Shree Krishna's UNBREAKABLE Rule - The Only Way to Overcome our Sufferings by Swami Mukundanand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWiZNMjNZQ Full Text 1 *Gita Shloka* 7.14, “This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it”. https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/7/14/ after all gyan, He is giving us the action point, SURRENDER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWiZNMjNZQ&t=103 2 To explain that Maya is difficult to overcome, I like to give the example of a dog. Ramesh went to meet his friend Dinesh & Dinesh had a pet dog called Smokey, so Smokey was a ferocious dog. Dinesh had on his board a sign “beware of dog”, Ramesh did not notice the sign, he just came and nonchalantly he was opening the gate when he heard a growling sound “Grrrr”. My god, where did the sound come from ? Is it thunder ? but there are no clouds in the sky, oh my god, this demon, so looking at his gnarling teeth, Ramesh quickly shut the gate and said my god, how do I go and meet Dinesh, may be there is a back door, let me see, he went to the back door and Smokey came there also, you have got guts ? no baba, I don't have the guts, so this dog is un-passable. Now what to do, His friend Ramesh is inside, then takes help of his friend, are bhai Dinesh, Dinesh comes out & he says O, my Smokey is troubling him, hey Smokey, come here, now Smokey’s master called him, Smokey came and sat down by Dinesh’s side wagging his tail, he was neutralized, so Ramesh came in boldly, there is nothing to worry about, like that dog was un-passable without help of the master, like wise to the dog is this material energy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWiZNMjNZQ&t=155 3 so you say what is the big deal about Maya ? it is mithya (false), Shri Krishna says, no matter how much you keep saying mithya, you will not be able to cross over Maya, the biggest yogis, munis, rishis, tapasvis they will all fail because if you can defeat Maya it means you can defeat God, it is God’s Hnergy, now who can overcome God, He is Ajit (unconquerable), hence the only way is to receive God’s Grace, “तत कृपायी केवलम”, we need God’s grace to overcome Maya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWiZNMjNZQ&t=284 4 so Kripaluji Maharaj considers this verse to be an atomic verse (the fundamental building block), one of the most important verses of the Bhagwat Gita the 14 verse of the 7th chapter In the first line, Shri Krishna is giving the problem that Maya is unsurmountable, you carry on, try different sadhanas, nothing will work, ultimately, you will have to admit defeat that I am still in maya, so what to do ? the second line he has given the solution “mam eva ye prapadyante, mayam etam taranti te”, Arjun just surrender to Me and I will take you across Maya, I will indicate, hey maya, this soul has becomes Mine, release him, Maya says my Master has indicated to me, alright, let me release him, Maya says my job is only this much, keep on troubling the soul until it surrenders to God, so the way to get out of this material puzzle is to take surrender (शरनागती) at the feet of the Lord & this is the conclusion of this verse and this is an Important piece of knowledge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWiZNMjNZQ&t=325 5 one soul fights with God, he says, my Lord, should I tell my mind to You ? Shri Krishna said, go ahead. Maharaj, you will not like It, Shri Krishna said, I am used to it because He is sitting in our hearts and we keep on complaining, why did you not do this, why do you not do that and Shri Krishna is hearing everything, so He says I am used to it, what is your complaint ? Go ahead and tell me. So the soul says “verse”, my Lord, in the world If a little infant child is fallen into a ditch and there is a passer-by who sees the child crying, any passer-by is moved to pity, lifts the child and tries to locate the parents, if they are not traceable, then takes the child to orphanage or deposits it in a police station or adopts the child himself but you will rarely or never find a human being saying alright go die, I’m throwing you back in the ditch, this much of kindness even the human heart possesses. Shri Krishna said, I admit human beings do have some goodness in them, what are you trying to say ? Maharaj, like that innocent infant, we are your children and we have fallen in a ditch of material existence and we are also crying out, we are in ignorance, we are unhappy and we are getting knocked by the waves of Your maya, and You are well aware of our problems but You are not bestowing Your Grace, one glance of Your grace, all problems would have been solved, what kind of God are You and You have said in the Vedas that You are our Father & “Amritasyavai Putra”, all the souls are My little children, what kind of Father are You, Maharaj, and don't tell me o soul you come to My door, I’ll Grace you because I don't know the way to Your door, I admit that I am in ignorance but you don't have any alibi (excuse) because You are all-knowing, so what is the reason You are not gracing me. The soul has levelled this accusation at God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWiZNMjNZQ&t=427 6 now Shri Krishna answers, o soul, you have said such big big things that I am your Father, I am not gracing you, do you know my question ? Do you actually believe that I am your Father ? Simple question. So soul, you go to the mandir and say “त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव” (which means that I (God) is your mother & father - but do you actually believe that I am your Father ? you believe that (God) is my father only 2%, you say that your real father is in the world & you will get a share in his property, I will get it later on, so you don't even have the faith that I am your Father and you are asking for My grace, so do you know that when I grace you, I will give you my divine love, my divine knowledge and my divine bliss,so when I give you these divine things what will I take from you in return, the soul says, I don't know. Then understand what is it that I give and what is it that I take. So, all right, Maharaj let me hear from You, so He (God) says in the Vedas, “verse”, you surrender to Me and I will grace you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWiZNMjNZQ&t=614 7 so the soul says, ok, Maharaj, now I understand that I need to surrender to You, only then You will grace me, but is it possible that I don't surrender to You and still You grace me ? God says what do you mean ? I mean, You know that rules are not for You, rules are for us unfortunate souls, follow the tax laws, the state laws whereas You are God, Supremely Independent, You can do what You like , e.g., that even though these souls are not surrendered, still I’ll grace them. Sri Krishna says, everybody goes by rules, just like there are rules for your body, “Yukta-Ahar” “Don't eat too much, Don't eat too little”, follow the rules, then you will stay healthy and If you break them, the health will deteriorate, the celestial bodies are following rules, likewise God says I also follow My own rules. Just because I am God does’nt mean that I do whatever I like, I've got a rule of Karma Pradhan Vishwa Kari Rakha “कर्म प्रधान विश्व करी राखा, जो जस करी, सो तस फल चाखा”, “As you sow, so shall you reap”, the Law of Karma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWiZNMjNZQ&t=710 8 I never break my own rules. Dashrath was My father, he died, Kaushalya became widow, I did not interfere, Kaushalya could have said that Ram is my child and I am becoming a widow, come on, save my husband. Ram says, no, its not a household affair that the judge has become your son, so there will be leniency, this will be decided in the court, whoever has got whatever in their account. So God says if I break the rules and grace you without surrender, then the basis of the rationality in the world will be destroyed – how ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWiZNMjNZQ&t=790 9 So there were two sons of a father, it was the paddy sowing season and the father instructed them to both go and work in the field all day long, it's important to plant the paddy by night time, so one of them the elder one, worked from morning till night and when he returned the father said, well done my child, you have worked hard, here is $500, go do what you like and the other child did nothing, he just kept lying in bed and he kept on abusing his father and drinking, smoking etc., now at night time if the father says chalo you have been a bad child but I am a good father, so I’ll give you 500 Dollars in any case, go and do what you want, if he gives him 500 dollars what will happen ? the first son’s faith in hard work, in dedication, will break, he will say that my father’s reward policy Is defective, I worked from morning till night and I got 500 dollars whereas my brother did nothing but he also got 500 dollars, if my father does not respect dedication, commitment, surrender, then why should I do it, tomorrow I'll also do nothing, I will also sit and smoke and drink and lie on the bed, I’ll Get the 500 dollars in any case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWiZNMjNZQ&t=842 10 Like one of the biggest problems in India was after gaining Independence, Jawaharlal Nehru introduced all these Public Enterprises, Government run organizations, so various steel plants, electric plants etc. all run by the Government and there were time bound promotions all around & hence nobody was working, so every Indian knows that nothing happens in the Government offices because they come one hour late and then it is tea break and then by the time they finish tea, it is lunch break etc. and then it is time to wind up and pack up but the same Indians they come out here to the USA and I've heard from people you know that these Indians and Chinese have spoilt the culture They (Indians and Chinese) work so hard that they (USA citizens) are complaining they work so hard here in USA why don't they work hard in India - because it doesn't make a difference – the one person in Houston he retired at the age of 60 and he joined the Government and he says Swami ji, you know even in USA, the government jobs are only like Indian government jobs, it may have been his personal experience but the point is if there are no consequences for actions then there is no incentive to improve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWiZNMjNZQ&t=945 11 so God says that if without your surrender, I Grace you, all the saints will complain, Maharaj, what is this ? we strived for so many life times and then we perfected our surrender and received Your Grace “verse” and You gave grace to this soul in free fund, then what was the meaning of our surrender ? God says the basis of creation is that as you surrender, I reciprocate accordingly, you want My grace ? yes Maharaj please grace me. Then, surrender. No, I don't want Your grace, don't surrender. No, no, I want the grace but I don't want to surrender – God says this kind of ghapad shapad will not work in my dominion, you decide & you surrender and I will grace you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhWiZNMjNZQ&t=1040 Transcript 1:43 “Verse” “This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it”. https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/7/14/ 2:03 Translation : my divine energy 2:07 Maya consisting of the three modes of nature 2:13 Is Very difficult to 2:16 Overcome but those who surrender unto me cross over 2:22 It easily 2:24 after all 2:27 Gyan He is giving us 2:30 The Action point surrender 2:35 To explain that Maya is difficult to overcome, I like to give the example of a dog, Ramesh went to meet his friend Dinesh & Dinesh had a pet dog called Smokey, so Smokey was a ferocious dog 2:59 Dinesh had on his board a sign 3:04 Beware of 3:08 Dog Ramesh did not notice the sign he just came 3:13 And nonchalantly he was opening the gate when 3:17 He Heard a growling sound “Grrrr” 3:20 my god where did the sound come from is it 3:23 Thunder but there are no clouds in the 3:27 Sky oh my god this 3:30 demon so looking at his gnarling teeth Ramesh 3:36 Quickly shut the 3:38 gate and said my god how do I go and meet 3:42 Dinesh may be there is a back door, let me see he went 3:46 To the back door and Smokey came 3:48 There also, you have got guts ? no baba I don't have the 3:53 Guts, so this dog is un-passable 3:58 Now what to do 4:00 His friend is 4:02 Inside Ramesh 4:05 Then takes help of his 4:08 Friend 4:11 Are bhai Dinesh, Dinesh comes 4:13 out & he says O, my Smokey is troubling him 4:17 Hey Smokey come here 4:19 now Smokey’s master called him, Smokey came 4:25 and sat down by Dinesh’s side wagging his tail 4:30 he was 4:31 Neutralized, so Ramesh came in 4:33 Boldly there is nothing to worry 4:36 about like that dog was un-passable without help 4:40 of the master, like wise this material 4:44 Energy, so you say what is the big deal it is 4:47 Mithya, Shri Krishna says no matter how much you 4:51 keep saying mithya you will not be able to cross 4:54 over maya the biggest yogis munis rishis tapasvis 5:00 5:01 They will all fail because if you can defeat maya it means you 5:06 can defeat god it is God’s 5:10 Energy now who can overcome God 5:14 Ajit, hence the only way is to receive God’s 5:21 Grace, “तत कृपायी केवलम” 5:25 we need grace to overcome maya so in the 5:30 First line of this verse Kripalu ji Maharaj 5:34 Considers this verse to be an atomic verse 5:37 One of the most important verses of the 5:40 Bhagwat Gita the 14 verse of the seventh chapter 5:44 5:47 First line Shri Krishna is giving the 5:50 Problem that Maya is unsurmountable you 5:54 Carry on try different 5:57 Sadhanas nothing will work 6:00 Ultimately You will have to admit defeat I am 6:03 still in maya so what to do the second line 6:07 he has given the solution “maam eva prapadyante 6:12 maya meta tarate” Arjun just surrender to me and 6:19 i will take you across maya i will indicate 6:24 hey maya this soul has becomes mine, release 6:32 maya says my master has indicated to me 6:36 alright let me release maya says my job is only 6:41 this much keep on troubling the soul until it surrenders 6:44 to god so the way to get out of this material 6:50 puzzle is to take 6:53 surrender (शरनागती) at the feet of the lord this is the 6:58 conclusion of this 7:00 verse and this is an Important piece of 7:07 Knowledge one soul fights with god he says my 7:12 Lord should I tell my mind to 7:14 You Shri Krishna said go ahead Maharaj you will 7:19 Not like 7:20 It Shri Krishna said I am used to it because 7:24 He is sitting in our hearts and we keep 7:27 On complaining why did you not do this why do you 7:30 Not do that and Shri Krishna is hearing 7:32 Everything so he says I am used to it what 7:36 Is your complaint go ahead and tell me so the 7:39 Soul says “verse” my lord in the world If a 7:55 Little infant child is fallen into a ditch 8:01 And there is a passer-by who sees the child 8:06 Crying any passer-by is moved to 8:10 Pity, lifts the child and tries to locate 8:15 The parents if they are not traceable, 8:20 Then Takes the child to orphanage or deposits it in 8:23 A Police station or adopt the child 8:27 himself but you will 8:31 Rarely or never find a human being saying alright 8:35 Go die, I’m throwing you back in the 8:38 Ditch Shri Krishna, this much of kindness even the 8:43 Human heart 8:46 Possesses Shri Krishna said I admit human 8:49 Beings do have some goodness in them what are you 8:53 Trying to 8:54 Say Maharaj like that innocent infant 9:00 We are your 9:02 Children and we are falling in a ditch of 9:05 Material 9:06 Existence and we are also crying out we 9:10 Are in ignorance we are unhappy and we are getting 9:14 Knocked by the waves of maya, your maya and you are 9:19 Well aware of our problems but you are not 9:23 Bestowing your 9:25 Grace one glance of your grace, all problems would have 9:30 Been 9:33 Solved what kind 9:35 Of God are you and you have said in the Vedas you 9:39 Are our 9:44 Father “Amritasyavai Putra” all the souls are my little 9:48 Children What kind of father are you maharaj 9:51 And don't tell me o soul you come to my door, I’ll 9:54 Grace you because I don't know the way to your door 9:59 I admit that I am in ignorance but you don't have any 10:02 Alibi (excuse) because you are All knowing so what is the 10:07 Reason you are not gracing 10:10 Me the soul has levelled this accusation at 10:14 God, now Shri Krishna answers o soul you have said 10:19 Such big big things that I am your father I am 10:23 Not gracing 10:25 You do you know my question do you 10:30 Actually believe that I am your 10:34 Father simple question today one girl 10:39 Came and gave a shloka “त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव” 10:43 So soul you go in to the mandir and you say 10:46 “त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव” do you actually 10:50 Believe that I am your 10:53 Father, you believe you are my father only 2% my real father 10:58 Is in the world & I will get a share in his 11:00 Property I will get it later on so you 11:04 Don't even have the faith That I am your Father 11:07 And you are asking for 11:08 Grace so do you know that when I grace you 11:13 I will give you my divine love my divine 11:17 Knowledge and my divine 11:19 Bliss so when I give you these divine things 11:23 What will I take from you in 11:26 Return the soul says I don't know then 11:29 Understand what is it that I give and 11:32 What is it I take so all right Maharaj let 11:36 Me hear from you so he says in the Vedas so 11:39 “verse” you surrender to me and I 11:46 Will grace you that point of surrender is what 11:50 Has come here so the Soul Says Ok Maharaj Now 11:54 I understand I need to surrender to you 11:57 Yes only then you will grace me 11:59 Yes but is it 12:02 Possible that I don't surrender to you and still 12:05 You grace me 12:09 so god says what do you mean I mean you know 12:14 Rules are not for you rules are 12:17 For us unfortunate souls, follow the tax laws, the state laws, You are God, Supremely Independent, you can do what you like, these souls are not surrendered, still I’ll grace them 12:30 Sri Krishna Says 12:33 everybody goes by 12:37 Rules just like there are rules for your 12:40 Body “Yukta-ahar” Don't eat too much, Don't eat too 12:45 Little, follow the 12:47 Rules then you will stay healthy and If you 12:51 Break them the health will deteriorate the celestial bodies 12:55 Are following rules likewise God says I 12:59 Also follow rules my own rules but I follow 13:03 Them just because I am God does’nt mean I do 13:06 Whatever I like I've got a rule karma 13:10 Pradhan Vishwa Kari Rakha “कर्म प्रधान विश्व करी राखा” the Law of Karma I 13:14 Never break it Dashrath was my father he died 13:19 Kaushalya became widow I did not 13:23 Interfere Kaushalya could have said that Ram is 13:26 My child and I am becoming a widow come on 13:29 Save my husband 13:30 Ram says no its not some household affair that 13:35 the judge has become your son so There will be leniency this 13:38 Will be decided in the court who ever has got whatever 13:41 in their 13:43 Account so God says if I break the rules 13:48 And grace you without surrender 13:52 Then the basis of the rationality in the world will be 13:57 Destroyed 14:00 And why 14:02 So there were two sons of 14:07 A Father it was the paddy sowing 14:11 Season and the father instructed them both go 14:15 And work in the 14:17 Field all day long it's important to plant 14:20 The paddy by night 14:23 Time so one of them the elder one worked from 14:26 Morning till night and when he returned the 14:31 Father said well done my child you have worked 14:34 hard here is $500 go do what you 14:37 like and the other child did nothing he just 14:40 kept lying in bed and he kept on abusing his father 14:45 and drinking smoking etc 14:48 now at night time if the father 14:54 says chalo you have been a bad child but I am 14:58 a good father so I’ll give you 500 Dollars in any case 15:03 go and do what you like i should be a good 15:07 Father if he gives him 15:10 500 dollars what will happen the first son’s faith in hard 15:16 work in dedication will 15:19 break he will say My Father Reward Policy 15:23 Is Defective I Worked from Morning Till 15:26 Night and I Got 500 dollars My Brother Did Nothing He 15:30 Also Got 500 dolalrs If My Father Does Not Respect 15:35 Dedication Commitment Surrender Then Why Should 15:39 I Do It Tomorrow I'll Also Do Nothing I Will 15:43 Also Sit and Smoke and Drink and Lie 15:45 On the Bed, I’ll Get the 500 dollars In Any Case Like One 15:49 Of the Biggest Problems in India Was 15:53 After Gaining 15:55 Independence Jawaharlal Nehru Introduced 15:57 All These Public Enterprises Government Run 16:01 Organizations 16:03 So Various Steel Plants Electric 16:06 Plants etc all run by the government and 16:10 There were all time bound promotions 16:14 No they were time bound promotions & hence nobody was 16:17 Working so every Indian knows that nothing 16:20 Happens in the office in the government 16:24 Office because they come little one hour late and then 16:27 It is tea break and then 16:30 By the time they finish tea it is lunch break etc 16:32 And then it is time to wind up and pack 16:35 Up and the same Indians they come out here to the 16:39 USA and I've heard from people you know these 16:43 Indians and Chinese have spoiled the culture 16:45 They (Indians and Chinese) work so hard they (USA citizens) are complaining they work 16:48 so hard here in USA why don't they work hard in 16:50 india because it doesn't make a difference the one person in Houston 16:59 he retired at the age of 60 and he joined the 17:02 government and he says swami ji you know even 17:04 in usa government jobs are only like 17:07 indian government 17:09 jobs it may have been his personal experience 17:12 but the point is if there are no consequences 17:16 for 17:17 actions then there is no incentive to 17:20 Improve so god says that if without your surrender 17:24 I Grace 17:26 You all the Saints 17:30 Will complain Maharaj what is this we 17:33 Strived for so many life times and then 17:36 We perfected our surrender and received yours 17:40 Grace “verse” 17:44 and you gave grace to this soul in free 17:47 Fund what was the meaning of our surrender ? 17:50 God says the basis of creation is as you 17:56 Surrender I reciprocate 17:59 Accordingly you want my grace yes Maharaj 18:04 Please grace me, surrender, no I don't want 18:09 Your 18:09 Grace, don't surrender, no no I want the 18:13 Grace but I don't want to surrender 18:16 God says this kind of ghapad shapad will not 18:19 Work in my dominion you decide you surrender 18:24 And I will give grace you Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): Shree Krishna's UNBREAKABLE Rule - The Only Way to Overcome our Sufferings Swami Mukundananda.mp4