BHAGAVAD-GITA 7:30

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 7:30

 

sadhibhutadhidaivam mam

sadhiyajnam ca ye viduh

prayana-kale 'pi ca mam

te vidur yukta-cetasah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

sa-adhibhuta--and the governing principle of the material

manifestation; adhidaivam--governing all the demigods; mam--Me;

sa-adhiyajnam--and governing all sacrifices; ca--also; ye--those who;

viduh--know; prayana--of death; kale--at the time; api--even; ca--and;

mam--Me; te--they; viduh--know; yukta-cetasah--their minds engaged in

Me.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Those in full consciousness of Me, who know Me, the Supreme Lord, to

be the governing principle of the material manifestation, of the

demigods, and of all methods of sacrifice, can understand and know Me,

the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even at the time of death.

 

PURPORT

 

Persons acting in Krsna consciousness are never deviated from the path

of entirely understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the

transcendental association of Krsna consciousness, one can understand

how the Supreme Lord is the governing principle of the material

manifestation and even of the demigods. Gradually, by such

transcendental association, one becomes convinced of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, and at the time of death such a Krsna

conscious person can never forget Krsna. Naturally he is thus promoted

to the planet of the Supreme Lord, Goloka Vrndavana.

 

This Seventh Chapter particularly explains how one can become a fully

Krsna conscious person. The beginning of Krsna consciousness is

association of persons who are Krsna conscious. Such association is

spiritual and puts one directly in touch with the Supreme Lord, and,

by His grace, one can understand Krsna to be the Supreme Personality

of Godhead. At the same time one can really understand the

constitutional position of the living entity and how the living entity

forgets Krsna and becomes entangled in material activities. By gradual

development of Krsna consciousness in good association, the living

entity can understand that due to forgetfulness of Krsna he has become

conditioned by the laws of material nature. He can also understand

that this human form of life is an opportunity to regain Krsna

consciousness and that it should be fully utilized to attain the

causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord.

 

Many subjects have been discussed in this chapter: the man in

distress, the inquisitive man, the man in want of material

necessities, knowledge of Brahman, knowledge of Paramatma, liberation

from birth, death and diseases, and worship of the Supreme Lord.

However, he who is actually elevated in Krsna consciousness does not

care for the different processes. He simply directly engages himself

in activities of Krsna consciousness and thereby factually attains his

constitutional position as an eternal servitor of Lord Krsna. In such

a situation he takes pleasure in hearing and glorifying the Supreme

Lord in pure devotional service. He is convinced that by his doing so,

all his objectives will be fulfilled. This determined faith is called

drdha-vrata, and it is the beginning of bhakti-yoga, or transcendental

loving service. That is the verdict of all scriptures. This Seventh

Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita is the substance of that conviction.

 

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the Seventh Chapter of the

Srimad Bhagavad-gita in the matter of Knowledge of the Absolute.

 

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