My son Gopal, when he was about 2 yrs |
These
are the questions asked by Arjuna to Lord Krishna, after the previous response
of Lord Krishna in Verse 50 of Chapter 2 of Srimad Bhagavad Gita, where Krishna
finishes describing about Budhi Yogi or the one who is acting with Intelligence
and urges Arjuna to strive for Yoga, which is the art of all work. Arjuna asks
about that Yogi whose consciousness is merged in transcendence.
Lord
Krishna answers Arjuna as below..
(I tried my best to summarize the answers in the following way)
•Symptoms of a Yogi: This question
means, “How does one transcendentally situated reveal his position? “
He
has no material affection. He is detached from both happiness and misery.
Rather, he is fully satisfied by fixing his consciousness on the self.
•How does he speak: This question means,
"How are his intelligence and words affected by another's affection,
anger, or neutrality? In other words, how does he react?
One
who is not disturbed in mind even amidst the threefold miseries or elated when
there is happiness, and who is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called
a sage of steady mind.
He
is fixed in knowledge and aloof from the material world. He lives on the
transcendental platform and therefore his mind cannot be materially disturbed.
Srila Prabhupada writes: "Such a fully Krsna conscious person is not at
all disturbed by the onslaughts of the threefold miseries, for he accepts all
miseries as the mercy of the Lord, thinking himself only worthy of more trouble
due to his past misdeeds; and he sees that his miseries, by the grace
of
the Lord, are minimized to the lowest. Similarly, when he is happy he gives
credit to the Lord, thinking himself unworthy of the happiness."
•How does he sit and
Walk:
means, "What is his mentality when his senses are restrained from their
objects?" Is it easy for him? Is it tortuous?
One
who is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects, as the tortoise draws
its limbs within the shell, is firmly fixed in perfect consciousness. Such a
person uses his senses only when required.
The
embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the taste for
sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher
taste, he is fixed in consciousness.
A
transcendentalist's renunciation is not difficult because he has a higher
taste. This is especially true for Vaisnavas. As a tortoise naturally withdraws
his limbs into its shell, a devotee naturally and fully withdraws his senses
from matter by engaging them in Krsna's service.
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