BHAGAVAD-GITA 4:3

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 4:3

 

sa evayam maya te 'dya

yogah proktah puratanah

bhakto 'si me sakha ceti

rahasyam hy etad uttamam

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

sah--the same; eva--certainly; ayam--this; maya--by Me; te--unto you;

adya--today; yogah--the science of yoga; proktah--spoken;

puratanah--very old; bhaktah--devotee; asi--you are; me--My;

sakha--friend; ca--also; iti--therefore; rahasyam--mystery;

hi--certainly; etat--this; uttamam--transcendental.

 

TRANSLATION

 

That very ancient science of the relationship with the Supreme is

today told by Me to you because you are My devotee as well as My

friend and can therefore understand the transcendental mystery of this

science.

 

PURPORT

 

There are two classes of men, namely the devotee and the demon. The

Lord selected Arjuna as the recipient of this great science owing to

his being a devotee of the Lord, but for the demon it is not possible

to understand this great mysterious science. There are a number of

editions of this great book of knowledge. Some of them have

commentaries by the devotees, and some of them have commentaries by

the demons. Commentation by the devotees is real, whereas that of the

demons is useless. Arjuna accepts Sri Krsna as the Supreme Personality

of Godhead, and any commentary on the Gita following in the footsteps

of Arjuna is real devotional service to the cause of this great

science. The demonic, however, do not accept Lord Krsna as He is.

Instead they concoct something about Krsna and mislead general readers

from the path of Krsna's instructions. Here is a warning about such

misleading paths. One should try to follow the disciplic succession

from Arjuna, and thus be benefitted by this great science of Srimad

Bhagavad-gita.

 

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