7. The Quintessence – Internalising Krishna’s Gitopadesha
THE FINAL SHLOKA OF THE SBG – THE ULTIMATE PRINCIPLE FOR IDEAL LIVING
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यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः | तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम || १८ ७८ || yatra yogesh-varaha krishNo yatra paartho dhanur-dharaha tatra shreer-vijayo bhootir- dhruvaa neetir-matir-mama (SBG 18:78) Wherever there is Krishna, the Master of Yoga; wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer; there is bound to be prosperity, happiness, victory and righteousness. This is my opinion. (SBG 18:78)
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7. The Quintessence – Internalising Krishna’s Gitopadesha
THE DIVINE BLISS EXPERIENCED BY SANJAYA/ SOME ANALOGI§ES USED IN THE SBG
99. संजय उवाच | इत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः | संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् || १८ ७४ || Sanjaya Uvaacha: ityaham vaasu-devasya paarthasya cha mahaat manaha samvaadam-imam-ashrausham- adbhutam roma-harshaNam (SBG 18:74) Sanjaya said: I have thus heard this wonderful dialogue between Vaasudeva, and the great-hearted Partha. The message is so wonderful that my hair is standing on end. (SBG 18:74)
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Krishna says in Shloka SBG 13:04 (13:5 in some editions) that “The truth has been stated in Vedic hymns and have been described in the Brahma Sutras through REASON AND LOGIC with unambiguous EVIDENCE.” Where is the question of ‘blind belief’ or not studying, researching, or asking questions?
Once you complete this post and video, please watch the video titled NO BLIND BELIEF – BUT REASON+LOGIC’ which is Video 93/100 of the 100 SBG Shlokas.
Always bear in mind that when you ‘believe’ in some ‘deity’, someone or something, there is bound to be someone who does not agree with you and that can turn out to be a major cause of conflict between you and them.
That is why ALL religions and belief systems are prime causes of division in human society.
With the ‘I am holier than thou’ mindset, ‘religious’ people look down upon those who do not believe in what they believe in.
Such an attitude breeds animosity between different groups with different belief systems.
Do not overlook the point that the Srimad Bhagavad Gita IS NOT A BELIEF SYSTEM, since it DOES NOT ASK ANYONE TO BELIEVE IN ANYTHING.
Towards the end of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita in Shloka SBG 18:63, Krishna says, “ I have taught you the secret wisdom which is deeper than all that is confidential and profound. REFLECT FULLY on what I have declared to you, and DO WHAT YOU WISH TO DO.”
So many people come to this site, read astrology-related pages, watch Mantra videos, aand do many things that cannot and will not cause even the slightest change in their lives, but somehow conveniently avoid all that I offer on this site and also through personal talks that can completely turn their lives around for the better. I write about astrological positions and so on only in order for you to better understand patterns in your life so that you may handle them more deftly but not get stuck with such posts forever!
How many have taken the ‘A.G.E Course – A Gita Experience with Tavamithram’ and two other free courses available on Udemy?
How many have taken the free SBG 100 Shlokas course that I offer on YouTube?
NOTHING AND NO ONE CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE, BUT IT IS YOUR OWN SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION THAT CAN DO IT. When I say spiritual evolution, I do not mean going to temples and performing meaningless rites and rituals, but I mean gaining the TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF VEDANTA THROUGH THE SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA AND THE UPANISHADS.
I have met numerous highly evolved people and still do, but I do not sit down with their pictures or statues and keep chanting their names the whole day! I jot down all the amazing things they say, I learn to apply them in my life, and I MOVE ON! That’s called spiritual evolution.
There are people who go to the Dhanu Rashi SadeSati page on this site every day and read the same post again, again, again, again, again, again, again, and again, and expect their life to change!
The reason behind such naivety and irrational thinking is twofold: a. Utter ignorance b. The dualistic view and belief that ‘god’ is some separate being floating in the sky ‘who will be pleased’ with the way you please him or her, and drop a suitcase full of money through your window, ‘organise’ a suitable partner for you, get you a well-paying job, or make your business successful!
Ever since I started this website in February 2014, have I not been diligently and patiently trying to encourage everyone to study the Srimad Bhagavad Gita for which, I, later on, came out with audiobooks, videos, paperbacks, e-books, and Udemy courses?
Let me tell you, I do not pity those who CHOOSE TO REMAIN IGNORANT despite all the Vedantic teachings I share with everyone on my websites and channels. Evolving is what one should be doing and not stagnating in low levels of meaningless beliefs, rituals, and all other such things from which, Krishna has clearly asked Arjuna to stay away.
Can anyone show me in the SBG if Krishna ever asked Arjuna to go to a temple and worship him, roll on the ground, poke himself with needles, starve himself to death, wear bizarre clothes, appear ugly and disgusting with unruly hair, spend all his time singing Krishna’s praise or pouring bovine milk on Krishna’s ‘vigrahas’? Then why do people do all such things that are of no use to them or to anyone? It is because their elders did the same thing! Isn’t it? So, do you simply copy what your elders did, even without asking how and why? How unintelligent that must be!
The most important things Krishna keeps driving into Arjuna’s head are:
– to ask questions,
– to shed ignorance,
– to be socially responsible and perform his duty fearlessly and with no attachment
to the result, and to realise that the Self in him and in all beings is the same All-Pervading Self, Brahman, Paramaartha Tattvam, or Krishna.
Krishna goes as far as saying that for the one who has attained SELF-REALISATION, even the Vedas are not required.
Why do people have to complicate things and pretend to be religious?
Try asking yourself what prevents you from even setting your mind to studying the Srimad Bhagavad Gita.
Is it laziness? Ignorance? Stupidity? Irrational fears and beliefs? Someone told you that it is too profound and you cannot understand it without a ‘proper’guru?
What happens if you don’t succeed in finding the ‘right guru’?
Do you die an unenlightened soul?
Do not allow anyone to control your life.
The Srimad Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads are available to all. Krishna, the JagadGuru or Teacher of the World, is accessible to everyone. All you need to do is decide to take His guidance.
How about going through the Nasadiya Sukta before beginning any other Upanishadic studies?
If you want to change your life, you need to change.
Merely chanting Mantras, performing religious rites and rituals, or hanging around bearded, ochre-robed, and beef-eating babas and swamis, are sure ways to waste your time and ensure that you feel horrible about yourself at that grand moment of your departure from your Janma – whenever it happens.
I have been there – in those moments when I could feel my life leaving my body as if it were being sucked out of my throat.
My destiny, however, has permitted me to stay back until this very moment.
Those final seconds culminate into the grand climax of all that a person did and did not do in life.
One can see visuals of years and decades of their own life fly through their mind in a matter of seconds.
By the way, the final departure is the only certainty in life.
Until then, you could strive to acquire knowledge, shed the layers and layers of mental conditioning that you have been through, and make your life as blissful as possible by working on learning to experience your True Divine Self.
Stop filling your children’s minds with the fear of the unknown, and other brain and intelligence-numbing stuff. Study the Srimad Bhagavad Gita and at least some prime Upanishads and impart the knowledge to your young ones. I did it with my child and I can see the wonder caused by such knowledge can that has shaped his character, mental attitude, his entire personality as a young individual, thus helping him blossom into a Responsible Soul.
GROW UP! Growing up is a natural and rational process!
7. The Quintessence – Internalising Krishna’s Gitopadesha
WHAT IS TRUE BHAKTI AND DEVOTIONAL SERVICE?
97. कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा | कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनंजय || १८ ७२ || kacchid-etacchrutam paartha tvayai-kaagreNa chetasaa kacchid-ajnaana-sammohaha pranash-taste dhananjaya (SBG 18:72) Have you heard this with undivided attention, O Arjuna? Has your delusion due to ignorance been dispelled, O Dhananjaya? (SBG 18:72) —————————— 98. अर्जुन उवाच | नष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाऽच्युत | स्थितोऽस्मि गतसंदेहः करिष्ये वचनं तव || १८ ७३ || Arjuna uvaacha: nashto mohah smritir-labdhaa tvat-prasaadaan-mayaachyuta sthito’smi gata-sandehaha karishye vachanam tava (SBG 18:73) Arjuna said: O Krishna the Perfect One! My delusion has been destroyed, and I have regained my memory by Your Grace. I am firm and free from doubts. I will act according to Your word. (SBG 18:73)
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नत्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः | न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम् || २ १२ || na tvevaaham jaatu naasam na tvam neme janaadhi-paaha na chaiva na bhavishyaa-maha sarve vayam-ataha param (SBG 2:12)
“There was never a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings. We will also never cease to exist.” (SBG 2:12)
KRISHNA, WHO SYMBOLISES THE WHOLE, IS TIMELESS. HE CANNOT BE BORN AND CAN NOT DIE.
This day needs to mark the birth of Krishna in you – or rather, the finest version of you that meets all the qualities of Krishna.
For this, one would need to study the Srimad Bhagavad Gita and persevere to emulate Krishna in real life. Krishna is the possibility that ordinary Jivatmas can become if they shed their ego, ignorance, and superstition, and acquire true knowledge taught by Krishna in the Srimad Bhagavad Gita.
Be smart; be socially responsible in all your thoughts, words, and deeds; carry no ego and selfishness; perform all your actions with total dedication, zero attachment, and as an offering unto Krishna.
Taking a resolution to live like Krishna, would be the true way of observing and celebrating ‘KRISHNA’S BIRTH’.
त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन | निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान् || २ ४५ || traiguNya-vishayaa vedaa nistraiguNyo bhavaarjuna nirdvandvo nithya-satthvastho niryoga-kshema aatmavaan (SBG 2:45) Vedic literature deals with subjects that fall under the three Gunas. O Arjuna, you should rise above the three, be free from the thoughts of acquisition and preservation, always remain in Sattva or goodness and be established in the Self. (SBG 2:45)
Just as a talented sculptor ‘uncovers’ a beautiful statue in a rock by shedding material around it, you too can be born as Krishna by shedding duality, dogma, superstition, fear, hate, envy, and all other negative qualities to uncover the Krishna in you.
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः | अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च || १० २० || ahamaatmaa gudaakesha sarva-bhootaa-shayas-thitaha ahamaadish-cha madhyam cha bhootaa-naam-anta eva cha (SBG 10:20) I am the Self, O Gudakesha (Arjuna), situated within all living entities. I am the origin, the middle and also the end of all beings. (SBG 10:20)
Have a Blessed Krishna Jayanti and a new life as a new person.
7. The Quintessence – Internalising Krishna’s Gitopadesha
WHAT IS TRUE BHAKTI AND DEVOTIONAL SERVICE?
य इदं परमं गुह्यं मद्भक्तेष्वभिधास्यति | भक्तिं मयि परां कृत्वा मामेवैष्यत्यसंशयः || १८ ६८ || ya idam paramam guhyam madbhaktesh-vabhidhaa-syati bhaktim mayi paraam krutvaa maame-vaishya-tyasam-shayaha (SBG 18: 68) The one who expounds this confidential Supreme Knowledge to My devotees, has the greatest form of love for Me and offers to Me the highest form of service. Such a person shall undoubtedly come unto Me. (SBG 18:68)
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7. The Quintessence – Internalising Krishna’s Gitopadesha
TOTAL FREEDOM – THINK, REFLECT, AND DO WHAT YOU WISH TO DO
इति ते ज्ञानमाख्यातं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं मया | विमृश्यैतदशेषेण यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु || १८ ६३ || iti te jnaana-maakhyaatam guhyaad-guhyataram mayaa vim-rushyaita-dashesheNa yathe-cchasi tathaa kuru (SBG 18:63) I have taught you the secret wisdom which is deeper than all that is confidential and profound. Reflect fully on what I have declared to you, and do what you wish to do. (SBG 18:63)
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The hymn is close to the hearts of over 1.4 billion people (as of 2022) worldwide.
The Indian National Anthem I rendered along with m son to my musical arrangement.
Tavamithram (Mithram) – a Vedanta teacher who is neither a baba nor a swami but just another common person who is passionate about children, family, people, nature, learning, music, adventure, life, living, and above all, the Srimad Bhagavad Gita, and Vedanta as a whole.
With great reverence, deep admiration, and heartfelt gratitude to all the fearless, committed and patriotic men, women, and children, who fought for India’s freedom, and to those brave men and women in uniform and others who have offered their entire lives in service of our Motherland.
We live far away, but our hearts beat for our Motherland.
7. The Quintessence – Internalising Krishna’s Gitopadesha
WHERE IS THE ‘SOUL’ LOCATED?
समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम् | विनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं यः पश्यति स पश्यति || १३ २७ || samam sarveshu bhooteshu tisht-hantam parameshvaram vinashyatsva-vinashyantam yah pashyati sa pashyati (SBG 13:27) The person who truly sees is the one who sees the Supreme Soul or Supreme Bhagavan, existing equally in all beings – the unperishing within the perishing. (SBG 13:27 (13:28))
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7. The Quintessence – Internalising Krishna’s Gitopadesha
REASON AND LOGIC
ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक् | ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्चितैः || १३ ४ || rishibhir-bahudhaa geetam cchandho-bhirvi-vidhaih pruthak brahma-sootra-padaish-chaiva hetu-madbhir-vinish-chitaihi (SBG 13:04) Great sages have sung in various ways the absolute truth about the field and the knower of the field The truth has been stated in Vedic hymns and have been described in the Brahma Sutras through reason and logic with unambiguous evidence. (SBG 13:04 (13.5))
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Tavamithram Sarvada 