Bhagavad Gita -Srila Prabhupada 440

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

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The Opulence of the Absolute
Chapter 10: Verse-10

tesamsatata-yuktänäm bhajatäm priti-pürvakam
dadämi buddhi-yogam tam yena mäm upayänti te[1]

TRANSLATION

To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.


PURPORT

In this verse the word buddhi-yogam is very significant. We may remember that in the Second Chapter the Lord, instructing Arjuna, said that He had spoken to him of many things and that He would instruct him in the way of buddhi-yoga. Now buddhi-yoga is explained. Buddhi-yoga itself is action in Krsna consciousness; that is the highest intelligence. Buddhi means intelligence, and yoga means mystic activities or mystic elevation. When one tries to go back home, back to Godhead, and takes fully to krsna consciousness in devotional service, his action is called buddhi yoga. In other words, buddhi-yoga is the process by which one gets out of the entanglement of this material world. The ultimate goal of progress is Krsna. People do not know this; therefore the association of devotees and a bona fide spiritual master are important. One should know that the goal is Krsna, and when the goal is assigned, then the path is slowly but progressively traversed, and the ultimate goal is achieved.

When a person knows the goal of life but is addicted to the fruits of activities, he is acting in karma-yoga. When he knows that the goal iskrsna but he takes pleasure in mental speculations to understand Krsna, he is acting in jnäna-yoga. And when he knows the goal and see ks krsna completely in Krsna consciousness and devotional service, he is acting in bhakti-yoga, or buddhi-yoga, which is the complete yoga. This complete yoga is the highest perfectional stage of life.

A person may have a bona fide spiritual master and may be attached to a spiritual organization, but still, if he is not intelligent enough to make progress, then krsna from within gives him instructions so that he may ultimately come to Him without difficulty. The qualification is that a person always engage himself in krsna consciousness and with love and devotion render all kinds of services. He should perform some sort of work for Krsna, and that work should be with love. If a devotee is not intelligent enough to make progress on the path of self-realization but is sincere and devoted to the activities of devotional service, the Lord gives him a chance to make progress and ultimately attain to Him.


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References

  1. tesam=unto them; satata-yuktänäm=always engaged; bhajatäm=in
    rendering devotional service; priti-pürvakam=in loving ecstasy; dadämi=I give; buddhi-yogam=real intelligence; tam=that; yena=by which;
    mäm=unto Me; upayänti=come; te=they.

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