BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:33

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:33

 

tasmat tvam uttistha yaso labhasva

jitva satrun bhunksva rajyam samrddham

mayaivaite nihatah purvam eva

nimitta-matram bhava savya-sacin

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

tasmat--therefore; tvam--you; uttistha--get up; yasah--fame;

labhasva--gain; jitva--conquering; satrun--enemies; bhunksva--enjoy;

rajyam--kingdom; samrddham--flourishing; maya--by Me; eva--certainly;

ete--all these; nihatah--killed; purvam eva--by previous arrangement;

nimitta-matram- just the cause; bhava--become; savya-sacin--O

Savyasaci.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Therefore get up. Prepare to fight and win glory. Conquer your enemies

and enjoy a flourishing kingdom. They are already put to death by My

arrangement, and you, O Savyasaci, can be but an instrument in the

fight.

 

PURPORT

 

Savya-sacin refers to one who can shoot arrows very expertly in the

field; thus Arjuna is addressed as an expert warrior capable of

delivering arrows to kill his enemies. "Just become an instrument":

nimitta-matram. This word is also very significant. The whole world is

moving according to the plan of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Foolish persons who do not have sufficient knowledge think that nature

is moving without a plan and all manifestations are but accidental

formations. There are many so-called scientists who suggest that

perhaps it was like this, or maybe like that, but there is no question

of "perhaps" and "maybe." There is a specific plan being carried out

in this material world. What is this plan? This cosmic manifestation

is a chance for the conditioned souls to go back to Godhead, back to

home. As long as they have the domineering mentality which makes them

try to lord it over material nature, they are conditioned. But anyone

who can understand the plan of the Supreme Lord and cultivate Krsna

consciousness is most intelligent. The creation and destruction of the

cosmic manifestation are under the superior guidance of God. Thus the

Battle of Kuruksetra was fought according to the plan of God. Arjuna

was refusing to fight, but he was told that he should fight in

accordance with the desire of the Supreme Lord. Then he would be

happy. If one is in full Krsna consciousness and his life is devoted

to the Lord's transcendental service, he is perfect.

 

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