Enlightenment!


Krsna said to Arjun: Because you are My very dear friend, I shall one more time repeat the essence of all knowledge-Become My devotee & always think of Me. Worship Me & bow down to Me. Give up all other so-called duties & just surrender to Me. In return I will protect you from all sinful reactions so that you can come back to Me without fear


man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru

mām evaiṣyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo ’si me

sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja

ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ


Dear Arjun, have you listened to Me attentively. Are your doubts now dispelled once & for all?


Arjun said: My illusion is over, by Your mercy, and thus I understand myself to be constitutionally Your eternal servant. Without hesitation I am prepared to execute Your orders


naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtir labdhā tvat-prasādān mayācyuta

sthito ’smi gata-sandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṁ tava


Relaying this conversation to Dhritrāshtra, Sanjay exclaimed: O King, I'm so happy to have heard this sacred conversation & witnessed Sri Krsna’s universal form by the mercy of my spiritual master Vyāsdeva. You can be assured that wherever there is Sri Krsna & Arjun, there will be victory, opulence & supreme morality


yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanur-dharaḥ

tatra śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir matir mama


Having thus been enlightened by Krsna, Arjun once again picked up his bow & arrows. Upon seeing this all warriors on Pāndava side let out a tremendous roar. Overjoyed, they triumphantly blew their conch shells & bugles, making a tumultuous sound


Bhagavad-gītā is the supreme instruction in morality, given in the verse: man-manā bhava mad-bhaktaḥ. One must become a devotee of Kṛṣṇa & the essence of all religion is to surrender unto Him. These instructions constitute the supreme process of religion & of morality. All other processes may be purifying & may lead to this process, but the last instruction of Gītā is the last word in all morality & religion: surrender unto Kṛṣṇa


We can understand that to realize oneself by philosophical speculation & by meditation is one process, but to fully surrender unto Kṛṣṇa is the highest perfection. In Gitā, 5 principal subject matters have been discussed: the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna, material nature, the living entities, eternal time & all kinds of activities. All is dependent on Kṛṣṇa


Although superficially the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the living entity, material nature & time appear to be different, nothing is different from Supreme. But He is always different from everything. Living entity in his original position is pure spirit. He is just like an atomic particle of the Supreme Spirit. Thus, Sri Krsna may be compared to the sun & living entities to sunshine


As we are part & parcel of the Supreme, Let’s surrender to His Lotus feet & abide by His instructions. This would dispel all our illusions & clarify the purpose of this human form of life


Thoughts? #gameoflife 

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