GITA SHLOKA 3.39 MAN'S PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS COVERED BY HIS ETERNAL ENEMY IN THE FORM OF LUST, WHICH IS NEVER SATISFIED AND WHICH BURNS LIKE FIRE,12th July

GITA SHLOKA 3.39  MAN'S PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS COVERED BY HIS ETERNAL ENEMY IN THE FORM OF LUST, WHICH IS NEVER SATISFIED AND WHICH BURNS LIKE FIRE

TRANSLATION

Thus, a man's pure consciousness is covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is never satisfied and which burns like fire.

PURPORT

It is said in the Manu-smrti that lust cannot be satisfied by any amount of sense enjoyment, just as fire is never extinguished by a constant supply of fuel.

In the material world, the center of all activities is sex, and thus this material world is called maithunya-agara, or the shackles of sex life.

In the ordinary prison house, criminals are kept within bars; similarly, the criminals who are disobedient to the laws of the Lord are shackled by sex life.

Advancement of material civilization on the basis of sense gratification means increasing the duration of the material existence of a living entity.

Therefore, this lust is the symbol of ignorance by which the living entity is kept within the material world.

While one enjoys sense gratification, it may be that there is some feeling of happiness, but actually that so-called feeling of happiness is the ultimate enemy of the sense enjoyer.

RIVER OF GOD’S LOVE FLOWS IN REVERSE, प्रेम की गंगा उल्टी बहती है #Blog0058

RIVER OF GOD’S LOVE FLOWS IN REVERSE

गोपी गीत से प्रमाणित हो जाता है प्रेम की गंगा उल्टी बहती है 

1. कहां तो हम यह कहते हैं कि “हमारे मन मंदिर में प्रभु बैठें”, कि “प्रभु मेरे हैं” 

शास्त्र कहते हैं कि जगन्नाथन ही जीव के एकमात्र प्रेमास्पद (object of love) हैं, एकमात्र संबंधी है

गोपी कहती "नहीं”, समुद्र लहर से नहीं होता, लहर समुद्र की होती है

इसलिए "हम आपके हैं”

ये प्रेम की परिष्कृत (most embellished) अवस्था है

2.    गोपी आज्ञा देती है कृष्ण को “भज”,        

Gopi says “भज” (telling Lord to do their bhajan -using her right which loving devotion to Lord provides) whereas at our ordinary level, we pray to Lord      

3. "खुसरो दरिया प्रेम का, उल्टी वा की धार, जो तैरा, सो डूब गया, जो डूबा, सो पार"

ये तैरने की विद्या नहीं है, ये डूबने की विद्या है यहाँ न तो बहुत अधिक बातों का विस्तार हुआ है, न तो बहुत अधिक विचारों का विस्तार हुआ है, "बस जो डूबा इस प्रेम सिंधु में, वो वापिस नहीं निकलते देखा"  

4. भक्ति पाने का मार्ग नहीं है , ये अपने आप को खोने का मार्ग है (by way of surrender to Lord as advised by Him in Gita)

5. यहाँ मनोकामना पूर्ण नहीं होती,  मनोकामना नष्ट होती है 

6. True that nature records each action & thought - to give back its "fruit" sooner or later, but that is ONLY if we are tied up in कर्म बंधन which happens as long as we do an action EXPECTING it's fruit ,i.e., as long as we do NOT do an action in a self-less way (OR in other words as long as we do NOT dedicate each of our action & thought to ONLY Lord for His sake)  (Self-less ,i.e., निष्काम which is the desired status to be achieved).

However, when we truly develop LOVE FOR LORD, then one realises that TRUE LOVE automatically makes you transcend कर्म बंधन (& one gets liberated) AND THE MOST IMPORTANT SIGN OF  TRUE LOVE IS THAT YOU FEEL HAPPIER TO "GIVE" RATHER THAN “GET” (i.e., EXPECT)    -    typical pure devotees GIVE blessing to Lord & say "चिर जीवे गोपाल" (,i.e., Long Live God) , rather than EXPECT blessing from Lord (Lord’s blessing follows automatically for such devotees, though)  - “बांटने में सुख है, बटोरने में दुख है”

7. संसार में कहते हैं कि नीचे वालों को देखना चाहिये ऊपर वालों को नहीं मगर आध्यात्म में भगवान को देखना चाहिए ऊपर

Like in this world, we have opposites , e.g., Every Proverb Has An Equal And An Opposite Proverb!

All good things come to those who wait. But  Time and tide wait for no man.  The pen is mightier than the sword.  But Actions speak louder than words.  Wise men think alike  But  Fools seldom differ.  The best things in life are free.  But  There's no such thing as a free lunch. Slow and steady wins the race.  But Time waits for no man.  Look before you leap.  But Strike while the iron is hot.  Do it well or not at all.  But  Half a loaf is better than none.  Birds of a feather flock together.  But  Opposites attract.  Don't cross your bridges before you come to them.  But Forewarned is forearmed.  Doubt is the beginning of wisdom  But  Faith will move mountains.  Great starts make great finishes.  But  It ain't over until it's over. Practice makes perfect.  But  The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing but expecting different results each time  Silence is golden.  But The squeaky wheel gets the oil. You're never too old to learn. But You can't teach an old dog new tricks. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. But One man's meat is another man's poison.  Absence makes the heart grow fonder.  But  Out of sight, out of mind. Too many cooks spoil the broth. But Many hands make light work. Hold fast to the words of your ancestors. But Wise men make proverbs and fools repeat them... 🖋️✒️🖋️✒️🖋️✒️🖋️✒️🖋️✒️🖋✒️ Wonderful compilation of equal yet opposite proverbs!!

Bhagvat: DISCONTENT IN REGARD TO FULFILLING ONE'S LUSTY DESIRES AND ACHIEVING MORE AND MORE MONEY IS CAUSE FOR THE CONTINUATION OF MATERIAL LIFE, WHICH IS FULL OF REPEATED BIRTH AND DEATH, 11th July

Bhagvat: DISCONTENT IN REGARD TO FULFILLING ONE'S LUSTY DESIRES AND ACHIEVING MORE AND MORE MONEY IS CAUSE FOR THE CONTINUATION OF MATERIAL LIFE, WHICH IS FULL OF REPEATED BIRTH AND DEATH.

TRANSLATION

MATERIAL EXISTENCE CAUSES DISCONTENT IN REGARD TO FULFILLING ONE'S LUSTY DESIRES AND ACHIEVING MORE AND MORE MONEY. THIS IS THE CAUSE FOR THE CONTINUATION OF MATERIAL LIFE, WHICH IS FULL OF REPEATED BIRTH AND DEATH. BUT ONE WHO IS SATISFIED BY THAT WHICH IS OBTAINED BY DESTINY IS FIT FOR LIBERATION FROM THIS MATERIAL EXISTENCE.

TRANSLATION

A BRAHMANA WHO IS SATISFIED WITH WHATEVER IS PROVIDENTIALLY OBTAINED IS INCREASINGLY ENLIGHTENED WITH SPIRITUAL POWER, BUT THE SPIRITUAL POTENCY OF A DISSATISFIED BRAHMANA DECREASES, AS FIRE DIMINISHES IN POTENCY WHEN WATER IS SPRINKLED UPON IT.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, O King (Lord incarnation of Vamana told Bali) , from you, the best of those who give charity, I ask only three paces of land. By such a gift I shall be very pleased, for the way of happiness is to be fully satisfied to receive that which is absolutely needed.

TRANSLATION

Shukadeva Gosvami continued: When the Supreme Personality of Godhead had thus spoken to Bali Maharaja, Bali smiled and told Him, "All right. Take whatever You like." To confirm his promise to give Vamanadeva the desired land, he then took up his waterpot.

TRANSLATION

Understanding Lord Vishnu's purpose, Shukracarya, the best of the learned, immediately spoke as follows to his disciple, who was about to offer everything to Lord Vamanadeva.

TRANSLATION

Shukracarya said: O son of Virocana, this brahmacari in the form of a dwarf is directly the imperishable Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vishnu. Accepting Kashyapa Muni as His father and Aditi as His mother, He has now appeared in order to fulfill the interests of the demigods.

TRANSLATION

You do not know what a dangerous position you have accepted by promising to give Him land. I do not think that this promise is good for you. It will bring great harm to the demons.

TRANSLATION

This person falsely appearing as a brahmachari is actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, who has come in this form to take away all your land, wealth, beauty, power, fame and education. After taking everything from you, He will deliver it to Indra, your enemy.

PURPORT

Shrila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains in this regard that the very word harim means "one who takes away." If one connects himself with Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord takes away all his miseries, and in the beginning the Lord also superficially appears to take away all his material possessions, reputation, education and beauty. As stated in Shrimad-Bhagavatam (10.88.8), yasyaham anugrhnami harishye tad-dhanam shanaim. The Lord said to Maharaja Yudhishthhira, "The first installment of My mercy toward a devotee is that I take away all his possessions, especially his material opulence, his money." 

This is the special favor of the Lord toward a sincere devotee. If a sincere devotee wants Krshna above everything but at the same time is attached to material possessions, which hinder his advancement in Krshna consciousness, by tactics the Lord takes away all his possessions. Here Shukracarya says that this dwarf brahmachari would take away everything. 

Thus he indicates that the Lord will take away all one's material possessions and also one's mind. If one delivers his mind to the lotus feet of Krshna (sa vai manam krshna-padaravindayom), one can naturally sacrifice everything to satisfy Him. Although Bali Maharaja was a devotee, he was attached to material possessions, and therefore the Lord, being very kind to him, showed him special favor by appearing as Lord Vamana to take away all his material possessions, and his mind as well.

TURN TO LORD and HAVE AUTOMATIC DETACHMENT #Blog0057

TURN TO LORD & HAVE AUTOMATIC DETACHMENT 

“MAIN THING IS THAT FIRST STEP TO LOVING DEVOTION OF LORD IS TO START LISTENING” (His satsang, bhajans, katha, glories etc)  

First, we have to fix the goal of life. Life is a game – play it. 

But you play for winning -is’nt it? 

Do you think that Lord has created this creation only for us humans to take birth, get old, diseased & die ? NO – He wants you to win this game.  

One who fails to develop devotion to Lord loses this game & one who develops Love of Lord wins it.  

If you lose this game, you are given another chance,…in fact unlimited chances till you win it.   

But there is every chance that you might be degraded to any of the 84,00,000 species of life – it depends entirely on you whether you have realised that this world is “दुखालयम शाश्वत” & “नानक दुखिया सब संसार”, “खाली हाथ आए थे खाली हाथ जाना है” or not.   

“realised” implies बोध हुआ है कि नहीं (not only “knowing” it – as there is none in this world who does not “know” these facts). 

If you’ve “realised” (यानी बात आपके हृदय तक पहुंच गई है) - that is called “Self-Realisation” & then you become  a मुक्त (Liberated person)  

Kabir says  "कबीरा, जीते भेंटिए, मुए मिले न राम” (If God will meet you, you can see only while living, can see with these eyes, can touch with these hands & not after one dies) 

“लोहा माटी मिल गया, फ़िर पारस का क्या काम “ (if iron merges with dust, then what is the use of "Paras", the mythological touchstone - the touch of which turns iron into gold)  

   

“धर्म ते बिरती, जोग ते ज्ञाना, ज्ञान मोक्ष प्रद वेद बखाना” (बिरती = detachment, अनुरक्ती ) 

“धर्म ते बिरती”, बिरती घर छोड़कर चले जाने वाली वृत्ति नहीं, “बिरती” अर्थात सब कुछ है मगर आप निर्लिप्त हैं, आप काजल की कोठरी में है मगर उजलें है, भक्ति ऐसी बिरती की बात करती है 

मोक्ष का अर्थ केवल शरीर के बंधन से छूट कर कहीं चले जाना नहीं है, मुक्ति वह, जिसका सुख आप देखें, जिसको आप अपने जीवन में अनुभव करें, जीता जागता मनुष्य मुक्त हो, तब तो धर्म सफल है, इच्छा से मुक्त, वासना से मुक्त, कर्म बंधन से मुक्त, जन्म जन्मांतर की पीड़ा से मुक्त, जब आपकी मुक्ति आपकी प्रसन्नता का विषय बने, अपनी मुक्ति का उत्सव आप मनाए, तब धर्म सफल है  

In this regard, please listen to these videos :   

https://youtu.be/v59R2K7QBx8 Listen From 32.0 To 35.44 How to develop devotion  

https://youtu.be/QnZt8SRphw4 Listen From 6.24 to 9.30 मन क्यों नहीं लगता, भक्ति में    

https://youtu.be/QnZt8SRphw4 Listen from 9.40 to 13.40 मन को कुछ चाहिए पकड़ने के लिए, यदि  कुछ श्रेष्ठ मिले, तो मन उसको पकड़ेगा   

“रस बल छुटे विषय रस, तब पावे विश्राम” 

(only when the mind tastes a higher bliss (रस बल), mind will leave its hold on to this world (छुटे विषय रस)   

  

TO REPEAT: “MAIN THING IS THAT FIRST STEP TO LOVING DEVOTION OF LORD IS TO START LISTENING”   

Atleast take first step to Lord -Rest leave it to His attraction power - 

संसार के लिए आपने इतनी मेहनत करके देख लिया, अब थोड़ा सा भगवान के लिए भी “करो ना”   

GITA-SHLOKA-3.36 AND 3.37- ONE IS IMPELLED TO SINFUL ACTS BY LUST TURNING TO WRATH WHICH IN TURN TURNS TO ILLUSION. BUT WHEN LUST AND WRATH ARE EMPLOYED IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, THESE BECOME OUR FRIENDS INSTEAD OF OUR ENEMIES, 10th July

GITA-SHLOKA-3.36 AND 3.37- ONE IS IMPELLED TO SINFUL ACTS BY LUST TURNING TO WRATH WHICH IN TURN TURNS TO ILLUSION. BUT WHEN  LUST AND WRATH ARE EMPLOYED IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, THESE BECOME OUR FRIENDS INSTEAD OF OUR ENEMIES 

Shloka 3.36

TRANSLATION

Arjuna said: O descendant of Vrsni, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force?

PURPORT

A living entity, as part and parcel of the Supreme, is originally spiritual, pure, and free from all material contaminations.

Therefore, by nature he is not subjected to the sins of the material world.

But when he is in contact with the material nature, he acts in many sinful ways without hesitation, and sometimes even against his will.

As such, Arjuna's question to Krsna is very sanguine, as to the perverted nature of the living entities.

Although the living entity sometimes does not want to act in sin, he is still forced to act.

Sinful actions are not, however, impelled by the Supersoul within, but are due to another cause, as the Lord explains in the next verse.

Shloka 3.37

TRANSLATION

The Blessed Lord said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material modes of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring, sinful enemy of this world.

PURPORT

When a living entity comes in contact with the material creation, his eternal love for Krsna is transformed into lust, in association with the mode of passion. Or, in other words, the sense of love of God becomes transformed into lust, as milk in contact with sour tamarind is transformed into yogurt. 

Then again, when lust is unsatisfied, it turns into wrath; wrath is transformed into illusion, and illusion continues the material existence. Therefore, lust is the greatest enemy of the living entity, and it is lust only which induces the pure living entity to remain entangled in the material world. Wrath is the manifestation of the mode of ignorance; these modes exhibit themselves as wrath and other corollaries. 

If, therefore, the modes of passion, instead of being degraded into the modes of ignorance, are elevated to the modes of goodness by the prescribed method of living and acting, then one can be saved from the degradation of wrath by spiritual attachment.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead expanded Himself into many for His ever-increasing spiritual bliss, and the living entities are parts and parcels of this spiritual bliss. They also have partial independence, but by misuse of their independence, when the service attitude is transformed into the propensity for sense enjoyment, they come under the sway of lust. 

This material creation is created by the Lord to give a facility to the conditioned souls to fulfill these lustful propensities, and when they are completely baffled by prolonged lustful activities, the living entities begin to inquire about their real position.

This inquiry is the beginning of the Vedanta-sutras, wherein it is said, athato brahma-jijnasa: one should inquire into the Supreme. And the Supreme is defined in Srimad-Bhagavatam as janmadyasya yato 'nvayad itaratas ca, or, "The origin of everything is the Supreme Brahman." 

Therefore, the origin of lust is also in the Supreme. If, therefore, lust is transformed into love for the Supreme, or transformed into Krsna consciousness—or, in other words, desiring everything for Krsna—then both lust and wrath can be spiritualized. Hanuman, the great servitor of Lord Rama, engaged his wrath upon his enemies for the satisfaction of the Lord. 

Therefore, lust and wrath, when they are employed in Krsna consciousness, become our friends instead of our enemies.