BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:43

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 11:43

 

pitasi lokasya caracarasya

tvam asya pujyas ca gurur gariyan

na tvat-samo 'sty abhyadhikah kuto 'nyo

loka-traye 'py apratima-prabhava

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

pita--the father; asi--You are; lokasya--of all the world;

cara--moving; acarasya--and nonmoving; tvam--You are; asya--of this;

pujyah--worshipable; ca--also; guruh--master; gariyan--glorious;

na--never; tvat-samah--equal to You; asti--there is;

abhyadhikah--greater; kutah--how is it possible; anyah--other;

loka-traye--in the three planetary systems; api--also;

apratima-prabhava--O immeasurable power.

 

TRANSLATION

 

You are the father of this complete cosmic manifestation, of the

moving and the nonmoving. You are its worshipable chief, the supreme

spiritual master. No one is equal to You, nor can anyone be one with

You. How then could there be anyone greater than You within the three

worlds, O Lord of immeasurable power?

 

PURPORT

 

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is worshipable as a father

is worshipable for his son. He is the spiritual master because He

originally gave the Vedic instructions to Brahma and presently He is

also instructing Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna; therefore He is the original

spiritual master, and any bona fide spiritual master at the present

moment must be a descendant in the line of disciplic succession

stemming from Krsna. Without being a representative of Krsna, one

cannot become a teacher or spiritual master of transcendental subject

matter.

 

The Lord is being paid obeisances in all respects. He is of

immeasurable greatness. No one can be greater than the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, Krsna, because no one is equal to or higher

than Krsna within any manifestation, spiritual or material. Everyone

is below Him. No one can excel Him. This is stated in the Svetasvatara

Upanisad (6.8):

 

na tasya karyam karanam ca viclyate

na tat-samas cabhyadhikas ca drayate

 

The Supreme Lord, Krsna, has senses and a body like the ordinary man,

but for Him there is no difference between His senses, His body, His

mind and Himself. Foolish persons who do not perfectly know Him say

that Krsna is different from His soul, mind, heart and everything

else. Krsna is absolute; therefore His activities and potencies are

supreme. It is also stated that although He does not have senses like

ours, He can perform all sensory activities; therefore His senses are

neither imperfect nor limited. No one can be greater than Him, no one

can be equal to Him, and everyone is lower than Him.

 

The knowledge, strength and activities of the Supreme Personality are

all transcendental. As stated in Bhagavad-gita (4.9):

 

janma karma ca me divyam

evam yo vetti tattvatah

tyaktva deham punar janma

naiti mam eti so 'rjuna

 

Whoever knows Krsna's transcendental body, activities and perfection,

after quitting his body, returns to Him and doesn't come back again to

this miserable world. Therefore one should know that Krsna's

activities are different from others. The best policy is to follow the

principles of Krsna; that will make one perfect. It is also stated

that there is no one who is master of Krsna; everyone is His servant.

The Caitanya-caritamrta (Adi 5.142) confirms, ekale isvara krsna, ara

saba bhrtya: only Krsna is God, and everyone else is His servant.

Everyone is complying with His order. There is no one who can deny His

order. Everyone is acting according to His direction, being under His

superintendence. As stated in the Brahma-samhita, He is the cause of

all causes.

 

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