Gita shloka 3.12, SELF-REALIZATION, KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIFE, 18th June

Gita shloka 3.12

TRANSLATION

IN CHARGE OF THE VARIOUS NECESSITIES OF LIFE, THE DEMIGODS, BEING SATISFIED BY THE PERFORMANCE OF YAJNA [SACRIFICE], SUPPLY ALL NECESSITIES TO MAN. BUT HE WHO ENJOYS THESE GIFTS, WITHOUT OFFERING THEM TO THE DEMIGODS IN RETURN, IS CERTAINLY A THIEF.

 

PURPORT

THE DEMIGODS ARE AUTHORIZED SUPPLYING AGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, VISNU.

THEREFORE, THEY MUST BE SATISFIED BY THE PERFORMANCE OF PRESCRIBED YAJNAS.

IN THE VEDAS, THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF YAJNAS PRESCRIBED FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEMIGODS, BUT ALL ARE ULTIMATELY OFFERED TO THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD.

FOR ONE WHO CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD IS, SACRIFICE TO THE DEMIGODS IS RECOMMENDED.

According to the different material qualities of the persons concerned, different types of yajnas are recommended in the Vedas.

Worship of different demigods is also on the same basis—namely, according to different qualities.

For example, the meat-eaters are recommended to worship the goddess Kali, the ghastly form of material nature, and before the goddess the sacrifice of animals is recommended.

BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THE MODE OF GOODNESS, THE TRANSCENDENTAL WORSHIP OF VISNU IS RECOMMENDED.

BUT ULTIMATELY, ALL YAJNAS ARE MEANT FOR GRADUAL PROMOTION TO THE TRANSCENDENTAL POSITION.

For ordinary men, at least five yajnas, known as pancha-mahayajna, are necessary.

ONE SHOULD KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT ALL THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE THAT THE HUMAN SOCIETY REQUIRES ARE SUPPLIED BY THE DEMIGOD AGENTS OF THE LORD.

NO ONE CAN MANUFACTURE ANYTHING.

TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THE EATABLES OF HUMAN SOCIETY.

THESE EATABLES INCLUDE GRAINS, FRUITS, VEGETABLES, MILK, SUGAR, ETC., FOR THE PERSONS IN THE MODE OF GOODNESS, AND ALSO EATABLES FOR THE NONVEGETARIANS, LIKE MEATS, ETC., NONE OF WHICH CAN BE MANUFACTURED BY MEN.

THEN AGAIN, TAKE FOR EXAMPLE HEAT, LIGHT, WATER, AIR, ETC., WHICH ARE ALSO NECESSITIES OF LIFE—NONE OF THEM CAN BE MANUFACTURED BY THE HUMAN SOCIETY.

WITHOUT THE SUPREME LORD, THERE CAN BE NO PROFUSE SUNLIGHT, MOONLIGHT, RAINFALL, BREEZE, ETC., WITHOUT WHICH NO ONE CAN LIVE.

OBVIOUSLY, OUR LIFE IS DEPENDANT ON SUPPLIES FROM THE LORD.

EVEN FOR OUR MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, WE REQUIRE SO MANY RAW MATERIALS LIKE METAL, SULPHUR, MERCURY, MANGANESE, AND SO MANY ESSENTIALS—ALL OF WHICH ARE SUPPLIED BY THE AGENTS OF THE LORD, WITH THE PURPOSE THAT WE SHOULD MAKE PROPER USE OF THEM TO KEEP OURSELVES FIT AND HEALTHY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELF-REALIZATION, LEADING TO THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIFE, NAMELY, LIBERATION FROM THE MATERIAL STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE.

THIS AIM OF LIFE IS ATTAINED BY PERFORMANCE OF YAJNAS.

IF WE FORGET THE PURPOSE OF HUMAN LIFE AND SIMPLY TAKE SUPPLIES FROM THE AGENTS OF THE LORD FOR SENSE GRATIFICATION AND BECOME MORE AND MORE ENTANGLED IN MATERIAL EXISTENCE, WHICH IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF CREATION, CERTAINLY WE BECOME THIEVES, AND THEREFORE WE ARE PUNISHED BY THE LAWS OF MATERIAL NATURE.

A SOCIETY OF THIEVES CAN NEVER BE HAPPY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO AIM IN LIFE.

THE GROSS MATERIALIST THIEVES HAVE NO ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIFE.

THEY ARE SIMPLY DIRECTED TO SENSE GRATIFICATION; NOR DO THEY HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO PERFORM YAJNAS.

LORD CHAITANYA, HOWEVER, INAUGURATED THE EASIEST PERFORMANCE OF YAJNA, NAMELY THE SANKIRTANA-YAJNA (HARE KRISHNA MAHAMANTRA), WHICH CAN BE PERFORMED BY ANYONE IN THE WORLD WHO ACCEPTS THE PRINCIPLES OF KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS.

 

Gita shloka 3.11, ULTIMATE SATISFACTION OF KRSNA IS THE CHIEF PURPOSE OF ALL YAJNAS, 17th June

Gita shloka 3.4

TRANSLATION

The demigods, being pleased by sacrifices, will also please you; thus nourishing one another,

there will reign general prosperity for all.

PURPORT

THE DEMIGODS ARE EMPOWERED ADMINISTRATORS OF MATERIAL AFFAIRS.

THE SUPPLY OF AIR, LIGHT, WATER AND ALL OTHER BENEDICTIONS FOR MAINTAINING THE BODY AND SOUL OF EVERY LIVING ENTITY ARE ENTRUSTED TO THE DEMIGODS, WHO ARE INNUMERABLE ASSISTANTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD.

THEIR PLEASURES AND DISPLEASURES ARE DEPENDANT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF YAJNAS BY THE HUMAN BEING.

SOME OF THE YAJNAS ARE MEANT TO SATISFY PARTICULAR DEMIGODS; BUT EVEN IN SO DOING, LORD VISNU IS WORSHIPED IN ALL YAJNAS AS THE CHIEF BENEFICIARY.

IT IS STATED ALSO IN THE BHAGAVAD-GITA THAT KRSNA HIMSELF IS THE BENEFICIARY OF ALL KINDS OF YAJNAS: BHOKTARAM YAJNA-TAPASAM.

THEREFORE, ULTIMATE SATISFACTION OF THE YAJNAPATI IS THE CHIEF PURPOSE OF ALL YAJNAS.

WHEN THESE YAJNAS ARE PERFECTLY PERFORMED, NATURALLY THE DEMIGODS IN CHARGE OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF SUPPLY ARE PLEASED, AND THERE IS NO SCARCITY IN THE SUPPLY OF NATURAL PRODUCTS.

PERFORMANCE OF YAJNAS HAS MANY SIDE BENEFITS, ULTIMATELY LEADING TO LIBERATION FROM THE MATERIAL BONDAGE.

BY PERFORMANCE OF YAJNAS, ALL ACTIVITIES BECOME PURIFIED, AS IT IS STATED IN THE VEDAS:

ahara-suddhau sattva-suddhih sattva-suddhau
dhruva smrtih smrti-lambhe sarva-granthinam vipra-moksah

AS IT WILL BE EXPLAINED IN THE FOLLOWING VERSE, BY PERFORMANCE OF YAJNA, ONE'S EATABLES BECOME SANCTIFIED, AND BY EATING SANCTIFIED FOODSTUFFS, ONE'S VERY EXISTENCE BECOMES PURIFIED; BY THE PURIFICATION OF EXISTENCE, FINER TISSUES IN THE MEMORY BECOME SANCTIFIED, AND WHEN MEMORY IS SANCTIFIED, ONE CAN THINK OF THE PATH OF LIBERATION, AND ALL THESE COMBINED TOGETHER LEAD TO KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, THE GREAT NECESSITY OF PRESENT-DAY SOCIETY.

 

तन और धन संसार के लिए लगा सकते हैं, मन को प्रभु में (THIS IS THE DESIGN OF LORD) #Blog0016

तन और धन प्रभु ने सबको अलग अलग दिया है

लेकिन मन सबको एक जैसा दिया है

ऐसा इसलिए ताकि संसार को तो केवल तन और धन चाहिए, मन ना भी दो तो चलेगा    

सभी मनुष्यों का मन एक जैसा इसलिए बनाया (and all are equally qualified to achieve God)

ताकि मन को केवल प्रभु में लगा सकें

आप संसार में रहिए - तन और धन संसार के लिए         और       मन प्रभु के लेखे लिख दें

हम लोग उल्टा करते हैं, मन तो लगातें हैं संसार में, तन और धन को प्रभु की सेवा में

लगाने का दिखावटी प्रयास करते हैं (But this is going against the design of Lord) )

इसलिए सदा anxiety, tension और दुख पाते हैं

God has given a UNIQUE BODY & WEALTH to each person BUT He has gifted a SIMILAR mind to ALL so that all are equally eligible & qualified to achieve God, so that we can fix our mind on Lord. World needs only your body & riches & not the mind. So put your body & riches for the world & devote your mind full of love to Lord. But we do the reverse – we put minds to the world & try to feign (pretend) our body to Lord & a little bit of "bribe" to God in order to get something from Him - हे भगवान, हमारा ये काम कर दो तो हम यह चढ़ाएंगे या इतना दान करेंगे

This is against the design of Lord – Hence we are all embroiled in worries, anxieties & tensions.

मन ही मोह और बंधन का कारण है  < click to listen

भगवान का रूप ध्यान करना है, मन से  < click to listen

भगवान तो मन का कर्म / भाव को नोट करते हैं इंद्रियों के कर्म को नोट नहीं करते  < click to listen

Gita shloka 3.9, WORK WILL CAUSE BONDAGE UNLESS MEANT FOR KRSNA,15th June

Gita shloka 3.9, 15th June

TRANSLATION

WORK DONE AS A SACRIFICE FOR VISNU HAS TO BE PERFORMED, OTHERWISE WORK BINDS ONE TO THIS MATERIAL WORLD. THEREFORE, O SON OF KUNTI, PERFORM YOUR PRESCRIBED DUTIES FOR HIS SATISFACTION, AND IN THAT WAY YOU WILL ALWAYS REMAIN UNATTACHED AND FREE FROM BONDAGE.

PURPORT

SINCE ONE HAS TO WORK EVEN FOR THE SIMPLE MAINTENANCE OF THE BODY, THE PRESCRIBED DUTIES FOR A PARTICULAR SOCIAL POSITION AND QUALITY ARE SO MADE THAT THAT PURPOSE CAN BE FULFILLED.

YAJNA MEANS LORD VISNU, OR SACRIFICIAL PERFORMANCES.

ALL SACRIFICIAL PERFORMANCES ALSO ARE MEANT FOR THE SATISFACTION OF LORD VISNU.

The Vedas enjoin: yajno vai visnuh.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE SAME PURPOSE IS SERVED WHETHER ONE PERFORMS PRESCRIBED YAJNAS OR DIRECTLY SERVES LORD VISNU.

KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS IS THEREFORE PERFORMANCE OF YAJNA AS IT IS PRESCRIBED IN THIS VERSE.

THE VARNASRAMA INSTITUTION ALSO AIMS AT THIS FOR SATISFYING LORD VISNU.

"Varnasramacara-vata purusena parah puman/visnur aradhyate..." (Visnu Purana 3.8.8) THEREFORE ONE HAS TO WORK FOR THE SATISFACTION OF VISNU.

ANY OTHER WORK DONE IN THIS MATERIAL WORLD WILL BE A CAUSE OF BONDAGE, FOR BOTH GOOD AND EVIL WORK HAVE THEIR REACTIONS, AND ANY REACTION BINDS THE PERFORMER.

THEREFORE, ONE HAS TO WORK IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS TO SATISFY KRSNA (OR VISNU); AND WHILE PERFORMING SUCH ACTIVITIES ONE IS IN A LIBERATED STAGE.

THIS IS THE GREAT ART OF DOING WORK, AND IN THE BEGINNING THIS PROCESS REQUIRES VERY EXPERT GUIDANCE.

ONE SHOULD THEREFORE ACT VERY DILIGENTLY, UNDER THE EXPERT GUIDANCE OF A DEVOTEE OF LORD KRSNA, OR UNDER THE DIRECT INSTRUCTION OF LORD KRSNA HIMSELF (UNDER WHOM ARJUNA HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK).

NOTHING SHOULD BE PERFORMED FOR SENSE GRATIFICATION, BUT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE DONE FOR THE SATISFACTION OF KRSNA.

THIS PRACTICE WILL NOT ONLY SAVE ONE FROM THE REACTION OF WORK, BUT WILL ALSO GRADUALLY ELEVATE ONE TO TRANSCENDENTAL LOVING SERVICE OF THE LORD, WHICH ALONE CAN RAISE ONE TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.