Bhagvatam: VAISHNAVA / BRAHMANA IS A COUNTERPART BODY OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, 30th June

Srimad Bhagvatam:
VAISHNAVA / BRAHMANA IS A COUNTERPART BODY OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD

TRANSLATION

MY DEAR KING, OF ALL PERSONS A QUALIFIED BRAHMANA MUST BE ACCEPTED AS THE BEST WITHIN THIS MATERIAL WORLD BECAUSE SUCH A BRAHMANA, BY PRACTICING AUSTERITY, VEDIC STUDIES AND SATISFACTION, BECOMES THE COUNTERPART BODY OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD.

PURPORT

From the Vedas we learn that the Personality of Godhead is the Supreme Person.

EVERY LIVING ENTITY IS AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON, AND THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, KRSHNA, IS THE SUPREME PERSON.

A brahmana who is well versed in Vedic knowledge and fully conversant with transcendental matters becomes a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore one should worship such a brahmana or Vaishnava.

A Vaishnava is superior to a brahmana because whereas a brahmana knows that he is Brahman, not matter, a Vaishnava knows that he is not only Brahman but also an eternal servant of the Supreme Brahman.

THEREFORE, WORSHIP OF A VAISHNAVA IS SUPERIOR TO WORSHIP OF THE DEITY IN THE TEMPLE.

Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura says, sakshad dharitvena samasta-sastraim: IN ALL THE SCRIPTURES THE SPIRITUAL MASTER, WHO IS THE BEST OF THE BRAHMANAS, THE BEST OF THE VAISHNAVAS, IS CONSIDERED TO BE AS GOOD AS THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN, HOWEVER, THAT THE VAISHNAVA THINKS HIMSELF GOD, FOR THIS IS BLASPHEMOUS.

Although a brahmana or Vaishnava is worshiped as being as good as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, SUCH A DEVOTEE ALWAYS REMAINS A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF THE LORD and never tries to enjoy the prestige that might accrue to him from being the Supreme Lord's representative.

Gita shloka 3.26: ALL SHOULD ENGAGE IN WORK IN THE SPIRIT OF DEVOTION (,I.E., OFFERING RESULTS OF ALL THOUGHTS & ACTIONS TO LORD), 30th June

Gita shloka 3.26

ALL SHOULD engage in work in the spirit of devotion (,i.e.,  offering results of all thoughts & actions to lord)

TRANSLATION

Let not the wise disrupt the minds of the ignorant who are attached to fruitive action. They should not be encouraged to refrain from work, but to engage in work in the spirit of devotion.

PURPORT

Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ: that is the end of all Vedic rituals.

All rituals, all performances of sacrifices, and everything that is put into the Vedas, including all directions for material activities, are meant for understanding Kṛṣṇa, who is the ultimate goal of life.

But because the conditioned souls do not know anything beyond sense gratification, they study the Vedas to that end.

Through sense regulations, however, one is gradually elevated to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Therefore a realized soul in Kṛṣṇa consciousness should not disturb others in their activities or understanding, but he should act by showing how the results of all work can be dedicated to the service of Kṛṣṇa.

The learned Kṛṣṇa conscious person may act in such a way that the ignorant person working for sense gratification may learn how to act and how to behave.

Although the ignorant man is not to be disturbed in his activities, still, a slightly developed Kṛṣṇa conscious person may directly be engaged in the service of the Lord without waiting for other Vedic formulas.

For this fortunate man there is no need to follow the Vedic rituals, because in direct Kṛṣṇa consciousness one can have all the results simply by following the prescribed duties of a particular person.

 

Gita shloka 3.25: DEDICATE ALL RESULTS OF ACTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF KṚṢṆA CONSCIOUSNESS, 29th June

Gita shloka 3.25

DEDICATE ALL results of action for the purpose of Kṛṣṇa consciousness

TRANSLATION

As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, similarly the learned may also act, but without attachment, for the sake of leading people on the right path.

PURPORT

A person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and a person not in Kṛṣṇa consciousness are differentiated by different desires.

A Kṛṣṇa conscious person does not do anything which is not conducive to development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

He may even act exactly like the ignorant person, who is too much attached to material activities, but one is engaged in such activities for the satisfaction of his sense gratification, whereas the other is engaged for the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa.

Therefore, the Kṛṣṇa conscious person is required to show the people how to act and how to engage the results of action for the purpose of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

 

आपको जिस रास्ते पर जाना है जिस्म से रूह तक, THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THE WAY, SO YOU HAVE TO START EARLY #Blog0050

आपको जिस रास्ते पर जाना है जिस्म से रूह तक, THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THE WAY, SO YOU HAVE TO START EARLY

पग पग पर आप को प्रलोभन (inducements) मिलेंगे, पग-पग पर प्रतिकूलतांए (unfavorable circumstances) आएंगी 

पग पग (at each step) पर मन में संशय (doubts)  उत्पन्न (generate) होंगे, द्वंद (dualities) आएंगे, दुविधाएं (problems) आएंगी 

सब को पार करते हुए जाना है और Traffic भी एसा कि कोई आपको रास्ता देने को तैयार नहीं

कोई रास्ता नहीं देगा बाप, आपको रास्ता बना कर चलना पड़ेगा 

“चलते चलते थक गया, न मिली मंजिल नाचीज, यू कहने को चलकर जाना था मुझे जिस्म से रूह तक”     

“Walking & walking, I got tired & could not reach my destination, although I was expected to move  only from my own body to my own soul”

तन से मन तक उतरना था, मगर कहां हो पाया 

“तेरी चौखट पर आना मेरा काम था, पर काम इतना भी मुझसे किया ना गया” 

भीतर का कोई भी विकार (bad habit) ऐसा नहीं है जो जल्दी से हट जाए और आपको रास्ता दे दे  

आप सोचे कल से गुस्सा नहीं करेंगे और ऐसा हो जाए कि कल से गुस्सा नहीं करेंगे 

एक भी विकार आपके नियंत्रण में नहीं है बल्कि आप उन विकारों के नियंत्रण में हैं  

Not one bad habit is under your control, rather you are under their control

क्योंकि मार्ग आपको बनाना है, इसलिए समय पर नहीं समय से पूर्व यात्रा आरंभ करिए 

परली पार कोई आपकी प्रतीक्षा कर रहा है 

AS YOU’D BE FACING LOT OF HURDLES ON THE WAY FROM BODY TO SOUL, NOT ONLY YOU’VE TO MAKE YOUR OWN WAY BUT YOU’VE TO START EARLY, OTHERWISE YOU’D BE LATE (,i.e., death would catch up) -  there is “Someone (Lord)” waiting for you beyond this world (परली पार)

आपके अंदर संसार के विचारों की बहुत भीड़ मिलेगी जिस से भयभीत होते हो आप अकेलेपन से

 इसीलिए आपको एकांत प्रिय नहीं लगता, क्योंकि जूं ही आप भीतर उतरते हैं तो विचारों की भीड़ आप पर आक्रमण (attack) करती है आप डर जाते हैं 

ये जितनी प्रार्थनाएं हैं जितनी स्तुतियां (singing glories) है यह सब आप को एकांत (to be alone with you yourself) में पहुंचाने के लिए हैं

All these prayers of Lord are to calm down those ravishing thoughts inside you, to give you inner bliss.

Bhagvatam: LORD RESIDES INSIDE EACH LIVING BEING AS PARAMATMA ALONG WITH INDIVIDUAL SOUL, 28th June

Srimad Bhagvatam:

LORD RESIDES INSIDE EACH LIVING BEING AS PARAMATMA ALONG WITH INDIVIDUAL SOUL

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead has created many residential places like the bodies of human beings, animals, birds, saints and demigods. In all of these innumerable bodily forms, the Lord resides with the living being as Paramatma. Thus He is known as the purushavatara.

PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gita (18.61) it is said:

"THE SUPREME LORD IS SITUATED IN EVERYONE'S HEART, O ARJUNA, AND IS DIRECTING THE WANDERINGS OF ALL LIVING ENTITIES, WHO ARE SEATED AS ON A MACHINE, MADE OF THE MATERIAL ENERGY." 

THE LIVING ENTITY, WHO IS PART AND PARCEL OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, EXISTS ON THE MERCY OF THE LORD, WHO IS ALWAYS WITH HIM IN ANY FORM OF BODY. THE LIVING ENTITY DESIRES A PARTICULAR TYPE OF MATERIAL ENJOYMENT, AND THUS THE LORD SUPPLIES HIM WITH A BODY, WHICH IS LIKE A MACHINE. 

Just to keep him alive in that body, the Lord remains with him as the purusha (Kshirodakasayi Vishnu). This is also confirmed in Brahma-samhita (5.35):

"I worship the Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who enters the existence of every universe and every atom by one of His plenary portions and thus manifests His infinite energy throughout the material creation." 

THE LIVING ENTITY, BEING PART AND PARCEL OF THE LORD, IS KNOWN AS JIVA. THE SUPREME LORD PURUSHA REMAINS WITH THE JIVA TO ENABLE HIM TO ENJOY MATERIAL FACILITIES.