Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokam - 75.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023. 06:40. 

Chapter-18.  Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.

Slokam-75.

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Slokam-75.

With Translation :

"vyasaprasadat   chrutavan    etat   guhyamaham    param,

yogam   yogesvarat    krishnat  sakshat    kathayatah   svayam."

"By the mercy of Vyasa, I have heard these most confidential talks directly from the master of all mysticism, Krishna, who was speaking personally to Arjuna." 

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Translation :

vyasa-prasadat  =  by  the  blessings  of  Vyasa-bhagavan;

guhyam   param   =   the  supreme  confidential;

etat   yogam   =   this  yogam;

yogesvarat    krishnat   =  the  Lord  of  all  yoga,  Lord  Sri  Krishn

svayam    kathayatah   aham   =   himself  advising  ( to  arjuna );

sakshat   chrutavan   =   I  ( Sanjaya  )  heard.

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Bhashyam (Vyakyanam) :

Now Sanjaya describes how he was able to describe the events on the battlefield many miles away. 

Vedavyasa gave him inner vision to see the whole battle in detail internally. 

By this inner vision which Vyasadeva bestowed, Sanjaya was able to see and hear Lord Krishna and every word He spoke in this divine discourse, this supreme doctrine, this ultra confidential treatise. 

As well Sanjaya could see by his inner vision all the events that transpired everywhere on the battlefield simultaneously. 

Sanjaya heard Srimad Bhagavad-Gita directly from the holy mouth of the Supreme Lord Krishna.

The phrase vyasa-prasadat means by the grace of Krishna Dvaipayana Vedavyasa the author of Vedanta Sutras, the Puranas, Mahaharata, etc. 

This grace gave Sanjaya celestial vision and clairaudience to directly see and hear all that transpired on the battlefield and thus he was able to recite verbatim the divine discourse spoken by Lord Krishna known as Srimad Bhagavad-Gita exactly as Lord Krishna originally revealed it.

Sanjaya explains that he received the mercy of clairaudience and celestial vision from Vedavyasa, the author of Vedanta Sutras, Mahabharata, the Puranas, etc. Sanjaya considers himself most blessed by hearing Lord Krishna speak the divine discourse of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita.

Vyasa was the spiritual master of Sanjaya, and Sanjaya admits that it was by his mercy that he could understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 

This means that one has to understand Krishna not directly but through the medium of the spiritual master. 

The spiritual master is the transparent medium, although it is true that the experience is direct. 

This is the mystery of the disciplic succession. 

When the spiritual master is bona fide, then one can hear Bhagavad-gita directly, as Arjuna heard it. 

There are many mystics and yogis all over the world, but Krishna is the master of all yoga systems. 

Krishna's instruction is explicitly stated in Bhagavad-gita-surrender unto Krishna. 

One who does so is the topmost yogi.

This is confirmed in the last slokam of the Sixth Chapter. "Yoginam api sarvesam."

Narada is the direct disciple of Krishna and the spiritual master of Vyasa. 

Therefore Vyasa is as bona fide as Arjuna because he comes in the disciplic succession, and Sanjaya is the direct disciple of Vyasa. 

Therefore by the grace of Vyasa, his senses were purified, and he could see and hear Krishna directly. 

One who directly hears Krishna can understand this confidential knowledge. 

If one does not come to the disciplic succession, he cannot hear Krishna; therefore his knowledge is always imperfect, at least as far as understanding Bhagavad-gita is concerned.

In Bhagavad-gita, all the yoga systems, karma-yoga, jnana-yoga and bhakti-yoga, are explained. 

Krishna is the master of all such mysticism. 

It is to be understood, however, that as Arjuna was fortunate enough to understand Krishna directly, similarly, by the grace of Vyasa, Sanjaya was also able to hear Krishna directly. 

Actually there is no difference in hearing directly from Krishna or hearing directly from Krishna via a bona fide spiritual master like Vyasa. 

The spiritual master is the representative of Vyasadeva also. 

According to the Vedic system, on the birthday of the spiritual master, the disciples conduct the ceremony called Vyasa-puja.

To be continued  

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