Transcript Bhagavad-Gita As It Is Chapter 9 Text 1-2

Bhagavad-Gita
As It Is
Chapter 9
Text 4-6
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Inconceivable
potencies of Lord.
Everything rest in
Lord.
Text 4-5
mayä tatam idaà sarvaà
jagad avyakta-mürtinä
mat-sthäni sarva-bhütäni
na cähaà teñv avasthitaù
na ca mat-sthäni bhütäni
paçya me yogam aiçvaram
bhüta-bhån na ca bhüta-stho
mamätmä bhüta-bhävanaù
By Me, in My unmanifested
form, this entire universe is
pervaded. All beings are in
Me, but I am not in them.
And yet everything that is
created does not rest in Me.
Behold My mystic opulence!
Although I am the maintainer
of all living entities and
although I am everywhere, I
am not a part of this cosmic
manifestation, for My Self is
the very source of creation.
Inconceivable nature
ataù çré-kåñëa-nämädi
na bhaved grähyam indriyaiù
sevonmukhe hi jihvädau
svayam eva sphuraty adaù
(Bhakti-rasämåta-sindhu 1.2.234)
Lord Çré Kåñëa’s name, fame, pastimes, etc., cannot be understood by
material senses. Only to one who is engaged in pure devotional
service under proper guidance is He revealed.
avyakta-mürtinä
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Word Avyakta – unmanifest.
But mürtinä is always used for form.
So avyakta-mürtinä means form that is not manifest to everyone.
premäïjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaù sadaiva hådayeñu vilokayanti: one
can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, always within himself and
outside himself if one has developed the transcendental loving attitude towards
Him.
Here it is said that although He is all-pervading, everywhere present, He is not
conceivable by the material senses. E.g. TV signal, mobile signal but not everyone
can catch.
Energy and Energetic
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“I am everywhere, and everything is in Me,
but still I am aloof.”
e.g. King present in all department and yet
aloof.
Similarly, Krsna present in each and every
atom of creation by His Paramatma feature
and yet aloog from this creation.
viñöabhyäham idaà kåtsnam ekäàçena sthito jagat “With a
single fragment of Myself I pervade and
support this entire universe.”
Ekäàçena – one portion
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Krsna has two kinds of expansions and
both are called amsa,
Sva-amsa – planery portions
vibina-amsa – separated portions.
Sva-amsas are Vishnu-tattva expansions
of Lord Sri Krishna and that is what
Krsna reffers in word ekamsena.
Vibina-amsa are living entities, who are
energy of Lord.
Inconceivable opulence
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The Lord says that everything is resting on Him. This
should not be misunderstood.
E.g. Atlas holding earth – God is not like that.
yujyate ’nena durghaöeñu käryeñu: “The Supreme Lord is
performing inconceivably wonderful pastimes,
displaying His energy.”
e.g. cobler and brahmana
e.g. this creation filled with inconceivable
phenomenas and living entities with inconceivable
potency also but do not think it great e.g. diff.
between m/c and living entities. Living entities
reproduce and m/c don’t.
yogam aiçvaram
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The Lord explains this fact: although He is
the maintainer and sustainer of the entire
material manifestation, He does not touch
this material manifestation.
Simply by His supreme will, everything is
created, everything is sustained, everything is
maintained, and everything is annihilated.
He is different from this material
manifestation, yet everything is resting on
Him. This is explained here as yogam aiçvaram, the
mystic power of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead.
Text 6
yathäkäça-sthito nityaà
väyuù sarvatra-go mahän
tathä sarväëi bhütäni
mat-sthänéty upadhäraya
Understand that as the mighty wind,
blowing everywhere, rests always in the
sky, all created beings rest in Me.
Supreme Lord
The Supreme controller
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E.g. Sky and air.
“It is out of the fear of the Supreme Lord
that the wind is blowing.”
“By the supreme order, under the
superintendence of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, the moon, the sun, and the
other great planets are moving.”
So, from the Vedic literature we can find
evidence that this material manifestation,
which appears to us to be very wonderful and
great, is under the complete control of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Realizing mystic potencies
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To realize the mystic nature of Lord’s
potencies, we must have connection
with Him and blessings from Him.
Easiest way to invoke the blessings of
Lord is to render service unto Him by
chanting His Holy names.
Chanting Holy names of Lord also keeps
our connection alive with Him.
Thus we must chant Hare Krsna….