Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokam - 68.

Chinmaya Mission :

Vivek Gupta of Chinmaya Mission Niagara led a yatra of 88 seekers from across the US and Canada to the Chinmaya Ashram, Couva, Trinidad & Tobago.

The week was full of Satsang and Seva well coordinated by Swami Prakashananda and Brahmacharini Kritikaji of Trinidad ashram. The mornings started with discourses on Shiva Sankalpa Suktam talks on how to divinize the mind’s thoughts and ended with discourses on Ramcharitramanas on how the Ramayana directly represents one’s inner personality. Fun filled memories were captured in Maracas Beach with a bunch of people. The yatris received blessings from the 85-ft tall Lord Hanuman statue in The Temple by the Sea and also got the chance to relish delicious brick oven pizza made by Swami Prakashananda with lots of love for everyone.

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Saturday, January 07, 2023. 07:15. 

Chapter-18.  Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.

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Very important slokam

Read carefully and  understand  well.

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Slokam-68.

"ya   imam   paramam    guhyam    madbhakteshvabhidhasyati,

bhaktim   mayi   param   krtva    mamevaishyatyasamsayah."

Slokam-68 :  Translation

"For one who explains the supreme secret to the devotees, devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me."

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Translation :

paramam    guhyam   imam   =   this  extremely  confidential   science;

yah    mayi   =   one  who  in  Me;

param   bhaktim    krtva   =   with  supreme  devotion;

mat   bhakteshu   =   amongst  the  devotees  of  Mine;

abhidhasyati   =   explains  in  detail;

sah  asamsayah  =  he  certainly  without  any  doubts;

mam    eve   eshyati   =   surely  attains   My  Abode.

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Bhashyam (Vyakyanam) :

One who establishes a forum for Srimad Bhagavad-Gita giving the text as well as elaborate explanations of the meaning doing this for the enlightenment of the devotees and not to receive honor or prestige; but only to please the Supreme Lord. Such a devotee who does this service disseminating this knowledge to the devotees is serving the interests of Lord Krishna fully and will surely attain His communion. 

The mentioning of the word bhaktesu means Lord Krishna's devotees denoting that only by exclusive devotional service is one chosen to reside in the Supreme Lords eternal dhama or abode. 

The Katha Upanisad II.XXII beginning nayam atma pravachanena meaning :- 

That devotee whom the Supreme Lord chooses by His own sweet will is the one who will attain Him. 

So it is established that loving devotion is what is essential to recive the Supreme Lords grace even with the absence of austerities and such a devotee is qualified to approach the Supreme Lord based on bhakti alone. So devotion is established as the only essential ingredient to attract the attention of the Supreme Lord. 

The understanding is that although determination and ritualistic Vedic knowledge are noteworthy and exemplary they only bestow residence in the transitory heavenly planets and never the eternal spirirtual realms because they do not have the potency to attract the Supreme Lord whose devotees are not subjected to results of a temporary nature but to results of an eternal nature. 

That is the difference in devotion and empirical knowledge.

One who imparts the sublime, confidential wisdom of the divine discourse of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita to the devotees of the Supreme Lord Krishna has in His own words, rendered the topmost devotion to Him and without fail will attain communion with Him eternally in the spiritual realms.

One who reveals this glorious exposition of the most profound and confidential knowledge in all existence known as Srimad Bhagavad-Gita to the devotees of Lord Krishna will have their own devotion to the Supreme Lord multiplied and will attain His eternal communion. This is absolutely certain.

To be continued  

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