Bhaghavath Gita lectures by Sri Sathyadhyana Theertha, Chapter 5, Part 3

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ESTABLISHMENT OF VARIATIONS IN THE NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS: ( NICHOCHEHA

BHAVANGATHAHA, THARATHAMYA SAMARTHANA:)

 

Question: Swamiji, in this connection, where has Krishna said?

 

The chetana who entertains bad thought, he develops interest in bad things.

If his desire is abstracted by another, he develops interest in bad things.

If his desire is abstracted by another, he develops hatred for him (krodha)

from the hatred his desire for bad things becomes strong, from that strong

desire, the discreation of Sastras (rules of Do's & donts) will be

destroyed. When this discretion is lost, the previous sense he had that bad

things should not be done, will be completely lost. By losing that correct

knowledge that what should not be done he will become liable for punishment

like residence in hell etc... for the bad acts he does.

 

The fact that sathvika chethanas may due to external influences may go out

their normal course of doing good work but within a short time, they regain

their natural sathvik nature in all respects. This can be seen from the

life of Arjuna.

 

Arjuna was very enthusiastic about fighting & killing of Kauravas & their

followers as they were wicked people, & killing them would be his

varnashramadharma, & it would be a service to paramathma (Krishna) who had

taken the avatara for the express purpose of removing all wicked people &

their helpmates from the world, so just before the start of the war, Arjuna

requested Krishna who was driving Arjuna's chariot.

 

BG 1---- 21 to 33: Hey Achyuta, please stop my chariot between the two

armies, I shall see all those people who have come here with the intension

of fighting to do good to the wicked minded son of Dhrutharashtra. In this

way, Arjuna, just before the war had his normal natural quality of thinking

that Dhurodhana & his followers were bad, & that they deserved to be killed.

But when he actually saw all the assembled people, whom he considered as

relatives & remembered the pleasant memories he had with them, his opionion

changed still after the instructions from Krishna, he gained his normal

sathvika nature & said.

 

BG 18-73: Hey Achyuta, the ajnana I had has gone by your grace, I have got

back my old remembrance. I have no doubt now. I am going to carry out your

orders. Since Arjuna was a sathvika chethana with Krishna's advices only he

regained sathvika nature. But Duryodhana, a thamasika chethana inspite of

good advice from Bhishma, Drona, Parasurama, Devala, Narada etc... rishies,

Vidhura, Dhrutharashtra, Gandari & Sri Krishna did not change his wicked

mind & finally got himself destroyed. Since Arjuna was a sathvika chethana.

He felt sorry for the wrong idea he got & began to doubt whether he was a

sathvika chethana fit for Mukthi, which Krishna cleared by saying.

 

BG 15-5: Hey Arjuna, do not grieve. You have Dhaivi sampath, & you are fit

for Mukthi. In the 6th chapter, also Krishna says that a sathvika chethana

who goes astray due to bad influence of their company, he will be born in

the family of good yogies in his next birth, due to the influence of their

company he will regain his previous knowledge & proceed in sathvikakarma &

attain Mukthi finally. This is the substance of the following slokas.

 

BG 6---42/43: But people of asuravabhava, Krishna says without attaining Me

at any time, at the end, they enter a permanent hell from which there is no

return. In this way, it is clear from Krishna's words that there are two

types of people one superior & another inferior.

 

In chapter 9, Krishna says that there are certain people who have a mixed

nature of both superior & inferior.

 

BG 9---20/21: Thraividyas, ie those that do karmas as prescribed in the

vedhas to obtain pleasures of heavenly residence. They are called permanent

samsaries. They worship Me through yajna & drink soma which is remaining

after the completion of yajna, pray Me for grant of svargaloka as they have

become pure after the performance of yajna, they enjoy all pleasures in

swarga so long their punya losts. Once their punya is over, they return to

this world. Again, they do kamya karmas. This cycle repeats itself

endlessly.

 

The people described in this sloka are not interested in prohibited Karma

hence they are not thamoyogyas nor are they interested in nishkama karma

hence they are not sathvika chethanas fit for mukthi. Hence they are always

interested in kamya karmas.

 

TO BE

CONTINUED.................................................................

 

Lectures on Bhaghavath Geetha (Dhwaitha Siddhantha Vaijayanthi) by H. H.

Sri Sathya Dhyana Thirtha Sri Padhangalavaru, Uttradhi Mutt

Translated into English by Sri Krishnamurthy

 

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