Ram Navami

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Hare Krishna,

 

PAMHO, AGTSP

 

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BG: 4:9

janma karma ca me divyam

evaà yo vetti tattvataù

tyaktvä dehaà punar janma

naiti mäm eti so 'rjuna

TRANSLATION

One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does

not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but

attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.

PURPORT

The Lord's descent from His transcendental abode is already explained in the

6th verse. One who can understand the truth of the appearance of the

Personality of Godhead is already liberated from material bondage, and

therefore he returns to the kingdom of God immediately after quitting this

present material body. Such liberation of the living entity from material

bondage is not at all easy. The impersonalists and the yogés attain liberation

only after much trouble and many, many births. Even then, the liberation they

achieve-merging into the impersonal brahmajyoti of the Lord-is only partial,

and there is the risk of returning to this material world. But the devotee,

simply by understanding the transcendental nature of the body and activities of

the Lord, attains the abode of the Lord after ending this body and does not run

the risk of returning to this material world. In the Brahma-saàhitä (5.33) it

is stated that the Lord has many, many forms and incarnations: advaitam acyutam

anädim ananta-rüpam. Although there are many transcendental forms of the Lord,

they are still one and the same Supreme Personality of Godhead. One has to

understand this fact with conviction, although it is incomprehensible to

mundane scholars and empiric philosophers. As stated in the Vedas

(Puruña-bodhiné Upaniñad):

eko devo nitya-lélänurakto

bhakta-vyäpé hådy antar-ätmä

"The one Supreme Personality of Godhead is eternally engaged in many, many

transcendental forms in relationships with His unalloyed devotees." This Vedic

version is confirmed in this verse of the Gétä personally by the Lord. He who

accepts this truth on the strength of the authority of the Vedas and of the

Supreme Personality of Godhead and who does not waste time in philosophical

speculations attains the highest perfectional stage of liberation. Simply by

accepting this truth on faith, one can, without a doubt, attain liberation. The

Vedic version tat tvam asi is actually applied in this case. Anyone who

understands Lord Kåñëa to be the Supreme, or who says unto the Lord "You are

the same Supreme Brahman, the Personality of Godhead," is certainly liberated

instantly, and consequently his entrance into the transcendental association of

the Lord is guaranteed. In other words, such a faithful devotee of the Lord

attains perfection, and this is confirmed by the following Vedic assertion:

tam eva viditväti måtyum eti

nänyaù panthä vidyate 'yanäya

"One can attain the perfect stage of liberation from birth and death simply by

knowing the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and there is no other way

to achieve this perfection." (Çvetäçvatara Upaniñad 3.8) That there is no

alternative means that anyone who does not understand Lord Kåñëa as the Supreme

Personality of Godhead is surely in the mode of ignorance and consequently he

will not attain salvation simply, so to speak, by licking the outer surface of

the bottle of honey, or by interpreting the Bhagavad-gétä according to mundane

scholarship. Such empiric philosophers may assume very important roles in the

material world, but they are not necessarily eligible for liberation. Such

puffed-up mundane scholars have to wait for the causeless mercy of the devotee

of the Lord. One should therefore cultivate Kåñëa consciousness with faith and

knowledge, and in this way attain perfection.

Your servant in mission of Srila Prabhupada

 

 

Ravana being killed by Lord Ramacandra.

 

 

 

Sri Sri Sita Rama Laksmana Hanuman ki Jai Jai!!!!!!!!

Sri Sri Sita Rama Laksmana Hanuman ki Jai!!!!