CHAPTER VIII: THE YOGA OF THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BRAHMA
Our lord Sri Krishna explains that the supreme permanent, eternal and everlasting being is Brahma, the individual jivatama is adhyatma, and the dutiful discharge of actions is Karma (action), all perishable beings are adhibhuta, the shining purusha (Brahman) is Adhidaiva, and the great lord residing in all beings as inner witness and conscience keeper is adhiyajna which again goes to prove that everything in the three worlds is Parmaatma , Sriman Narayana himself for all mentioned above is a part and parcel of his supreme self.
As always, in the very best interests of each and every jivatma, our dearest Lord Sri Krishna once again, as always, conveys that those souls who think of him and him not only during their lifetime but during their departure uttering his divine glorious name will reach him. Seems very easy but just not possible very simply for only those soul can ever think of him whilst they leave their mortal remains, is who have forever engaged and surrendered their thoughts, actions and fruits of action unto his lotus feet, otherwise it would be impossible while departing all one can think and feel bad is what one is leaving back , the gains from his wealth which on his leaving will be enjoyed by some one else all these thoughts would pain the person leaving for he has never gained enlightenment that nothing on this earth can we bring nor can any being in the entire cosmos carry along anything for if a jivatama has not brought anything on arrival how can one take anything while leaving? Terribly caught in the maya ( makeshift pleasure world) all of us forget our creator and get so much engrossed in the mundane meaningless existence that when the time has come to pack up we are not willing to let go and keep thinking even at the last moment can we enjoy still more time on this earth whereas a realized soul desperately waits for the time to shed his mortal coil for he knows that to reach the transcendental abode of Lord Sri Krishna is the only place worth living , very merrily and willingly serving our most lovable lord Sri Krishna is the only duty of each jivatma and the only way to avoid all miseries is forever chanting the loving names of our lord Sri Krishna rest everything is futile , what the soul can only take at the time of departure is the karma performed which will act as a carried forward balance in the next birth . After enlightenment when the entire debit and credit of all the lives and births put together is nullified by our creator Sriman Narayana and when he so ordains we can reach his abode to permanently serve him till then we all have to patiently wait in the queue.
Our lord teaches all of us the science of loving him, where those pure hearted souls who strive all their lives with thoughts and service to Lord Sri Krishna by offering him everything while on earth with a very strong hope that one fine day the lord will carry us back with him, only that disciplined jivatma will attain the lotus feet of our most divine Sri Krishna, this is the final verdict of our creator. Here our lord Sri Krishna wants us to constantly practice meditation with the highest focus and devotion while residing on our beloved mother earth and while leaving he wants each jivatma to utter the one syllable “AUM” with total mental picture of Lord Sri Krishna in his absolute form (with a beautiful silken orange robe, most divine flute and his entire smiling form). Our lord is very particular, as always, that his personal aspect is the most important way and the only easy swift path to attain him. He is the happiest of happy when every jivatma worships him with beautiful scented flowers, most fragrant sandal paste, uses each of the sense organs for his service and above all loves and serves him unconditionally in his divine form either as Lord Sri Krishna, Lord Raama, Lord Narsimha or any other form of the Dasavataar ( ten transcendental incarnation / form of Sriman Narayana) for he is the same Lord Sri Krishna only taken different forms as deemed fit for the occasion to annihilate the evil doers.
Our lord conveys that in the past great souls have reached him who have served him with the highest devotion and apart from Parmapadam (the eternal abode of our dearest Lord Sri Krishna) every other region is subject to the wheel of samsara and is not eternal, one has to reach that abode, enjoy for few years as ordained by lord Sri Krishna and come back once again to the most transient abode of sorrow and pain.
Also the time of departure is very important. As per our lord Sri Krishna the uttarayanam punya kaalam (period from Makarsankranti, mid January till the end of June when days are longer and sun god brightest) and the Dakshina kaalam (from July to December when nights are longer, moon god is effulgent) both decide the fate of the departed soul. Souls who leave their mortal remains during uttarayanam reach his abode, of course subject to every other condition ordained by the lord and fulfilled by the jivatma. One has to carefully note, that uttarapunya kaalam is not the sole condition for the soul to attain the lotus feet of Lord Sriman Narayana but one of the important aspects coupled with all the other as declared and authenticated by our lord Sri Krishna. Our most pious Bhishma pitamaha waited very patiently and suffered unbearable pain , lying on the string of arrows awaiting in utmost devotion uttara punya kaalam to enable to serve our Lord Sri Krishna eternally in his abode but his each and every action of his whilst alive was fully sanctioned by the scriptures and approved by our Lord Sri Krishna and hence before arriving at any conclusion we have to relentlessly strive to decode the message of our dearest Lord Sri Krishna in the very right perspective, fully meditating on him and seek the divine authorities who have mastered our holy scriptures to clarify and explain to us matters that are beyond our understanding for these highly evolved gurus only can guide us in our spiritual journey. A very careful observation and examination that our Lord Sri Krishna keeps on repeating again and again same points not for his benefit but as a brushing of our memory and in our very best interests to break the shackles of this futile existence and tries his very best to explain to us in the most simple language one can think of to meditate and serve him to reach him , to an abode which is only filled with permanency, happiness of the highest order and peace personified for surely each one of us would love to reach his abode for we are absolutely tired of struggling and striving in this transient world for our daily petty existence of gratification of sense pleasures
Our lord conveys that the best yogi would surely try his level best under the very divine guidance of our Lord Sri Krishna himself using all his faculties to reach the abode of Sriman Narayana and forever unite with him serving him which is the only true karma and dharma.
Many times, few of us could feel that our Lord keeps repeating the same philosophy in different words in all the eighteen chapters wondering why does our lord emphasize on the same thing again and again , why can’t he be very brief and convey only once his views rather than mentioning it again and again, the only reason for this is , anything very important which when repeated and thought of several times sinks in faster and gets embossed permanently and one never forgets and hence our dearest lord Sri Krishna ,at very regular intervals, wants to refresh the points mentioned before with a fear that lest we forget the core principles of his preaching. Our teachers ,will always repeat the important points for our ready reference and records , many times we get bored but a diligent student will never tire of his teacher for he 100% knows that his guru is repeating the same points in his favour only because of its great significance and value, if this is understood in this transient world then surely each one of us can relate to our creator who is awaiting desperately and impatiently with the highest love for each of his creation to return to him as a eager mother not willing to part with her children for even a second……LET US SEEK THE MOST DIVINE BLESSINGS OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA AND AS PER HIS INTENSE DESIRE REACH HIM FOR HE IS WAITING FOR US AND WE SHOULD EVER RUN TO HIM ONLY FOR HIS PROTECTION TO SOOTHEN OUR MINDS WHICH IS AGONIZED WITH THE HIGHEST CONFUSION AND TURMOIL LETS NOT FURTHER TORTURE BUT RELEASE OURSELVES FROM ALL OUR BONDAGES THROUGH OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA BY ASSURING HIM THAT ONCE HE CUTS OUR KARMIC CYCLE WE WILL ETERNALLY VERY LOVINGLY SERVE HIM , NONE ELSE AND WILL FOREVER BE CONTENT AND HAPPY BEING WITH HIM…..THIS THOUGHT ALONE WILL DRAW OUR LORD CLOSER TO US AND HE WILL COME IN THE FASTEST TIME POSSIBLE TO CARRY US IN HIS LOVING ARMS TO HIS ABODE. WHAT A JOYFUL THOUGHT? NOTHING CAN BE MORE DIVINE THAN THIS….
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAAMA HARE HARE………
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