Bhagavad Gita -Srila Prabhupada 90

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

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Contents of the Gita Summarized
Chapter 2: Verse-41

The resolute purpose of a person in krsna consciousness is based on knowledge. Väsudevah sarvam iti sa mahätmä su-durlabhah a person inkrsnaconsciousness is the rare good soul who knows perfectly that Väsudeva, or Krsna, is the root of all manifested causes. As by watering the root of a tree one automatically distributes water to the leaves and branches, so by acting in krsna consciousness one can render the highest service to everyone—namely self, family, society, country, humanity, etc. If krsna is satisfied by one’s actions, then everyone will be satisfied.

Service in krsna consciousness is, however, best practiced under the able guidance of a spiritual master who is a bona fide representative of Krsna, who knows the nature of the student and who can guide him to act inkrsna consciousness. As such, to be well versed in krsna consciousness one has to act firmly and obey the representative of Krsna, and one should accept the instruction of the bona fide spiritual master as one’s mission in life. Srila Visvanätha Cakravarti Thäkura instructs us, in his famous prayers for the spiritual master, as follows:

yasya prasädäd bhagavat-prasädo
yasyäprasädän na gatih kuto’pi
dhyäyan stuvams tasya yasas tri-sandhyam
vande guroh sri-caranäravindam.

“By satisfaction of the spiritual master, the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes satisfied. And by not satisfying the spiritual master, there is no chance of being promoted to the plane ofkrsnaconsciousness. I should, therefore, meditate and pray for his mercy three times a day, and offer my respectful obeisances unto him, my spiritual master.” The whole process, however, depends on perfect knowledge of the soul beyond the conception of the body—not theoretically but practically, when there is no longer a chance for sense gratification manifested in fruitive activities. One who is not firmly fixed in mind is diverted by various types of fruitive acts.


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