is not possible to attain bhakti.Also to attain bhakti there cannot be even the slightest trace of either:1) jnana-knowledge acquired by analytical logic2) karma-engagment in fruitive activitiesOf course there must be some jnana or knowledge otherwise we will not even be able to understand what devotional service is; but there must not be even the slightest trace of analysis or logic as the reason for performing our devotional activities. Loving devotion comes solely from the heart and if our hearts are influenced by a logistical brain in an analytical mind then all the loving devotion is spoiled and all our efforts for
Lord Krishna. In all that you do always remember Lord Krishna and always do all that you do for the satisfaction of Lord Krishna. This is the complete understanding of what Lord Krishna means when He says mad-bhakto become My devotee.Although it is understood that there always will be some jnana and karma they both must always be exclusively dependent upon the service of bhakti otherwise they both will cover our bhakti or devotion. When one uses jnana or knowledge for the service of bhakti then by that process itself it becomes bhakti and when one uses karma or actions for the service of bhakti then by that process itself it also becomes bhakti. This is very confidential information.One performs the very same action in the exact same situation but due to the intention and quality it becomes bhakti or else remains jnana or karma. In learning to discern these things it is very beneficial to receive the compassionate guidance of a spiritual master in the authorised line of disciplic succession. This is an extremely important principle and should be carefully contemplated giving it adequate attention and consideration.In general everything that we have and everything that we do should be done for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. This means connected directly to Him in His service. Spiritually inclined and pious people all over the world are following this maxim. But the most munificent and magnanimous Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the previous acaryas in authorised disciplic succession have given us the special instruction to verily offer our very selves fully to the Supreme Lord Krishna with complete surrender. Then everything we do will be automatically reserved in the service of loving devotion to Him. Whatever we do should be for the satisfaction of Lord Krishna. Then whatever will comes to us will be automatically offered to Him. In this way we become exclusively His by performing bhakti in loving devotional service to Him exclusively.The nine ways to perform bhakti in devotion to the Supreme Lord Krishna:1) sravanam - hearing about Lord Krishna2) kirtanam - glorifying Lord Krishna3) smaranam - remembering Lord Krishna4) pada-sevanam - attending at the feet of Lord Krishna5) arcanam - worshipping Lord Krishna6) vandanam - praying to Lord Krishna7) dasyam - becoming a servitor to Lord Krishna8) sakhyam - becoming a dear friend to Lord Krishna9) atma-nivedanam - fully surrendering unto Lord KrishnaLearning to perform these nine types of bhakti is the topmost knowledge because it allows us to establish a personal relationship with the Supreme Lord Krishna. In order to properly establish this personal relationship in the beginning stages it is necessary for us to offer everything first to the spiritual master who will then make the offering to Lord Krishna for us. This is because the spiritual master already has an established relationship with Lord Krishna which he received from his spiritual master in disciplic succession and it is he who establishes our bhakti relationship with Lord Krishna in devotional service also following the authorised line of disciplic succession.Bhakti is extremely difficult to attain in life because
a Vaisnava devotee of the Supreme Lord Krishna for it will certainly destroy all your chances for progress in spiritual life totally devastating all your possibilities at the very root. So even in your dreams gaurd against this most heinous of offenses known as Vaisnava aparadha.By taking great care in avoiding Vaisnava aparadha and neutralizing the four anarthas our nistha or faith will become resolute and we can then begin to make progress in our bhakti. From nistha comes ruci or inspiration where we begin to relish our devotion and from ruci comes asakti or attachment where we cannot give up our devotion at any cost.We should have firm faith and complete attachment in our devotion and also to the object of our devotion which is Lord Krishna. When our inspiration reaches a certain level of attainment it will mature within both of these and then by the mercy of the spiritual master and Lord Krishna our heart will never deviate. All this is also included within the advice of mad-bhakto become my devotee.Arjuna after reflecting on this second instruction and contemplating the situation on the battlefield concluded that it would also be very difficult for him to engage in devotional service in this way and follow the advice of mad-bhakto while fighting a war and so he humbly requested Lord Krishna to give him a method of salvation more simple and easy.Mad-YajiThen Lord Krishna seeing Arjuna still needed something more simple then suggests mad-yaji offer propitiation to Me. Yaji refers to yagna or propitiation by the performance of austerities in sacrifice unto the Supreme Lord Krishna. Even if one has not developed real love for Lord Krishna as yet if they have at least a little faith they can still execute some austerities in sacrifice. These austerities are the medicine and the treatment to directly disengage us from attachments and alleviate our material entanglement.When one is hungry and thirsty the taste of food and even water will be delicious. Food will be satisfying only to the degree that one has hunger. If one is not hungry even delectable foodstuffs will not be pleasing and there will be no satisfaction. But if we are hungry then old and stale food may even seem to be delicious and give us satisfaction. Similarly if there is no devotion in our activities then they will not be appetising for Lord Krishna and He will not be satisfied by our individuals actions.Lord Krishna reveals that if someone simply offers to Him with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or even water He will accept them and He will always accept the love we have for Him with in our hearts. So in this way following the path of devotion store this love in your heart like a treasure chest and always offer in everything you do to Lord Krishna.In the Vedic scriptures it is written that the ultimate reality for all living beings in life is to develop pure unalloyed, loving devotion to the Supreme Lord Krishna. This devotion must be free from any duplicity
or ulterior motivation and must be engaged in consistently without interruption to totally satisfy the self.It is the Supreme Lord Krishna to who we must learn to humbly endeavour to please. Just as a loving wife always tries to please her loving husband in every way by everything she does. In the same way we should always try to please Lord Krishna in every way in everything we do. If Lord Krishna is satisfied then we have succeeded in activating our eternal relationship with Him and the purpose of human existence has been achieved and our lives have become 100% successful.There is a wonderful story that illustrates the sentiment of worship in devotion that we will relate to you all now. There was once a brahmana that was overly influenced by jnana or analytical reasoning in performing his worship to the deity form of Lord Krishna. Once when he had to travel for one day he lovingly called his son and instructed him to bathe, dress and feed the diety of Lord Krishna while he was gone. The boy had not learned all the appropriate mantras as yet; but he had great faith and respect in the presence of Lord Krishna manifesting in the diety form. That day his mother prepared the food and bringing it before the diety the son placed a fragrant flower petal on the seat where Lord Krishna was being invited to eat. Then carefully putting a Tulasi leaf on each preperation he humbly requested with folded hands and bowed head for Lord Krishna to please accept the offerings of food.Right away the boy saw that no food was being eaten by Lord Krishna and so he apologised to Him for not knowing all the proper mantras and beseeched Him to please eat His food anyway. After sometime when he saw that the food was still not being eaten he told Lord Krishna that it was not his fault that his father had not taught him all the proper mantras. He asked Lord Krishna will you refrain from eating just because of that? Alright if you do not eat then I will also not eat. I will fast along with you until you decide to accept this offering. Still the food remained on the plate untouched. So the boy told Lord Krishna alright if you will not eat then I will go to sleep right now without eating or even drinking. Hearing these plaintive words from the boy Lord Krishna could not restrain Himself any longer and in compassion jumped down from the altar took His seat and happily ate all the food on the plate before returning back to His position on the altar as before.When the boy returned with the empty plate to his mother she asked where was the food. The boy told her that it was with great difficulty that he finally got Lord Krishna to eat all the offering. His mother amazed asked how is this possible? The boy said Lord Krishna ate everything mother. And his mother thinking replied now we have
to go to bed hungry because there is no more food remaining.When the brahmana returned the next morning his wife told him that they had to go to bed hungry last night because Lord Krishna had eaten all the food that was offered. The brahmana astonished replied how can this be? Reflecting further he concluded that an animal must have gotten in somehow and eaten all the food. But the son told his father that this was not the case because he had seen Lord Krishna eat all the food. The brahmana after deliberating for some time told his son to offer the food again that day and unknown to his son he hid himself so he could see if Lord Krishna was really eating the offering or not.The boy came in and placing a fragrant flower petal down on the seat where Lord Krishna was being invited to eat and carefully putting a Tulasi leaf on every preperation he began ringing a small bell and offering the food to Lord Krishna. When the Lord did not begin eating immeadiaiely the boy asked. Why are you not eating? You must eat your dinner. What has happened? Has the food not been prepared properly? In a soft voice Lord Krishna said that today your father is hiding here. Where is my father hiding the boy replied? Lord Krishna said over there behind the curtain. That is why I am not eating. But you must eat your food anyway it is time now and I will be very unhappy if you do not eat the boy answered. Lord Krishna told the boy to go and simply touch his father. The boy did so and just by the touch of his son the boys pure sentiment and firm faith in Lord Krishna arose in the father and the father could also see that Lord Krishna was actually partaking of the food.So this story illustrates the necessity of appropriate sentiment for performing worship to Lord Krishna. Dressing, cooking, feeding are all included in worship along with chanting, singing and glorifying. If there is no such sentiment and no such faith then one has no qualification for worship and thus their worship may or may not be accepted but with resolute faith our worship will not only be surely accepted but will be reciprocated with as well.Arjuna contemplating the suggestion of mad-yaji offer propitiation to Me then concluded that it was also not possible for him to perform this on the battlefield and so he beseeched Lord Krishna for still a more simpler way.Mam NamaskuruLord Krishna knowing that Arjuna still needed something even more simple requests him at least to: mam namaskuru just give humble obeisance to Me. What Lord Krishna is revealing here is that we should offer our obeisance without the false ego attached. What is the false ego? The false ego is the I am syndrome. Thinking I am man. Thinking I am woman. Thinking I am young. Thinking I am old. Thinking I am happy. Thinking I am sad. Thinking I am this.
Thinking I am that. This is our totally false identification with the physical body. When in truth we are all eternal spiritual beings. So we must offer our humble obeisance to Lord Krishna with the realization that we are all pure, eternal spiritual beings.Taking this instruction in our hearts we should offer obeisance to Lord Krishna in this way. For any living entity who offers obeisance to Lord Krishna in this way even once in their life are liberated from the material existence. It is like one has jumped into an endless body of water which is what the material existence is like and then once looking back one realizes that they have already crossed over it. This is what even one obeisance to the Supreme Lord Krishna awards. In the Vedic scriptures it is stated that one who has performed ten of the most exalted penance and austerities of sacrifice will take birth again; but one who has even once offered humble obeisance to Lord Krishna never takes birth again.Exactly what does this mean? It means that when one even once offers obeisance to Lord Krishna they will never again enter the cycle of birth and death. One will not be forced to enter another womb of a mother to languish for 9 months until being born if they have even once offered obeisance to Lord Krishna with exclusive surrender. This is the actual meaning of Lord Krishna requesting mam-namaskuru just give humble obeisance to Me and Arjuna realizing that he could fulfill this final request offered hundreds of obeisances to Lord Krishna.Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana an exalted Vaisnava acarya in the Brahma Madhva disciplic succession wrote a glorious commentary named Gita Govinda on the Vedanta Sutra by Vyasadeva has stated comprehensively those who are qualified to receive the wisdom of the Bhagavad-Gita:1) those who are inherently pious and reverent2) those who are righteous and sincere following daily scriptural duties3) those who are of controlled sensesThose who are qualified to understand the wisdom of the Bhagavad-Gita must be humble enough to approach a bonafide spiritual master in authorised disciplic succession and must come possessing three qualities:1) pranipatena-submission2) pariprasnena-relevant enquiry3) sevaya-sincere serviceLord Krishna has revealed that one whose heart has not been purified by austerities, one who has not renounced their false ego and one who has never served the spiritual master and the Vaisnavas will not be eligible to understand the confidential knowledge which the Bhagavad-Gita contains no matter how intelligent they may be.So in conclusion Lord Krishna advises man-mana-bhava absorb your mind and heart in Me and in this way mad-bhakto become My devotee and then mad-yaji offer propitiation to Me and then mam namaskuru just give humble obeisance to Me always remembering that we are not our physical bodies but effulgent and pure spiritual beings eternally.Now all of these four instructions have become united harmoniously and this is the supreme secret, the most hidden treasure, the most confidential instruction of the Bhagavad-Gita. If anyone earnestly and sincerely follows the instructions of this single verse with great faith and love in
a mood of humility following any or all of the nine branches of bhakti fully surrendered to the Lord Krishna. Then by the causeless mercy of the spiritual master they will surely cross over the vast ocean of birth and death in the material existence and attain pure love and devotion in the spiritual worlds eternally in association with the Supreme Lord Krishna.Sanskritman-mana bhava mad-bhaktomad-yaji mam namaskurumam evaisyasi satyam tepratijane priyo' si meTranslationAbsorb your mind and heart in Me, become My devotee, offer propitiation to Me, just give humble obeisance to Me and surely you will come to Me. I promise this in truth to you, being very dear to Me.Bhagavad-Gita, chapter 18, verse 65This verse revealed by Lord Krishna is the paramount revelation within the Bhagavad-Gita. The Bhagavad-Gita is the acknowledged panacea for spiritual evolution. The instructions within the Bhagavad-Gita establish the foundation by which we can construct a palace for bhakti wherein we can perform devotion to Lord Krishna with great love. This most sacred and confidential knowledge is the goal to be attained as well as the essence to be gained from the transcendental Srimad Bhagavad-Gita of Lord Krishna!Swami Bhaktivedanta NarayanaSri Gaudiya Vedanta SamitiBrahma Madhva Vaisnava SampradayaJaya Srila Gurudeva .
medo e da angustia,tambem e muito querido.Aquele que nao se apeganem ao prazer nem a dor,que nao rejeita ou deseja,renunciando igualmenteao que agrada ou aborrece,e muito querido a Mim.Quem age do mesmo modocom amigos e inimigos,e nao muda de atitudeno ostracismo ou na gloria,no sucesso ou no fracasso;quem nunca se contamina;quem esta sempre contente,com tudo que lhe oferecem;quem esta sempre ocupadoem servir com devocao este Me e muito querido.Quem trilha pelo caminhodo servico em devocao,e faz de Mim sua metae muito querido a Mim.
mortes. Ele as submergiu no grande oceano de prema (amor puro) ao dar-lhes saundarya-madhurya, um gosto pela docura de sua beleza e outras qualidades. Apareceu neste mundo ao sentir-se obrigado por sua promessa de proteger as pessoas santas e aniquilar as demoniacas. Sem hesitar com o pretexto de eliminar a carga da terra, concedeu a protecao suprema na forma da liberacao aos infieis e a todos que eram antagonicos e que se afogavam no vasto oceano da existencia material, a qual e comparada com o planeta infernal onde as pessoas pecaminosas sao queimadas em azeite fervente.Bhagavan Sri Krsna instruiu o Bhagavad Gita para que mesmo depois de seu desaparecimento, pudesse liberar as almas condicionadas que desde tempos imemoriais se encontram sob a influencia da ignorancia e estao completamente sujeitas a lamentacao, ilusao e outros sofrimentos. Outro proposito foi ressaltar suas glorias mencionadas nos sastras e cantadas pelos sabios. Ele ensinou o Bhagavad Gita a seu muito querido associado Arjuna, quem voluntariamente havia aceitado o sentimento de lamentacao e ilusao.O Gita se compoe de tres divisoes: Karma yoga, Jnana yoga e Bhakti Yoga. Os dezoito capitulos do Bhagavad Gita estao infundidos com o significado dos vedas manifestos em dezoito tipos de conhecimento. Desta maneira, Sri Krsna revelou o objetivo supremo. Nos primeiros seis capitulos descreve-se o niskama karma yoga, a execucao dos deveres prescritos sem apego por seus frutos. O jnana yoga ou yoga atraves do conhecimento, e descrito nos ultimos seis capitulos. Os seis capitulos sobre Bhakti yoga que e mais confidencial e mais dificil de alcancar foram guardados no meio dos outros capitulos. Bhakti yoga e a vida de karma e jnana yoga pois sem bhakti estas sao infrutiferas. Assim elas so sao aceitaveis quando se mesclam com Bhakti.Bhakti e de dois tipos: Kevala ou exclusivo, e Pradhani bhuta, que e a mescla com predominio de bhakti. Kevala bhakti, e a melhor por ser indepedente e supremamente poderosa e nao necessitar de nenhum vestigio de karma ou jnana yoga. Por outro lado, Pradhana bhuta bhakti esta mesclado com karma e jnana, e sera tratada com maior profundidade mais adiante. Para explicar a natureza da lamentacao e ilusao de Arjuna o narrador do Mahabharata, Sri Vaisampayana, um discipulo de Vyasadeva, relatou a secao do Bhisma parva a seu ouvinte Janamejaya, comecando com o verso Dhrtarastra uvaca. Dhrtarastra perguntou a Sanjaya. O Sanjaya, sentindo desejo de lutar, o que fizeram meus filhos e os filhos de Pandu, reunidos em Kuruksetra?Aqui poderia surgir uma pergunta: Dhrtarastra ja havia mencionado que seus filhos e os filhos de Pandu haviam se reunidos com o unico proposito de lutar, logo sem duvida iam lutar. Por que entao a intencao de perguntar: Que fizeram eles?. Em resposta Dhrtarastra usou a palavra dharma ksetre, terra da religiao. No sruti esta dito: Kuruksetram deva yajanam: Kuruksetra e a arena de sacrificio dos semideuses: Entao esta terra e famosa como aquela que nutre o Dharma. Por influencia da associacao com esta terra a ira das pessoas irreligiosas como Duryodhana pode ser apaziguada e deste modo, poderiam inclinar-se ao Dharma. Os pandavas