Bhagavad Gita -Srila Prabhupada 499

Shrimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is -Shri Shrimad A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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The Universal Form
Chapter 11: Verse-33

tasmät tvam uttistha yaso labhasva jitvä satrün bhunksva rajyam samrddham
mayaivaite nihatäh pürvam eva nimitta-mätram bhava savya-säcin[1]

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 Savyasäci, can be but an instrument in the fight.

PURPORT

Savya-säcin 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-mätram. 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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References

  1. tasmät=therefore; tvam=you; uttistha=get up; yasah=fame; labhasva=gain; jitvä=conquering; satrün=enemies; bhunksva=enjoy; räjyam=kingdom; samrddham=flourishing; mayä=by Me; eva=certainly; ete=all these; nihatäh=killed; pürvam eva=by previous arrangement; nimitta-mätram=just the cause; bhava=become; savya-säcin=O Savyasäci.

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