BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:65

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:65

 

man-mana bhava mad-bhakto

mad-yaji mam namaskuru

mam evaisyasi satyam te

pratijane priyo 'si me

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

mat-manah--thinking of Me; bhava--just become; mat-bhaktah--My

devotee; mat-yaji--My worshiper; mam--unto Me; namaskuru--offer your

obeisances; mam--unto Me; eva--certainly; esyasi--you will come;

satyam--truly; te--to you; pratijane--I promise; priyah--dear;

asi--you are; me--to Me.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your

homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you

this because you are My very dear friend.

 

PURPORT

 

The most confidential part of knowledge is that one should become a

pure devotee of Krsna and always think of Him and act for Him. One

should not become an official meditator. Life should be so molded that

one will always have the chance to think of Krsna. One should always

act in such a way that all his daily activities are in connection with

Krsna. He should arrange his life in such a way that throughout the

twenty-four hours he cannot but think of Krsna. And the Lord's promise

is that anyone who is in such pure Krsna consciousness will certainly

return to the abode of Krsna, where he will be engaged in the

association of Krsna face to face. This most confidential part of

knowledge is spoken to Arjuna because he is the dear friend of Krsna.

Everyone who follows the path of Arjuna can become a dear friend to

Krsna and obtain the same perfection as Arjuna.

 

These words stress that one should concentrate his mind upon

Krsna--the very form with two hands carrying a flute, the bluish boy

with a beautiful face and peacock feathers in His hair. There are

descriptions of Krsna found in the Brahma-samhita and other

literatures. One should fix his mind on this original form of Godhead,

Krsna. One should not even divert his attention to other forms of the

Lord. The Lord has multiforms as Visnu, Narayana, Rama, Varaha, etc.,

but a devotee should concentrate his mind on the form that was present

before Arjuna. Concentration of the mind on the form of Krsna

constitutes the most confidential part of knowledge, and this is

disclosed to Arjuna because Arjuna is the most dear friend of Krsna's.

 

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