Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokam - 62.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022. 08:00. 

Chapter-18.  Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.

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Very important slokam

Read carefully and  understand  well.

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Slokam-62.  

With Translation :

"tameva   saranam   gaccha   sarvabhavena   bharata,

tat   prasadat   param    santim  sthanam   prapsyasi   sasvatam."

"O  Arjuna!, surrender unto Him utterly. By His grace you will attain transcendental peace and the supreme and eternal abode." 

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Translation :

bharata  tam   eva   =  Arjuna!  on  that  Lord  only;

sarvabhavena    saranam   gaccha   =  in  all  respects  go  and  surrender  to   His  feet;

tat   prasadat  =  by  His  grace;

param    santim   =    of  transcendental    peace;

sasvatam   sthanam  =  permanent  ( Eternal )   place  ( abode );

prapsyasi   =  you  will  get.

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Bhashyam (Vyakyanam) :

With all thy mind, with all thy heart and with all thy soul swiftly surrender unto the Supreme Lord Krishna taking full refuge in Him alone. 

It is He who is the Supreme controller, the Lord of all lords, the Supreme goal and ultimate attainment. 

Who out of His causeless mercy for all jivas or embodied beings and the incomparable love He has for His beloved devotees so much so that He, the Supreme Lord of all even condescended to accept the position of chariot driver for His dear devotee. 

So everyone should earnestly seek Him as their sole refuge adhering to His unsurpassable teachings manifested in the injunctions and ordinances of the Vedic scriptures and by following His unequivocal instructions in Srimad Bhagavad-Gita. 

By doing so one will by His Grace be able to transcend maya the illusory energy, surpassing the ocean of samsara the perpetual cycle of birth and death and at last achieve the peace that passes all understanding attaining the Supreme state of communion with the Supreme Lord, that immortal state of eternal empyrean from which there is no return to material existence.

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Throughout the Vedic scriptures these points are confirmed. The Chandogya Upanisad III.XIII.VII beginning atha yad atah paro divo states : - 

The resplendent Supreme Lord shines forth effulgently above the universe, beyond the brahman or spiritual substratum pervading all existence, transcending all worlds. 

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The Katha Upanisad I.III.IX beginning vijnanas arathiryastu states :-

One can cross the ocean of samsara and reach the everlasting, eternal abode of the Supreme Lord, the final resort. 

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In the Taittriya Upanisad III.X.III beginning yasah iti pashusu jyotiriti states :- 

The Supreme Lord's divine splendour is apparent in every aspect of creation whether phenomenal or celestial such as the splendour of the cows, the light of the stars, the bliss of the generative organ for procreation, etc.

But when one meditates upon Lord Krishna as the supreme worship able divinity then one obtains Him and the immortal state of eternal empyrean.

This empirical statement tat prasadat means by His Grace. 

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It should be understood that Lord Krishna is referring to His Grace as that of any of His avatars or incarnations and expansions as authorised in Vedic scriptures. 

They all as a part of Lord Krishna abide as paramatma the supreme soul within the heart of all jivas or embodied beings.

 Any part of the whole is imbued with the whole. So Lord Krishna's three aspects of the brahman the spiritual substratum pervading all existence, paramatma and bhagavan which is His original eternal two armed spiritual form which includes all of His avatars in many different forms. 

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So this slokam should be understood empirically as well. Clarifying this point further an example is given from Mahabharata that states : 

Dronam prati Bhima vacanavat which means: Bhima said that Drona was a father to Him. 

Bhima's actual father was King Pandu but he spoke empirically to illustrate that the affection he received from Drona was like from a father. 

This is the gist of it.

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If it is practically impossible for one to achieve moksa or liberation from material existence and attain the eternal spiritual worlds of the Supreme Lord. How is it realistic to aspire for it? 

To answer this query Lord Krishna declares to exclusively seek refuge in the Supreme Lord alone and nothing else. 

The Supreme Lord is the creator, protector, maintainer and sustainer of all. 

He compassionately revealed Srimad Bhagavad-Gita for the benefit of all living entities. 

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Lord Krishna is extremely affectionate to His devotees. 

Out of His great magnanimity and affection He even accepted the position as chariot driver for His dear devotee. 

By adhering to His dictates as given in the Vedic scriptures and devotedly following His instructions one achieves assured success in life and attains unparalleled bliss in communion with Him in the eternal spiritual worlds which are beyond time, death and all material designations.

Taking full shelter of the Supreme Lord Krishna in every way is what is being emphasised here. 

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Since every jiva or embodied being in all of creation is anyway totally dependent upon the Supreme Lord for their very existence whether they know it or not. 

It is not at all unreasonable, acknowledging this, for the spiritually intelligent to surrender completely in total unconditional refuge in Him with all their mind, with all their heart and with all their soul. 

Then only by His Grace they shall attain the supreme, everlasting, eternal abode in the spiritual worlds and eternal communion with Him.

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To be continued  ...

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