BHAGVAT GOD SAID: “MY DEAR LORD BRAHMA, BECAUSE OF MATERIAL OPULENCE A FOOLISH PERSON BECOMES DULL-WITTED AND MAD , 28TH JULY

BHAGVAT GOD SAID: “MY DEAR LORD BRAHMA, BECAUSE OF MATERIAL OPULENCE A FOOLISH PERSON BECOMES DULL-WITTED AND MAD. THUS HE HAS NO RESPECT FOR ANYONE WITHIN THE THREE WORLDS AND DEFIES EVEN MY AUTHORITY. TO SUCH A PERSON I SHOW SPECIAL FAVOR BY FIRST TAKING AWAY ALL HIS POSSESSIONS”, 28TH JULY

TRANSLATION

THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD SAID: MY DEAR LORD BRAHMA, BECAUSE OF MATERIAL OPULENCE A FOOLISH PERSON BECOMES DULL-WITTED AND MAD. THUS HE HAS NO RESPECT FOR ANYONE WITHIN THE THREE WORLDS AND DEFIES EVEN MY AUTHORITY. TO SUCH A PERSON I SHOW SPECIAL FAVOR BY FIRST TAKING AWAY ALL HIS POSSESSIONS.

PURPORT

A CIVILIZATION THAT HAS BECOME GODLESS BECAUSE OF MATERIAL ADVANCEMENT IN OPULENCE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. BECAUSE OF GREAT OPULENCE, A MATERIALIST BECOMES SO PROUD THAT HE HAS NO REGARD FOR ANYONE AND EVEN REFUSES TO ACCEPT THE AUTHORITY OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD. THE RESULT OF SUCH A MENTALITY IS CERTAINLY VERY DANGEROUS. TO SHOW SPECIAL FAVOR, THE LORD SOMETIMES MAKES AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE LIKE BALI MAHARAJA, WHO WAS NOW BEREFT OF ALL HIS POSSESSIONS.

TRANSLATION

WHILE ROTATING IN THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH AGAIN AND AGAIN IN DIFFERENT SPECIES BECAUSE OF HIS OWN FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES, THE DEPENDENT LIVING ENTITY, BY GOOD FORTUNE, MAY HAPPEN TO BECOME A HUMAN BEING. THIS HUMAN BIRTH IS VERY RARELY OBTAINED.

PURPORT

THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD IS FULLY INDEPENDENT. THUS IT IS NOT ALWAYS A FACT THAT A LIVING BEING'S LOSS OF ALL OPULENCE IS A SIGN OF THE SUPREME LORD'S MERCY UPON HIM. THE LORD CAN ACT ANY WAY HE LIKES. HE MAY TAKE AWAY ONE'S OPULENCE, OR HE MAY NOT. THERE ARE VARIETIES OF FORMS OF LIFE, AND THE LORD TREATS THEM ACCORDING TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AS HE CHOOSES. GENERALLY IT IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE HUMAN FORM OF LIFE IS ONE OF GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.

"THE LIVING ENTITY IN MATERIAL NATURE FOLLOWS THE WAYS OF LIFE, ENJOYING THE THREE MODES OF NATURE. THIS IS DUE TO HIS ASSOCIATION WITH THAT MATERIAL NATURE. THUS HE MEETS WITH GOOD AND EVIL AMONGST VARIOUS SPECIES." (BG. 13.22) AFTER THUS ROTATING THROUGH MANY, MANY FORMS OF LIFE IN THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH, THE LIVING BEING GETS A CHANCE FOR A HUMAN FORM. THEREFORE EVERY HUMAN BEING, ESPECIALLY ONE BELONGING TO A CIVILIZED NATION OR CULTURE, MUST BE EXTREMELY RESPONSIBLE IN HIS ACTIVITIES. 

HE SHOULD NOT RISK DEGRADATION IN THE NEXT LIFE. BECAUSE THE BODY WILL CHANGE (tatha dehantara-praptir), WE SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL. TO SEE TO THE PROPER USE OF LIFE IS THE PURPOSE OF KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS. THE FOOLISH LIVING ENTITY DECLARES FREEDOM FROM ALL CONTROL, BUT FACTUALLY HE IS NOT FREE; HE IS FULLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF MATERIAL NATURE. HE MUST THEREFORE BE MOST CAREFUL AND RESPONSIBLE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF HIS LIFE.

GITA-SHLOKA-4.12 THE DEMIGODS ARE NOT DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOD, BUT THEY ARE GOD'S DIFFERENT PARTS AND PARCELS. GOD IS ONE, AND THE PARTS AND PARCELS ARE MANY. ANYONE WHO THINKS THAT GOD AND THE DEMIGODS ARE ON THE SAME LEVEL IS CALLED AN ATHEIST 27th July

TRANSLATION

MEN IN THIS WORLD DESIRE SUCCESS IN FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES, AND THEREFORE THEY WORSHIP THE DEMIGODS.  QUICKLY, OF COURSE, MEN GET RESULTS FROM FRUITIVE WORK IN THIS WORLD.

PURPORT

THERE IS A GREAT MISCONCEPTION ABOUT THE GODS OR DEMIGODS OF THIS MATERIAL WORLD, AND MEN OF LESS INTELLIGENCE, ALTHOUGH PASSING AS GREAT SCHOLARS, TAKE THESE DEMIGODS TO BE VARIOUS FORMS OF THE SUPREME LORD.

ACTUALLY, THE DEMIGODS ARE NOT DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOD, BUT THEY ARE GOD'S DIFFERENT PARTS AND PARCELS.

GOD IS ONE, AND THE PARTS AND PARCELS ARE MANY.

THE VEDAS SAY, NITYO NITYANAM: GOD IS ONE.

Isvarah paramah krsnah.

THE SUPREME GOD IS ONE—KRSNA—AND THE DEMIGODS ARE DELEGATED WITH POWERS TO MANAGE THIS MATERIAL WORLD.

THESE DEMIGODS ARE ALL LIVING ENTITIES (NITYANAM) WITH DIFFERENT GRADES OF MATERIAL POWER.

THEY CANNOT BE EQUAL TO THE SUPREME GOD—NARAYANA, VISNU, OR KRSNA.

ANYONE WHO THINKS THAT GOD AND THE DEMIGODS ARE ON THE SAME LEVEL IS CALLED AN ATHEIST, OR pasandi.

EVEN THE GREAT DEMIGODS LIKE BRAHMA AND SIVA CANNOT BE COMPARED TO THE SUPREME LORD.

IN FACT, THE LORD IS WORSHIPED BY DEMIGODS SUCH AS BRAHMA AND SIVA (SIVA-VIRINCI-NUTAM).

YET CURIOUSLY ENOUGH THERE ARE MANY HUMAN LEADERS WHO ARE WORSHIPED BY FOOLISH MEN UNDER THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM OR ZOOMORPHISM.

Iha devatah denotes a powerful man or demigod of this material world.

But Narayana, Visnu or Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, does not belong to this world.

He is above, or transcendental to, material creation.

Even Sripada Sankaracarya, the leader of the impersonalists, maintains that Narayana, or Krsna, is beyond this material creation.

HOWEVER, FOOLISH PEOPLE (hrt-anjana) WORSHIP THE DEMIGODS BECAUSE THEY WANT IMMEDIATE RESULTS.

THEY GET THE RESULTS, BUT DO NOT KNOW THAT RESULTS SO OBTAINED ARE TEMPORARY AND ARE MEANT FOR LESS INTELLIGENT PERSONS.

THE INTELLIGENT PERSON IS IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, AND HE HAS NO NEED TO WORSHIP THE PALTRY DEMIGODS FOR SOME IMMEDIATE, TEMPORARY BENEFIT.

THE DEMIGODS OF THIS MATERIAL WORLD, AS WELL AS THEIR WORSHIPERS, WILL VANISH WITH THE ANNIHILATION OF THIS MATERIAL WORLD.

THE BOONS OF THE DEMIGODS ARE MATERIAL AND TEMPORARY.

BOTH THE MATERIAL WORLDS AND THEIR INHABITANTS, INCLUDING THE DEMIGODS, AND THEIR WORSHIPERS, ARE BUBBLES IN THE COSMIC OCEAN.

IN THIS WORLD, HOWEVER, HUMAN SOCIETY IS MAD AFTER TEMPORARY THINGS SUCH AS THE MATERIAL OPULENCE OF POSSESSING LAND, FAMILY AND ENJOYABLE PARAPHERNALIA.

TO ACHIEVE SUCH TEMPORARY THINGS, THEY WORSHIP THE DEMIGODS OR POWERFUL MEN IN HUMAN SOCIETY.

IF A MAN GETS SOME MINISTERSHIP IN THE GOVERNMENT BY WORSHIPING A POLITICAL LEADER, HE CONSIDERS THAT HE HAS ACHIEVED A GREAT BOON.

All of them are therefore kowtowing to the so-called leaders or "big guns" in order to achieve temporary boons, and they indeed achieve such things.

SUCH FOOLISH MEN ARE NOT INTERESTED IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS FOR THE PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE HARDSHIPS OF MATERIAL EXISTENCE.

THEY ARE ALL AFTER SENSE ENJOYMENT, AND TO GET A LITTLE FACILITY FOR SENSE ENJOYMENT THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO WORSHIP EMPOWERED LIVING ENTITIES KNOWN AS DEMIGODS.

THIS VERSE INDICATES THAT PEOPLE ARE RARELY INTERESTED IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS.

THEY ARE MOSTLY INTERESTED IN MATERIAL ENJOYMENT, AND THEREFORE THEY WORSHIP SOME POWERFUL LIVING ENTITY.

IF YOU ADMIT YOUR MISTAKE THEN YOU FEEL LIGHT and ENERGETIC; SINGING GLORIES OF LORD IS LIKE ACCEPTING OUR IGNORANCE #Blog0069

IF YOU ADMIT YOUR MISTAKE THEN YOU FEEL LIGHT & ENERGETIC ; SINGING GLORIES OF LORD IS LIKE ACCEPTING OUR IGNORANCE

आपने खुद ही महसूस किया होगा कई बार कि अपनी गलती मान लेने से दिल का बोझ हल्का हो जाता है

यह भजन करना भी अपनी भूल स्वीकार करना जैसे है कि प्रभु मेरी अज्ञानता से मुझे अभी तक कि ज्ञात नहीं था कि जीवन केवल आपके भजन के लिए मिला है

मगर अब मैं जान गया हूं कि तुम्हारी इच्छा के बिना एक पत्ता भी नहीं हिल सकता है 

प्रभु के सन्मुख अपनी भूल स्वीकार कर लेना ही सुख का स्रोत है 

You must have noticed that if you admit your mistake then you start feeling light & energetic.

Singing glories of Lord is like accepting our ignorance, our mistake that due to my तमोगुण (lazy and negative attitude), I was not aware that our human life is meant only to find our way back to You which is only possible through Your grace.

Therefore, please accept my grateful surrender at Your lotus feet.

Herein lies the real & eternal happiness

GITA-SHLOKA-4.11- ONE SHOULD WITH ALL EFFORTS TRY TO WORSHIP THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD FOR COMPLETE PERFECTION, CULMINATING IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS 26th July

TRANSLATION

ALL OF THEM—AS THEY SURRENDER UNTO ME—I REWARD ACCORDINGLY. EVERYONE FOLLOWS MY PATH IN ALL RESPECTS, O SON OF PARTHA.

PURPORT

EVEYONE IS SEARCHING FOR KRSNA IN THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF HIS MANIFESTATIONS.

KRSNA, THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, IS PARTIALLY REALIZED IN HIS IMPERSONAL BRAHMAJYOTI EFFULGENCE AND AS THE ALL-PERVADING SUPERSOUL DWELLING WITHIN EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE PARTICLES OF ATOMS.

BUT KRSNA IS ONLY FULLY REALIZED BY HIS PURE DEVOTEES.

CONSEQUENTLY, KRSNA IS THE OBJECT OF EVERYONE'S REALIZATION, AND THUS ANYONE AND EVERYONE IS SATISFIED ACCORDING TO ONE'S DESIRE TO HAVE HIM.

IN THE TRANSCENDENTAL WORLD ALSO, KRSNA RECIPROCATES WITH HIS PURE DEVOTEES IN THE TRANSCENDENTAL ATTITUDE, JUST AS THE DEVOTEE WANTS HIM.

ONE DEVOTEE MAY WANT KRSNA AS SUPREME MASTER, ANOTHER AS HIS PERSONAL FRIEND, ANOTHER AS HIS SON, AND STILL ANOTHER AS HIS LOVER.

KRSNA REWARDS ALL THE DEVOTEES EQUALLY, ACCORDING TO THEIR DIFFERENT INTENSITIES OF LOVE FOR HIM.

IN THE MATERIAL WORLD, THE SAME RECIPROCATIONS OF FEELINGS ARE THERE, AND THEY ARE EQUALLY EXCHANGED BY THE LORD WITH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORSHIPERS.

THE PURE DEVOTEES BOTH HERE AND IN THE TRANSCENDENTAL ABODE ASSOCIATE WITH HIM IN PERSON AND ARE ABLE TO RENDER PERSONAL SERVICE TO THE LORD AND THUS DERIVE TRANSCENDENTAL BLISS IN HIS LOVING SERVICE.

As for those who are impersonalists and who want to commit spiritual suicide by annihilating the individual existence of the living entity, Krsna helps also by absorbing them into His effulgence.

SUCH IMPERSONALISTS DO NOT AGREE TO ACCEPT THE ETERNAL, BLISSFUL PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD; CONSEQUENTLY THEY CANNOT RELISH THE BLISS OF TRANSCENDENTAL PERSONAL SERVICE TO THE LORD, HAVING EXTINGUISHED THEIR INDIVIDUALITY.

Some of them, who are not situated even in the impersonal existence, return to this material field to exhibit their dormant desires for activities.

THEY ARE NOT ADMITTED IN THE SPIRITUAL PLANETS, BUT THEY ARE AGAIN GIVEN A CHANCE TO ACT ON THE MATERIAL PLANETS.

For those who are fruitive workers, the Lord awards the desired results of their prescribed duties, as the yajnesvara; and those who are yogis seeking mystic powers are awarded such powers.

IN OTHER WORDS, EVERYONE IS DEPENDANT FOR SUCCESS UPON HIS MERCY ALONE, AND ALL KINDS OF SPIRITUAL PROCESSES ARE BUT DIFFERENT DEGREES OF SUCCESS ON THE SAME PATH.

UNLESS, THEREFORE, ONE COMES TO THE HIGHEST PERFECTION OF KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, ALL ATTEMPTS REMAIN IMPERFECT, AS IS STATED IN THE SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM:

akamah sarva-kamo va moksa-kama udaradhih

tivrena bhakti-yogena yajeta purusam param

"WHETHER ONE IS WITHOUT DESIRE [THE CONDITION OF THE DEVOTEES], OR IS DESIROUS OF ALL FRUITIVE RESULTS, OR IS AFTER LIBERATION, ONE SHOULD WITH ALL EFFORTS TRY TO WORSHIP THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD FOR COMPLETE PERFECTION, CULMINATING IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS." (Bhag. 2.3.10)

TRYING TO UPLIFT ONESELF SPIRITUALLY IS UNIVERSAL RELIGION APPLICABLE FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL, ANY TIME, ANY WHERE #Blog0068

TRYING TO UPLIFT ONESELF SPIRITUALLY IS UNIVERSAL RELIGION APPLICABLE FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL, ANY TIME, ANY WHERE 

आत्म कल्याण से बड़ा कोई धर्म नहीं है, सार्वभौमिक धर्म है आत्म कल्याण 

trying to uplift oneself spiritually is UNIVERSAL RELIGION applicable for every individual, any time, any where 

आत्म कल्याण का प्रयास, आत्म कल्याण आपके मेरे हाथ में नहीं है कल्याण तो तभी होगा, जब प्रभु चाहेंगे प्रयास आपके मेरे हाथ में है 

हम प्रभु से कल्याण कराना चाहते हैं, बिना प्रयास के 

we all want to get God's grace, without making any effort

अभी दो पांच महीना हुआ नहीं भजन करते और भजन के परिणाम की चिंता है 

it's hardly been 2-5 months since we started bhajans & we are worried that good result has not followed

ये तो भगवान की हम पर बहुत बड़ी कृपा है कि आपको अपनी पूर्व जन्मों की यात्रा स्मरण नहीं है 

it is God's extreme grace that we do not remember trajectory of our countless past births 

जैसे जैसे भजन करते हैं, जैसे जैसे अंतर्मन निर्मल होता है, जैसे जैसे मन का मुकुर (दर्पण, mirror) साफ़ होता है और जीव को अपने अस्तित्व का पूर्ण रूपेण बोध होता है 

as we go on bhajan path, our conscience gets clearer, more & more cleaned off the thick layers of "dust “(sins/habit of being away from even talk of God) & we start getting true overall picture of our real existential constitutional situation

जिसने जीवन में भजन का आरम्भ कर दिया है आत्म कल्याण के लिए, भगवत प्राप्ति के लिए, भगवत अनुराग प्राप्ति के लिए 

whoever has started treading the path of bhajan, for self upliftment spiritually, only for getting love of God... 

वो इतना तो विश्वास रखे कि उस पर भगवान की कृपा दृष्टि तो है 

he must rest assured that he is definitely a recipient of God's grace 

वो भगवान की कृपा दृष्टि में है, तभी जीवन में ये क्षण आया है 

& only due to God's benevolence on him, such an auspicious period has come in his life

संसार के एक से एक क्षुद्र से क्षुद्र प्रलोभन में इतनी सामर्थ है, कि वो आपको अनंत काल तक बांधे रख सकता है अपने साथ 

otherwise, the world's smallest & meanest of pleasures have such a potency that it can keep on "binding “you for ages & ages of repeated births 

इसीलिए भगवान कहते हैं "मम (Mine) माया दुरत्यया” 

hard to traverse, very difficult to cross over

कितने कितने कितने जन्मों से संसार भोगा है, (for innumerable births, we've been indulging deep in the meanest of wordly pleasures) 

और जितना भजन आप और मैं करते हैं या कर रहें हैं ,उतना तो कैसा है जैसे खारे पानी के कुँए में आप एक चुटकी मीठा डाल दें, 

& the extent of bhajan that we do is like mixing a spoon of sugar in the well full of brackish water

उससे क्या होगा, जल तो मीठा नहीं होगा, 

"ऐसी भक्ति करे, बहुकाल” 

with this, the well water cannot get sweet/potable - so the extent of bhajans has to be over a very long period, to have any positive effect)