BHAGAVAD-GITA 10:10

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 10:10

 

tesam satata-yuktanam

bhajatam priti-purvakam

dadami buddhi-yogam tam

yena mam upayanti te

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

tesam--unto them; satata-yuktanam--always engaged; bhajatam--in

rendering devotional service; priti-purvakam--in loving ecstasy;

dadami--I give; buddhi-yogam--real intelligence; tam--that; yena--by

which; mam--unto Me; upayanti--come; te--they.

 

TRANSLATION

 

To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give

the understanding by which they can come to Me.

 

PURPORT

 

In this verse the word buddhi-yogam is very significant. We may

remember that in the Second Chapter the Lord, instructing Arjuna, said

that He had spoken to him of many things and that He would instruct

him in the way of buddhi-yoga. Now buddhi-yoga is explained.

Buddhi-yoga itself is action in Krsna consciousness; that is the

highest intelligence. Buddhi means intelligence, and yoga means mystic

activities or mystic elevation. When one tries to go back home, back

to Godhead, and takes fully to Krsna consciousness in devotional

service, his action is called buddhi yoga. In other words, buddhi-yoga

is the process by which one gets out of the entanglement of this

material world. The ultimate goal of progress is Krsna. People do not

know this; therefore the association of devotees and a bona fide

spiritual master are important. One should know that the goal is

Krsna, and when the goal is assigned, then the path is slowly but

progressively traversed, and the ultimate goal is achieved.

 

When a person knows the goal of life but is addicted to the fruits of

activities, he is acting in karma-yoga. When he knows that the goal is

Krsna but he takes pleasure in mental speculations to understand

Krsna, he is acting in jnana-yoga. And when he knows the goal and

seeks Krsna completely in Krsna consciousness and devotional service,

he is acting in bhakti-yoga, or buddhi-yoga, which is the complete

yoga. This complete yoga is the highest perfectional stage of life.

 

A person may have a bona fide spiritual master and may be attached to

a spiritual organization, but still, if he is not intelligent enough

to make progress, then Krsna from within gives him instructions so

that he may ultimately come to Him without difficulty. The

qualification is that a person always engage himself in Krsna

consciousness and with love and devotion render all kinds of services.

He should perform some sort of work for Krsna, and that work should be

with love. If a devotee is not intelligent enough to make progress on

the path of self-realization but is sincere and devoted to the

activities of devotional service, the Lord gives him a chance to make

progress and ultimately attain to Him.

 

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