Bhagvat WHEN THE FORGETFUL BIRD UNDERSTANDs THE SUPREME FRIEND HE TAKES SHELTER AT THE LOTUS FEET OF THAT SUPREME BIRD,14th June

Srimad Bhagvatam

TRANSLATION
A LEARNED, THOUGHTFUL PERSON MUST REALIZE THAT MATERIAL EXISTENCE IS ILLUSION. THIS IS POSSIBLE ONLY BY SELF-REALIZATION. A SELF-REALIZED PERSON, WHO HAS ACTUALLY SEEN THE TRUTH, SHOULD RETIRE FROM ALL MATERIAL ACTIVITIES, BEING SITUATED IN SELF-REALIZATION.

PURPORT
BY AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE ENTIRE CONSTITUTION OF THE BODY, ONE CAN SURELY COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE SOUL IS DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE BODY'S MATERIAL CONSTITUENTS, SUCH AS EARTH, WATER, FIRE AND AIR.

THUS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BODY AND SOUL CAN BE REALIZED BY A PERSON WHO IS THOUGHTFUL (MANISHI OR MUNI), AND AFTER THIS REALIZATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPIRIT SOUL ONE CAN VERY EASILY UNDERSTAND THE SUPREME SPIRIT SOUL.

IF ONE THUS REALIZES THAT THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL IS SUBORDINATE TO THE SUPREME SPIRIT SOUL, HE ACHIEVES SELF-REALIZATION.

AS EXPLAINED IN THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER OF BHAGAVAD-GITA, THERE ARE TWO SOULS WITHIN THE BODY.

THE BODY IS CALLED KSHETRA, AND THERE ARE TWO KSHETRA JNAS, OR OCCUPANTS OF THE BODY, NAMELY THE SUPERSOUL (PARAMATMA) AND THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL.

THE SUPERSOUL AND THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL ARE LIKE TWO BIRDS SITTING ON THE SAME TREE (THE MATERIAL BODY).

ONE BIRD, THE INDIVIDUAL, FORGETFUL BIRD, IS EATING THE FRUIT OF THE TREE, NOT CARING FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE OTHER BIRD, WHICH IS ONLY A WITNESS TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FIRST BIRD, WHO IS HIS FRIEND.

WHEN THE FORGETFUL BIRD COMES TO UNDERSTAND THE SUPREME FRIEND WHO IS ALWAYS WITH HIM AND TRYING TO GIVE HIM GUIDANCE IN DIFFERENT BODIES, HE TAKES SHELTER AT THE LOTUS FEET OF THAT SUPREME BIRD.

As explained in the yoga process, dhyanavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti yam yoginam.

WHEN ONE ACTUALLY BECOMES A PERFECT YOGI, BY MEDITATION HE CAN SEE THE SUPREME FRIEND AND SURRENDER UNTO HIM.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF BHAKTI-YOGA, OR ACTUAL LIFE IN KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS.

PRIDE OF BEING ETERNAL SERVANT OF LORD #Blog0037

Pride of being eternal servant of Lord

"अस अभिमान जाइ जनि भोरे। मैं सेवक रघुपति पति मोरे॥

सुनि मुनि बचन राम मन भाए। बहुरि हरषि मुनिबर उर लाए "

भावार्थ: ऐसा अभिमान भूलकर भी न छूटे कि मैं सेवक हूँ और रघुनाथ मेरे स्वामी हैं। मुनि के वचन सुनकर राम मन में बहुत प्रसन्न हुए। तब उन्होंने हर्षित होकर श्रेष्ठ मुनि को हृदय से लगा लिया

Such pride should be there : "Pride of being eternal servant of Lord"

Bhagvat RISING ABOVE GOOD AND BAD, DESIRE FOR EVERYONE TO BE HAPPY IN KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIFE 13th June

Srimad Bhagvatam

TRANSLATION
DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE OF DIFFERENT MENTALITIES. THEREFORE IT IS NOT MY BUSINESS EITHER TO PRAISE THEM OR TO BLASPHEME THEM. I ONLY DESIRE THEIR WELFARE, HOPING THAT THEY WILL AGREE TO BECOME ONE WITH THE SUPERSOUL, THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, KRSHNA.

PURPORT
AS SOON AS ONE COMES TO THE PLATFORM OF BHAKTI-YOGA, ONE UNDERSTANDS FULLY THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, VASUDEVA, IS THE GOAL OF LIFE (vasudevam sarvam iti sa mahatma sudurlabham).

This is the instruction of all the Vedic literature (vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyam, sarva dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja).

THERE IS NO USE IN PRAISING SOMEONE FOR MATERIAL QUALIFICATIONS OR BLASPHEMING HIM FOR MATERIAL DISQUALIFICATIONS.

IN THE MATERIAL WORLD, GOOD AND BAD HAVE NO MEANING BECAUSE IF ONE IS GOOD HE MAY BE ELEVATED TO A HIGHER PLANETARY SYSTEM AND IF ONE IS BAD HE MAY BE DEGRADED TO THE LOWER PLANETARY SYSTEMS.

PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT MENTALITIES ARE SOMETIMES ELEVATED AND SOMETIMES DEGRADED, BUT THIS IS NOT THE GOAL OF LIFE.

RATHER, THE GOAL OF LIFE IS TO BECOME FREE FROM ELEVATION AND DEGRADATION AND TAKE TO KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS.

THEREFORE A SAINTLY PERSON DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN THAT WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY GOOD AND SUPPOSEDLY BAD; RATHER, HE DESIRES FOR EVERYONE TO BE HAPPY IN KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIFE.

WE ARE MERE DUST AT HIS LOTUS FEET #Blog0036

 

We are mere dust at His Lotus feet

"मैं क्या था तूने क्या बना दिया

मैं तो खाक सा था ज़र्रा और मेरी क्या थी हस्ती

यूं ठोकरे खा रहा था, तूफ़ान में जैसे कश्ती

मेरा कौन आसरा था, तेरी बन्दगी से पहले

मुझे कौन पूछता था तेरी बन्दगी से पहले

मुझे कौन जानता था, तेरी बंदगी से पहले

मैं बुझा हुआ दिया था, तेरी बंदगी से पहले 

कृपा की बयार बहती है और तिनका बयार के बस होता है 

बयार=air, तिनका=straw

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“मैं आ तो गया हूं मगर जानता हूं तेरे दर पे आने के काबिल नहीं हूं

तेरी मेहरबानी का है बोझ इतना

सिवा दिल के टुकड़ों के ना कुछ पास मेरे

मैं कुछ भी चढ़ाने के काबिल नहीं हूं

यह माना कि मालिक हो तुम दो जहां के

झोली मैं फिर भी कैसे फैलाऊं आगे

जो पहले दिया है वही कम नहीं है

उसी को निभाने के काबिल नहीं हूं”

(याचक संकोची भी हो, संतोषी भी हो)

याचक = seeker, संकोची= hesitant, संतोषी=satisfied

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