Bhagavad-gita As It Is

by A.C. Bhaktivedanta

First he divided the Vedas into four, then he explained them in the Purāṇas, and for less capable people he wrote the Mahābhārata. In the Mahābhārata there is given the Bhagavad-gītā. Then all Vedic literature is summarized in the Vedānta-sūtra, and for future guidance he gave a natural commentation on the Vedānta-sūtra, called Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. We must always engage our minds in reading these Vedic literatures.

The word āryan is applicable to persons who know the value of life and have a civilization based on spiritual realization.

Pertinent as a seminal term given the aggrievement due to a dearth of intellectual development on account of relativism in post-modernity and the emotive reasoning indicative of fallacious facetiae endemic to a time wherein value for Krishna is forgotten and psychological egoism is predominant, what with the tamasic Guna and hedonism indicative of the gross materialist' tendency.

Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of miserly weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me for certain what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.

The clarion call of the humble devotee of God: Amanitvam! The empty cup awaiting new knowledge: The absence of pretension is the hallmark of the initial step of a true aspirant, it is opined here. The know-it-all attitude being a hoax caused by an unholy, demented persona bereft of the sensibility of a soul ready to begin to venture back home (Back to Godhead) is all-to-common, yet a trick of vanity and the sin of which affords the person nothing of real value in light of the splendor of returning to the realms of light which are forgotten in Kali Yuga.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme individual person, and Arjuna, the Lord’s eternal associate, and all the kings assembled there are individual eternal persons. It is not that they did not exist as individuals in the past, and it is not that they will not remain eternal persons. Their individuality existed in the past, and their individuality will continue in the future without interruption. Therefore, there is no cause for lamentation for anyone.

This ought be taken to Heart for one learning the fact of the Lord not being distinct from his name, not to be dogmatic. That the truth of God is absolute is of supreme import: It acts on, involves, and includes or subsumes every-thing and is superior in the logical form of such a categorization.

Repetition of something is necessary in order that we understand the matter thoroughly, without error.

This is of crucial emphasis, seeing as the remedy for the unconsciousness that is the fallen state of the soul and its fixation on the body and its pleasures, discounting the spiritual potency, is the spontaneous and consistent recitation of the Holy Names of the Lord. Deviating from the prescription for those who find themselves in darkness ensures the continuance of ignorance and a begrudgingly slow trip home back to the Spiritual Sky.

A strong faith that by Kṛṣṇa consciousness one will be elevated to the highest perfection of life is called vyavasāyātmikā intelligence. The Caitanya-caritāmṛta ( Madhya 22.62) states: ‘śraddhā’-śabde – viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niścaya kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya

Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ: a person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the rare good soul who knows perfectly that Vāsudeva, or Kṛṣṇa, is the root of all manifested causes.

Those who are without knowledge of Kṛṣṇa consciousness artificially try to avoid material objects, and as a result, although they desire liberation from material bondage, they do not attain to the perfect stage of renunciation. Their so-called renunciation is called phalgu, or less important.

there is no other subject in Bhagavad-gītā than devotional service.

The term for the fifth goal of life, subsequent Moksha or Liberation, is Bhakti which is translated into English as "devotion". The Sanskrit term is given by the characters{"भ", "क", "्", "त", "ि"} withCharacterName[ToCharacterCode["भक्ति"]] in Wolfram Engine 13.3 giving ["DevanagariLetterBha", "DevanagariLetterKa", "DevanagariSignVirama", "DevanagariLetterTa", "DevanagariVowelSignI"} and these strings are found in the Unicode 15.0 Block "DEVANAGARI" (23rd) on the 16^^00 Plane. Going beyond the "mumukṣutva" of those seeking the knowledge of the truth of oneself, service evades the primary goal of the quest for freedom with only present-moment exaltation and self-less worship of Kṛṣṇa (The Supreme Personality of God-head), the avatar of Maha-Vishnu. Note page #118 of Swami Dayananda's "The Value of Values" published by Arsha Vidya Gurukulam from "Knowledge is the only means to freedom" in the purportive body of text elaborating upon and extolling the last of the twenty attitudes or values the mind must have to adequately prepare for Understanding "Keeping in View the Purpose of the Knowledge of Truth" with the author transposing the 19th and 20th terms (19 then being terminal), instilling the mandate that study of scripture must be constant— an aspirant being adamant about restoring their relation with Parameśvara (Impervious to the contamination brought about entanglement with the material world/Maya and the delusion of finding identity in the mind-body construct).

one should make research, by philosophical discretion, into the nature of the soul. One should make research to understand the self.