BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:63

May 5, 2003

BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:63

iti te jnanam akhyatam

guhyad guhyataram maya

vimrsyaitad asesena

yathecchasi tatha kuru

WORD FOR WORD

iti--thus; te--unto you; jnanam--knowledge; akhyatam--described;

guhyat--than confidential; guhya-taram--still more confidential;

maya--by Me; vimrsya--deliberating; etat--on this; asesena--fully;

yatha--as; icchasi--you like; tatha--that; kuru--perform.

TRANSLATION

Thus I have explained to you knowledge still more confidential.

Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.

PURPORT

The Lord has already explained to Arjuna the knowledge of

brahma-bhuta. One who is in the brahma-bhuta condition is joyful; he

never laments, nor does he desire anything. That is due to

confidential knowledge. Krsna also discloses knowledge of the

Supersoul. This is also Brahman knowledge, knowledge of Brahman, but

it is superior.

Here the words yathecchasi tatha kuru--"As you like, you may

act"--indicate that God does not interfere with the little

independence of the living entity. In Bhagavad-gita, the Lord has

explained in all respects how one can elevate his living condition.

The best advice imparted to Arjuna is to surrender unto the Supersoul

seated within his heart. By right discrimination, one should agree to

act according to the order of the Supersoul. That will help one become

situated constantly in Krsna consciousness, the highest perfectional

stage of human life. Arjuna is being directly ordered by the

Personality of Godhead to fight. Surrender to the Supreme Personality

of Godhead is in the best interest of the living entities. It is not

for the interest of the Supreme. Before surrendering, one is free to

deliberate on this subject as far as the intelligence goes; that is

the best way to accept the instruction of the Supreme Personality of

Godhead. Such instruction comes also through the spiritual master, the

bona fide representative of Krsna.

permission.

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