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Lord Krsna, He is teaching Arjuna directly the perfect form of yoga. If you actually want to perform the yoga system, then here is authoritative statement by the Supreme Personality of Godhead

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

We have been discussing for the last few days about the perfect form of yoga. Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is teaching Arjuna directly the perfect form of yoga. If you actually want to perform the yoga system, then here is authoritative statement by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So we have discussed in detail. Now, after hearing the system, Arjuna is replying. Just mind that it is . . . the whole thing was being described in the battlefield. In the battlefield. This whole Bhagavad-gītā was taught to Arjuna in the battlefield. And when . . . when Arjuna was just going to release his arms on the opposite party, on the enemy's party, he thought . . . he got a sentiment: "So why this fighting with my own kinsmen?" That was his illusion. And to eradicate that illusion of Arjuna's, this Bhagavad-gītā was explained by Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Prabhupāda:

ātmaupamyena sarvatra samaṁ paśyati yo 'rjuna

(aside) Please come forward.

sukhaṁ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṁ sa yogī paramo mataḥ (BG 6.32)

Now, we have been discussing for the last few days about the perfect form of yoga. Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is teaching Arjuna directly the perfect form of yoga. If you actually want to perform the yoga system, then here is authoritative statement by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So we have discussed in detail.

Now, after hearing the system, Arjuna is replying. Just mind that it is . . . the whole thing was being described in the battlefield. In the battlefield. This whole Bhagavad-gītā was taught to Arjuna in the battlefield. And when . . . when Arjuna was just going to release his arms on the opposite party, on the enemy's party, he thought . . . he got a sentiment: "So why this fighting with my own kinsmen?" That was his illusion. And to eradicate that illusion of Arjuna's, this Bhagavad-gītā was explained by Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Now, you can understand how much time could be, I mean to, allowed for this discussion. That was a battlefield. Immediately has to be fight. Everyone is ready. So . . . and utmost, one hour. I don't think . . . that is utmost. So within this one hour the whole Bhagavad-gītā was discussed, and Arjuna changed his decision and he fought. Now, within that time He is also instructing Arjuna about the yoga system.

Now, after hearing the details of yoga system—how to sit down, how to keep the body straight, how to keep the eyes half-closed and how to see the uppermost part of the nose without diverting your attention, and in secluded place, in a sacred place, alone . . . all this paraphernalia is described for performing perfect yoga system. Now, Arjuna, after hearing everything from Kṛṣṇa, he is replying.

arjuna uvāca
yo 'yaṁ yogas tvayā proktaḥ
sāmyena madhusūdana
etasyāhaṁ na paśyāmi
cañcalatvāt sthitiṁ sthirām
(BG 6.33)

Now, Arjuna said: "My dear Kṛṣṇa, the details which You have . . . not very details, but a summary of yoga system which You have prescribed and You ask me to follow, I think it is very difficult for me on account of my agitated mind." Cañcalatvāt. Cañcalatvāt means agitated mind.

We must always remember that we are in a circumstance, material circumstances, where every time, every moment, our mind is agitated. We are not in a very comfortable situation. We are thinking that, "This situation will save me for further anxieties of my mind," but when I reach to that point, I feel that the anxieties have increased. It has not decreased. Because the nature of the material world is like that. You cannot be free from anxiety. That is the nature. So we are simply trying to make a solution of our anxieties by different method, but the place is that, that it is not possible to make a solution of anxieties.

Now, Arjuna, he cannot be a false pretender. He frankly says: "My dear Arjuna, the system of yoga which you have prescribed," yo 'yaṁ yogas tvayā proktaḥ, "the summary description of yoga system which You have described," sāmyena madhusūdana. Kṛṣṇa's another name is Madhusūdana. Madhusūdana means He killed one demon whose name was Madhu. Therefore God's names are different according to different activities of God. God has got innumerable names, because He has got innumerable activities.

Suppose we are part and parcel of God. We have got innumerable . . . we cannot remember how many activities, how much activities we are engaged in, that from our childhood up to this time. So just think about God. He is unlimited; therefore His activities are also unlimited. So He has got unlimited names also. "Kṛṣṇa," of course, is the chief name, but He has got many other, unlimited names also. So one of the name is Madhusūdana. Madhusūdana means He killed a demon, a very great demon. Therefore since then, His name is Madhusūdana.

Page Title:Lord Krsna, He is teaching Arjuna directly the perfect form of yoga. If you actually want to perform the yoga system, then here is authoritative statement by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-02-14, 12:10:26
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1