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.

 

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.