The Bhagavadgita – A Synthesis of Thought and Action-10 : Swami Krishnananda
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26/12/2019.
(Spoken on Gita Jayanti in 1973)
A Synthesis of Thought and Action-10.
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It is in this basic foundation of the cosmos that we have an answer to the question of the relation between matter and spirit of the individual and the world and society. All antitheses get reconciled in the Vision Supreme. The Bhagavadgita takes us through action to knowledge, though it goes from knowledge to action, thus blending knowledge and action in a beautiful synthesis so that knowledge and action cease to be two different approaches. We have not here the conflict between knowledge and action, as both mean one and the same thing. When action understands itself, it is called knowledge; when knowledge starts moving, it is called action. They are one and the same.
Such is the basic implication of the Bhagavadgita gospel, knowledge and action combined, providing a simple rule of judgment of values in our day-to-day life – God speaking to man and God blessing man perennially with an inspiration that can be explained only in terms of that vast unfoldment of Realisation we have in the Eleventh Chapter of the Bhagavadgita.
This unfoldment of Realisation concretising itself into manifold activity is expounded in the remaining chapters from the Thirteenth onwards until it reaches the Eighteenth Chapter where all social problems are also touched upon and explained, concluding with a resounding message that God and man should work in unison.
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Chapter-18. { Moksha-sanyasa-yogam }
Slokam-78.
"Yatra yogesvarah krishnah yatra partho dhanurdharah,
tatra srirvijayo bhutiah dhruva nitimatirmama."
yatra yogesvarah krishnah = Where the Lord of Yoga present;
yatra dhanurdharah partho = Where the holder bow ( Gandipam ) Parthan ( Arjuna ) present;
tatra sriah vijayah = there only prosperity and success too;
hutiah dhruva nitiah = and said to be progress/development and firm policy also present;
mama matah = this is my strong opinion.
Translation : Slokam-78. { Wherever there is Krishna, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion.}
Discussion :
The internal intention Sanjaya is implying with this statement is that the dynasty of the Kauravas should give up all hopes of winning the battle and rulership of the entire Earth.
Wherever Lord Krishna is present together with Arjuna then prosperity, victory, opulence and righteousness will also be present.
The word dhruva means firmly established and qualifies that the preceding qualities are guaranteed.
Sanjaya is subtly implying that it is not too late for the Kauravas even on the brink of war, to lay down their weapons and take refuge of Lord Krishna by sharing the kingdom with the Pandavas.
All Arjuna and His four brothers requested in the whole Earth was 5 provinces, one for each brother.
The wicked King Duryodhana of the Kauravas retorted that he would not grant them land enough to fit on the top of a needle.
But now they had to fight to the death for the single rulership of the total Earth. So the implied advice to save the dynasty fell on deaf ears.
One who is devoted to Lord Krishna easily achieves moksa or liberation from material existence and release from samsara the perpetual cycle of birth and death.
This is acquired by His Grace through knowledge of His personal bestowal to all jivas or embodied beings the atma or immortal soul which insures continuity in existence and gives the opportunity to return to spiritual existence.
This factually is the essential teaching of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita without having comprehended the final conclusion cannot be appreciated.
Bhakti or exclusive loving devotion to the Supreme Lord is the most potent and efficacious means to achieve liberation and combined with knowledge of the atma is the essential intermediate step to attain eternal communion with the Supreme Lord.
It cannot be stated logically and is quite unreasonable that knowledge is the same as devotion; for just to have knowledge of something does not preclude that one will have devotion for it.
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Human effort and divine existence are to work in synthesis, in collaboration, in unison, so that when man thinks, God thinks, and when God thinks, man thinks. They are not two different thoughts. When one acts, the other also acts.
Where such unity of action rises from a correct understanding of the structure of creation, success is bound to come. “You will certainly succeed in your life; there is absolutely no doubt,” says Sanjaya towards the end of the Bhagavadgita gospel.
THE END.
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26/12/2019.
(Spoken on Gita Jayanti in 1973)
A Synthesis of Thought and Action-10.
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It is in this basic foundation of the cosmos that we have an answer to the question of the relation between matter and spirit of the individual and the world and society. All antitheses get reconciled in the Vision Supreme. The Bhagavadgita takes us through action to knowledge, though it goes from knowledge to action, thus blending knowledge and action in a beautiful synthesis so that knowledge and action cease to be two different approaches. We have not here the conflict between knowledge and action, as both mean one and the same thing. When action understands itself, it is called knowledge; when knowledge starts moving, it is called action. They are one and the same.
Such is the basic implication of the Bhagavadgita gospel, knowledge and action combined, providing a simple rule of judgment of values in our day-to-day life – God speaking to man and God blessing man perennially with an inspiration that can be explained only in terms of that vast unfoldment of Realisation we have in the Eleventh Chapter of the Bhagavadgita.
This unfoldment of Realisation concretising itself into manifold activity is expounded in the remaining chapters from the Thirteenth onwards until it reaches the Eighteenth Chapter where all social problems are also touched upon and explained, concluding with a resounding message that God and man should work in unison.
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Chapter-18. { Moksha-sanyasa-yogam }
Slokam-78.
"Yatra yogesvarah krishnah yatra partho dhanurdharah,
tatra srirvijayo bhutiah dhruva nitimatirmama."
yatra yogesvarah krishnah = Where the Lord of Yoga present;
yatra dhanurdharah partho = Where the holder bow ( Gandipam ) Parthan ( Arjuna ) present;
tatra sriah vijayah = there only prosperity and success too;
hutiah dhruva nitiah = and said to be progress/development and firm policy also present;
mama matah = this is my strong opinion.
Translation : Slokam-78. { Wherever there is Krishna, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion.}
Discussion :
The internal intention Sanjaya is implying with this statement is that the dynasty of the Kauravas should give up all hopes of winning the battle and rulership of the entire Earth.
Wherever Lord Krishna is present together with Arjuna then prosperity, victory, opulence and righteousness will also be present.
The word dhruva means firmly established and qualifies that the preceding qualities are guaranteed.
Sanjaya is subtly implying that it is not too late for the Kauravas even on the brink of war, to lay down their weapons and take refuge of Lord Krishna by sharing the kingdom with the Pandavas.
All Arjuna and His four brothers requested in the whole Earth was 5 provinces, one for each brother.
The wicked King Duryodhana of the Kauravas retorted that he would not grant them land enough to fit on the top of a needle.
But now they had to fight to the death for the single rulership of the total Earth. So the implied advice to save the dynasty fell on deaf ears.
One who is devoted to Lord Krishna easily achieves moksa or liberation from material existence and release from samsara the perpetual cycle of birth and death.
This is acquired by His Grace through knowledge of His personal bestowal to all jivas or embodied beings the atma or immortal soul which insures continuity in existence and gives the opportunity to return to spiritual existence.
This factually is the essential teaching of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita without having comprehended the final conclusion cannot be appreciated.
Bhakti or exclusive loving devotion to the Supreme Lord is the most potent and efficacious means to achieve liberation and combined with knowledge of the atma is the essential intermediate step to attain eternal communion with the Supreme Lord.
It cannot be stated logically and is quite unreasonable that knowledge is the same as devotion; for just to have knowledge of something does not preclude that one will have devotion for it.
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Human effort and divine existence are to work in synthesis, in collaboration, in unison, so that when man thinks, God thinks, and when God thinks, man thinks. They are not two different thoughts. When one acts, the other also acts.
Where such unity of action rises from a correct understanding of the structure of creation, success is bound to come. “You will certainly succeed in your life; there is absolutely no doubt,” says Sanjaya towards the end of the Bhagavadgita gospel.
THE END.
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