Bhagavad-gita As It Is

by A.C. Bhaktivedanta

Kṛṣṇa descends to this planet once in a day of Brahmā, or every 8,600,000,000 years.

Krishna Vibhava avataram once per Kalpa and if so was it during current Vaiwasva Manvantra 28th Chatur Dwapara Yuga?

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī along with his elder brother Sanātana Gosvāmī, as well as Raghunātha Dāsa and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.

The six Goswamis. Gopalla Bhatta Goswami from Srirangam mest Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu on His sancharam to Srirngam

Lord Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda along with Advaita Ācārya, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa

King Vṛṣabhānu,

Father of Radharani

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as is confirmed by all great ācāryas (spiritual masters) like Śaṅkarācārya, Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, Nimbārka Svāmī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

every one of us is full of anxieties because of this material existence.

Brahma-sūtra this inquiry is called brahma-jijñāsā. Athāto brahma-jijñāsā. Every activity of the human being is to be considered a failure unless he inquires about the nature of the Absolute.

īśvara, the supreme controller, and the jīvas, the controlled living entities. Prakṛti (material nature)

Isvara, Chit, Achit

mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also the definition of liberation is given. Muktir hitvānyathā-rūpaṁ svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ:

It is also explained in the Gītā that impersonal Brahman is also subordinate to the complete Supreme Person (brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham).

The Brahma-saṁhitā begins in this way: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ/ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam.

Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13).

The words spoken by the Lord are called apauruṣeya,

prapitāmaha

(yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama).

sarva-yoniṣu … ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā:

Śrīpāda Rāmānujācārya has explained the word sanātana as “that which has neither beginning nor end,” so when we speak of sanātana-dharma, we must take it for granted on the authority of Śrīpāda Rāmānujācārya that it has neither beginning nor end.

In the Bhagavad-gītā, worship of different demigods or rendering service to them is not approved. It is stated in the Seventh Chapter, twentieth verse: kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante ’nya-devatāḥ taṁ taṁ niyamam āsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā

na tad bhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama

BG 15.6

yānti deva-vratā devān pitṝn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ. No mechanical arrangement is necessary if we want interplanetary travel.

anta-kāle ca mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṁ yāti nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ

“And whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body remembering Me alone at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.” (Bg. 8.5)

This material world has been approximated as only one quarter of the creation (ekāṁśena sthito jagat).

The devotee, who wants to enjoy the association of the Lord, enters into the Vaikuṇṭha planets, which are innumerable, and the Supreme Lord by His plenary expansions as Nārāyaṇa with four hands and with different names like Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Govinda associates with him there.

yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ

The ācāryas give the following example. If a married woman is attached to another man, or if a man has an attachment for a woman other than his wife, then the attachment is to be considered very strong. One with such an attachment is always thinking of the loved one. The wife who is thinking of her lover is always thinking of meeting him, even while she is carrying out her household chores. In fact, she carries out her household work even more carefully so her husband will not suspect her attachment.

yoginām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ sa me yukta-tamo mataḥ

śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ sakhyam ātma-nivedanam (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.5.23)

9 stages of devotional service

summum bonum

sarvopaniṣado gāvo dogdhā gopāla-nandanaḥ pārtho vatsaḥ su-dhīr bhoktā dugdhaṁ gītāmṛtaṁ mahat “This Gītopaniṣad, Bhagavad-gītā, the essence of all the Upaniṣads, is just like a cow, and Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is famous as a cowherd boy, is milking this cow. Arjuna is just like a calf, and learned scholars and pure devotees are to drink the nectarean milk of Bhagavad-gītā.” (Gītā-māhātmya 6)

aparyāptam – immeasurable;

paryāptam – limited;

the chariot on which both the friends were seated had been donated by Agni

pāñcajanyaṁ

Conchshell of Sri Krishna

devadattaṁ

Conchshell of Arjuna

pau...

Paundra - Conchshell of Bheema

Madhusūdana

Govinda

Vās...

Devakī-n...

Yaśodā-n...

Pārtha-sārathi

Hṛṣīkeśa

Dhanañjaya

Vṛkodara

demon Hiḍimba.

anantavijayaṁ

Conchshell of Yudhistra

sughoṣa-maṇipuṣpakau

Conchshells of Nakula and Sahadeva

Virāṭa (the prince who gave shelter to the Pāṇḍavas while they were in disguise);