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6:38speech. Foreign speech. Foreign speech.
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6:59>> Krishna.
7:03God
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7:58Holy God
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9:03Krishna. So thank you so much everyone
9:05for coming
9:07this morning. We're reading from Shrimat
9:09Bhagwatam.
9:11And before reading from Shrimat
9:12Bhagatam, it may just be good to take
9:15some moments to reflect on why Shilap
9:18Praad brought the Shrimat Bhagwatam to
9:22us.
9:24When Shilap Praad was leaving India, one
9:27person said to him, "Oh, Swami G, I
9:29heard you're going to America."
9:33He said, "No, no, the Bhagwatam is going
9:36to America. I'm simply holding it. So
9:40it's very interesting that Shilapraad he
9:43wanted to bring Shrimat Bhagwatam to the
9:45west.
9:47Someone asked him why bring Shrimat
9:49Bhagwatam it's a little complicated.
9:52It's a little difficult to understand.
9:54Maybe you can bring something a little
9:56more easier for people to digest.
10:00But no, Shilap Praad specifically wanted
10:03to bring Shrimmed Bhagwatam.
10:07In fact, he didn't want to leave for
10:08America until he had completed the
10:11translation of the first kanto of the
10:13Bhagwatam.
10:15So it's very important for us to
10:18understand why is the Shrimat Bhagwatam
10:20such a special literature.
10:25Now the Bhagwatam itself declares
10:43If you want to know what is the the
10:46essence of
10:48all
10:52it can be contained and understood and
10:55grasped by reading Bhagwatamita
11:00one once once one is tasted
11:04Bhagwatamatra
11:08Their attraction will never go in any
11:12other place. In other words, Shrimat
11:14Bhagwatam contains the essence and it
11:17fully satisfies the heart such that if
11:20one actually understands how to relish
11:23Shrimat Bhagwatam then uh they will not
11:26look in any other place because they
11:29will be fully content.
11:32[snorts]
11:33Now Shrimat Bhagwatam
11:35uh Jiva Gow Swami who is the one who
11:39systemized all the philosophy of Sri
11:42Chaitananya Maha Prabu. He is one of the
11:45most prolific authors in the history of
11:49the universe.
11:52In fact it said there's only one
11:54personality in the universe
11:57who wrote more verses than Ja Gowami.
12:01Want to have a guess?
12:05That's pretty amazing. The only
12:08personality in the history of the
12:10universe who wrote more verses than Jiva
12:14Gow Swami is Vyasadev himself. The
12:17compiler of the Vic literature'ses. So
12:20Jivow Swami was a prolific author. It
12:22said that he wrote over 400,000 verses.
12:28Just think about that for a second.
12:29reading 18,000 verses of the Bhagwat and
12:33reading it in itself is a task.
12:38Now think about writing 400,000 verses.
12:43That's what Jiva Gowami did. It's okay.
12:46That's what Jiva Gow Swami did. And what
12:48Jiva Goswami does is in a book called
12:52Sundarbas. Sunda literally means
12:58like many of you I think in Hindi or
13:00Gujarati sand means
13:04to weave together no weaving
13:07like jar sand isn't it he was put
13:11together by the demon jara [snorts] so
13:14sarba literally means to weave
13:17so jivow swami writes a book uh or
13:21multiple books the sarbas And what they
13:24do is basically they weave together all
13:27the verses the most important
13:29conclusions and sedanta contained within
13:32vic literature'ses and jivosami there
13:36presents the essence. Um and in the very
13:40very first book of the sundharbas
13:43called tma sandba what jivow swami does
13:46is he establishes why shrimat bhagwatam
13:50is the highest book in creation.
13:54So it's useful to understand what jiva
13:57gow swami how he establishes shrimmed
13:59bhagatam as the ultimate book because
14:03this can also be very very useful in
14:05your preaching.
14:07So jiva go swami even in modernday
14:10philosophy they say there's four strands
14:13of philosophy and perhaps the most
14:16important strand of philosophy is known
14:18as epistemology. Have you heard of this?
14:22Epistemology means how do you know what
14:26you know?
14:28In other words, even before thinking of
14:31what the knowledge is, first you have to
14:34establish how do you find that
14:36knowledge.
14:38This is the first step to being becoming
14:40knowledgeable. First you have to
14:42understand how do you find knowledge. So
14:46what Jiva Goswami does in Tatva Dharba
14:49is he explains how you can discover
14:53data. Data means
14:56>> truth
14:58but duta means a very special kind of
15:01truth.
15:02Duta means a truth which stands true in
15:06all times, places and circumstances.
15:11Duta can never change. Duta can never be
15:15proved to be wrong. Duta never needs to
15:18be upgraded or refined. Duta stands true
15:23in all times, places and circumstances.
15:27So in Tatva Sandara, Jiva Gowami asked
15:30the question, how do you discover what
15:33is tutba? What is true?
15:36So his strategy is very very
15:38interesting. The first point he makes is
15:41this. He says there are three ways broad
15:44ways of understanding something in this
15:47world. Number one prataka
15:57>> slip.
16:05Okay.
16:10So the first way to understand something
16:13is pratyaka. You understand it by your
16:16direct sense perception.
16:19We have eyes, we have ears, we have um a
16:23nose, we have different knowledge
16:25acquiring senses. So therefore the first
16:29step or the first way to understand
16:31something is through your own senses.
16:35And then Jiva Gow Swami says another way
16:37to understand something is through
16:40anuman your logic your mind. If a equals
16:44b and b equals c then through our mind
16:48even though we may not have seen it we
16:50can conclude a equals c because that
16:54logically makes sense. So he says anumu
16:57man means the mind and anu means to
17:00follow. So the word for logic in
17:03Sanskrit is literally anuman to follow
17:06the mind.
17:09And then he says the third way to
17:10understand something is shabda.
17:13You understand it by hearing from
17:16someone who has more knowledge than
17:18yourself.
17:20So he said broadly speaking there are
17:22these three ways of understanding
17:24reality. And what he does through a
17:27series of arguments is he makes the
17:30point that if you try to understand
17:32reality through pratyaka and anuman
17:37ultimately you will not come to the
17:39highest conclusion. Why? Because the
17:42basic point is that your senses and your
17:45mind are limited.
17:48Right now, we can't even see what's
17:50going on beyond this wall
17:53because our senses are limited. And our
17:56mind is also limited because our mind
18:01and everything our mind uses to
18:03logically come up with something is
18:05based on what our senses discovered in
18:08the past.
18:10And so he says if you really want to
18:12understand something in the deepest way
18:15you have to hear it from someone
18:19who has a higher perception.
18:22And then the second point he makes is
18:24that okay if we're saying that the way
18:26you understand knowledge is through
18:28shabda
18:30then who should you hear from?
18:33And he said the next problem or the next
18:35uh thing that you have to overcome is
18:38you have to find a spiritual source from
18:41which to hear. Because if you hear from
18:44another material source,
18:47then even though you're not using your
18:50mind and senses, you're using the mind
18:52and senses of another limited person.
18:56Every single human being, he says, has
18:58four defects.
19:01Imperfect senses, illusion, cheating,
19:05and mistakes.
19:07And so he says the second point, first
19:10point you have to hear from someone
19:12else. Second point, you should hear from
19:15an authority or a source which is a
19:21means nonhuman,
19:24non-limited, a spiritual authority.
19:30Then the third point he makes is okay,
19:32we have to hear point number one. Point
19:36number two, we have to hear from a
19:38spiritual source. But now there are so
19:41many spiritual bodies of knowledge
19:43around the world, so many religions.
19:46So how do you choose which religion?
19:50So the Vic teachers explain that every
19:53religion can give you some spiritual
19:56elevation but all religions are not the
19:59same. All spiritual sources of knowledge
20:02are not the same. There are certain
20:05objective measures which can tell you
20:08which is the most advanced theology in
20:11the world.
20:13I'll give you a few of the points. How
20:15do you know if someone asks you how do
20:17you know which religion is the highest?
20:20There has to be certain objective
20:22measures. So the first objective measure
20:25is detail of philosophy.
20:30How much detail is there in this
20:32theology that can answer all of the
20:35questions that anyone could conceivably
20:38come up with? The most detailed theology
20:42is the most advanced theology.
20:45Another one, intimacy.
20:48Which theology explains God in the most
20:52intimate and in the most confidential
20:55way? That theology must be the most
20:59advanced theology.
21:01Number three, which theology creates the
21:05most transformation in the practitioner?
21:09The theology which actually transforms
21:12the heart of practitioners in a profound
21:15way, that theology must be the highest
21:17theology.
21:19Number four, accessibility.
21:22Which theology can be practiced by
21:25anyone from any uh level of
21:28consciousness?
21:29That theology must be the most advanced
21:32because the most advanced theology
21:35allows for anyone and everyone to
21:38participate.
21:40Number five, the most advanced theology
21:43in the world must be the most beautiful
21:46theology. It must have the best poetry.
21:49It must have the best descriptions. It
21:51must have the best artistic and cultural
21:54expression.
21:57So now if you look at all the religions
22:00in the world and on these five factors
22:05you begin to mark each theology
22:09on objective measure on objective
22:13analysis
22:15you will find that there's no theology
22:18in the world which is more advanced than
22:20the Vic theology because on every single
22:24one of these points
22:26No theology can trump or be higher than
22:30the vic revelation.
22:33So therefore jiva go swami says third
22:36point yes you have to go to a spiritual
22:39source and there are many sources but
22:41the source you should go to is the vas
22:45because there cannot be more advanced
22:48revelation than that.
22:50But then the fourth point he makes is
22:52that but there's so many books in the
22:54vades.
22:56So which book shall I go to because so
22:59many books are there. So he says yes
23:02there are the four vades there are
23:04brahmanas there areas there are
23:06opanishads there are so many auxiliary
23:10literatures.
23:12So he analyzes all the different books
23:15in the vadas and he says there are a
23:19certain set of books in the vades that
23:21if you go to these books then you will
23:25get the ultimate conclusion of
23:27everything.
23:29And through a variety of scriptural
23:31references he establishes that if you
23:34want to understand the essence of the
23:36vades then you have to go to the
23:40piranhas.
23:42He says puranas is purana is connected
23:45to the word pa and pa means perfect. So
23:49the piranhas are those books which
23:52establish and which present the perfect
23:56conclusion of what the vades are trying
23:58to teach you.
24:01He says okay but there are 18 puranas
24:05so which puranas should we go to because
24:07there's 18 of them. So then he says
24:10there are puranas in tamas
24:13puranas in rajas and puranas in satwa.
24:17There are piranhas which are in the
24:19ignorance in the passion and the
24:21goodness. So he says naturally if you
24:23want to find the highest then you should
24:25go to the piranhas which are in
24:28>> satwa goodness.
24:30Says but there's six of them.
24:33So then which should you go to? Then he
24:36says amongst the six puranas in satva
24:40there is one purana
24:42uh which is a purana
24:45and this purana has no imperfection.
24:48This purana has no material tinge and
24:51this purana throws away all uh cheating
24:54religion and that purana is.
25:01So this is the way in which jiva go
25:04swami establishes why this book is the
25:08conclusion of everything. Point number
25:10one there are three ways of acquiring
25:13knowledge but you have to learn by
25:15hearing.
25:16Point number two don't hear from a
25:19material source hear from a spiritual
25:22source. But point number three, there
25:24are many spiritual sources. But yes,
25:27amongst them, the vadic revelation is
25:29the highest on objective measure. Okay.
25:33But there are so many books in the
25:34vades. Yes. If you want to understand
25:37the essence of the vades, go to the
25:40>> puranas. But there are 18 puranas. Yes.
25:43But they're divided in three. Therefore,
25:45go to the puranas which are in the mode
25:47of
25:48>> satwa. And amongst those in the satwa
25:51there is one purana which is amala that
25:54is the bhavatam. And in this way he
25:58establishes
26:01that if you want to know anything
26:05then the place to go is bhagatam.
26:08Now this is very very powerful
26:11like now we're going to go out on book
26:13distribution and we're trying to share
26:15Krishna consciousness broadly in the
26:18world. You'll speak to three different
26:20types of people. One type of person will
26:23be like, why do I even need to read
26:25spiritual books?
26:29Another broad type of person will be,
26:32yeah, I'm a spiritual searcher, but why
26:34do I need to read Indian religion? I can
26:37read Christian, I can read Muslim, I can
26:39read other.
26:42And the third type of person is you'll
26:44meet the person who says, "I know
26:46everything.
26:49because I grew up in the Hindu religion.
26:51But why only Bhagavatam? We can read
26:53Shiv Purana, we can read that Purana, we
26:55can read Agni Purana.
26:58So broadly speaking in your preaching,
27:00you meet three type of people. An
27:03atheist, a spiritual searcher and
27:06someone already within the Vadic
27:10kind of world.
27:13Jiva Gowami establishes how to establish
27:16to each one of these people why they
27:19should read Bhagawatam.
27:21To an atheistic person, you can explain
27:24the reason you need to read this book is
27:26because your senses and mind are
27:28limited. And on that line of argument,
27:30you can defeat them. To a spiritual
27:33searcher who says why the Indian
27:34religion? I can go to any religion on
27:37the basis of Jiva Gowami. who can
27:39explain this is the highest revelation.
27:42You're not going to find any theology
27:44which is advanced as this. And to the
27:47person who's already looking into
27:49different vic scriptures, you can
27:52establish on the basis of Jivow Swami's
27:55explanation that yes, you're reading so
27:57many books in the Vedas, but if you want
27:59to understand the essence, you're going
28:01to find it here. Who compiled all of the
28:04Vedas?
28:06Vavyas. When Vavas wanted to summarize
28:10all of the Vades into codes, which book
28:13did he write?
28:15>> Vanta Sutra.
28:17And when he wanted to write a commentary
28:19on Vanta Sutra, which is the essence of
28:22the Vades, which book did he write?
28:24>> Chim Bhagat. So, who can know the
28:27essence of the Vades better than the
28:30person who compiled the thing in the
28:32first place?
28:34Therefore, jiva go swami says if you
28:36want to understand the vades you have to
28:38read bhagavatam.
28:41So this is why praad brought the
28:44bhavatam to America
28:47because on the basis of bhavatam you can
28:50convince anyone
28:53uh
28:54why they need to go on this path.
29:00So um I thought just to give this little
29:03bit of introduction. Does anyone have
29:06any questions on this?
29:21Which
29:23so first one is detail
29:26which has the most philosophical detail.
29:30Second one is intimacy.
29:32Which one describes the inner life of
29:35God? The inner mind of God. Which one
29:38describes how God exchanges love with
29:41his devotees?
29:43Which one explains what God is thinking?
29:46Why God does what he does?
29:49uh this is intimacy.
29:52Third one I think I said was
29:56>> transformation. Which one creates a
29:58transformation?
30:00If a theology doesn't transform,
30:03therefore even when Rupag Swami is
30:05explaining devotional service, what does
30:07he say?
30:18The very he says
30:22by practicing devotional service
30:26all auspiciousness will come.
30:29Apiciousness will come in your life.
30:31Apiciousness will come in those who are
30:33around you. Apiciousness will come in
30:36the world because it transforms.
30:40Fourth one is accessibility.
30:43The most that you see like Einstein he
30:47said if you can't explain it simply
30:51enough
30:52you don't know it well enough.
30:55The best teacher can teach the most
30:59advanced thing to even someone who has
31:02very little qualification because the
31:05deeper you know something the more
31:07simply you can understand it to anyone
31:10and everyone. Therefore, the Bhagwatam
31:12is simultaneously the highest philosophy
31:17and simultaneously made accessible to
31:20even
31:21someone who may not have so much
31:23qualification
31:28like that. So, accessibility and then
31:31the fifth one I gave was um beauty.
31:35Beauty.
31:38So, another time I'll show you
31:41how beautiful
31:44uh
31:46this theology is. Have you ever heard of
31:48Chitra Kavitwani?
31:53Okay, maybe I'll show you this tomorrow
31:55morning.
31:58I'll show you the beauty of Rupag
32:01Swami's poetry. It will blow your mind.
32:06I'll show you tomorrow because you need
32:08to see if there's a projector. I can
32:10show you.
32:13>> So this beauty, the beauty of the
32:16language, the beauty of the culture, the
32:18beauty of the art,
32:21um the Vic, there's no beauty like this.
32:26So this is why when we go out and we say
32:29this is the highest, this is the
32:30highest. It's not just some fanatical
32:32statement.
32:34On objective measure you can establish
32:37that Krishna consciousness is the most
32:39advanced theology.
32:41Bacta Swami once he went on national
32:44television and he said if anyone can
32:47show me a more evolved theology than
32:50what I'm practicing I'll convert to your
32:52religion right now.
32:56But you have to show on objective
32:58measure
33:00that it's more advanced.
33:04Okay.
33:12So recently
33:17people
33:19say
33:26history.
33:30So how can I
33:41So sometimes people say there
33:44that which is heard that which is
33:47directly emanating in the ether from the
33:50mouth of the supreme personality of
33:52godhead and which is then passed down by
33:54sages through oral reception.
33:57And then there is shmmiti that which is
34:00remembered by the sages that which is
34:02then documented in histories like the
34:04itas the puranas like that.
34:08So sometimes people make the argument
34:10that um
34:13is somehow more authoritative thani
34:16because this is just some stories. This
34:18is just some uh something that is uh
34:22written down by the sages.
34:26The first thing to understand is that
34:29these sages who are writing these things
34:32down, they are in uh contact with the
34:35supreme lord.
34:37Rishi, the word rishi comes from the
34:41Sanskrit word disha. Disha literally
34:45means one who is seeing.
34:50So therefore rishi like for example it's
34:53explained that when vasadev compiles
34:56shrimmed bhagwatam then the language in
34:59which he's compiling it is sanskrit but
35:02in another sense it's what we call
35:04samadi pashia
35:07the language of trance
35:10in other words uh the sages they are
35:13completely connected to the absolute
35:16truth and therefore when they right
35:20is non- different.
35:23Therefore, when for example when we uh
35:26talk about the 10 offenses to the holy
35:28name and we say to blaspheme the vadic
35:32literatures or literatures in pursuance
35:35of the vadic version because the idea is
35:38that which is compiled by those who are
35:41pure is nondiffer than the supreme lord
35:45himself
35:47and therefore jivow swami also
35:49establishes he says
35:56that the puranas
35:58the upanishads themselves the chandoga
36:01upanishad itself says that the piranhas
36:05are the fifth va
36:07so uh even the vadas itself even the
36:12shruti itself
36:14says that the shmmiti or the histories
36:17are actually vadic and they're actually
36:20uh pramman their authority.
36:24So that's why jiva go swami in tvasa
36:27he's explaining this that and in one
36:30sense we say for example that this is
36:32not the words of the supreme person
36:36but the bhagat gita is krishna's
36:38wordshavan
36:44so although it's contained within the
36:46mahabharat
36:50it's still the direct words of the
36:52supreme lord which are documented by the
36:56so in that sense uh the itas or thei or
37:00the puranas are not any less
37:05than
37:07[clears throat]
37:09any other questions on this
37:17happy
37:19okay
37:22how we What time?
37:28>> What time we going to?
37:29>> 8.
37:30>> We go to 8. Okay. So, should I read a
37:32verse?
37:37>> Okay. Let's just read any verse until we
37:40say stop.
37:46[cough]
37:46[clears throat]
37:49>> Okay. So we're reading from canto number
37:51one chapter number nine entitled the
37:54passing away of Bishma.
37:58Today we're reading from text number 46.
38:02So just to give you a background to this
38:04uh Shrimat Bhagwatam continues where the
38:07Mahabharat ends.
38:09So therefore the first kanto of the
38:12Bhagwatam explains everything that
38:15happened when the Kurukhetra war ended.
38:19Therefore, if you look at the final
38:21chapters of the Mahabharat and you look
38:23at the structure of the first kanto, you
38:26will actually see that they mirror each
38:28other.
38:30So what happens at the end of the
38:33Kurukhetra? Many many things happen but
38:35one of the things that happens is that
38:37Udistia is overwhelmed with grief
38:41because he has seen so many people uh
38:44annihilated
38:46his cousins uh so many people have died
38:49on the battlefield
38:52and therefore he feels guilty. He feels
38:56that because uh he was to be made king,
38:59he was to be made emperor that so much
39:02suffering had to take place. And
39:05therefore being bewildered, he decides
39:08to go to see Bishma.
39:12Bishma is on the bed of arrows. Bishma
39:16has the city that he can choose the time
39:19of his death.
39:22It is said that uh in the Bhagwatam that
39:25Bishma is waiting for utarayana.
39:29Utarayana means the rising sun. When the
39:31sun is at a certain point then he is
39:35waiting for that moment and then he will
39:37leave. But Vishnak
39:40says doesn't mean the rising sun. It
39:44doesn't mean that the sun is in a
39:45certain point. There is a person uty
39:52there is a personality who appeared in
39:54the womb of uterikshit.
39:58Who is that?
40:00>> Krishna.
40:01So Bishma is not waiting for utayana.
40:06He is waiting for utarayana.
40:09>> He's not waiting for the sun to appear
40:11at a certain point. He's waiting for
40:13Krishna to appear. And when Krishna is
40:16in front of him once he's had dion of
40:19Krishna then he will decide to leave the
40:22world. So Udishia he is bewildered.
40:26Krishna knows Bishma is on the bed of
40:28arrows. So Krishna puts two and two
40:31together and he says to Udishia and the
40:33pandas let us go and visit Bishma.
40:38And there on the bed of arrows Bishma
40:41begins to give many many different
40:44instructions.
40:46Mahabharat is how many verses long?
40:51>> About 100,000.
40:53Did you know
40:55that nearly half of the Mahabharat,
40:59half
41:01is Bishma's instructions on the bed of
41:03arrows?
41:05Did you know that
41:08nearly half of the whole Mahabharat
41:12is Bishma's instructions on the bed of
41:15arrows because he talks about all kinds
41:17of dharma all kinds of so in the
41:19Bhagatam is very very quick. We hear
41:22about the some instructions that Bishma
41:26gives but actually in the Mahabharat is
41:29is a vast
41:31uh vast part of the Mahabharat.
41:34Bishmade's instructions.
41:36So
41:39um
41:41so here we're hearing about the passing
41:43away of Bishm
41:46text number 46
42:03translation.
42:05Oh descendant of Brigu Shaak, after
42:09performing funeral rituals for the dead
42:11body of Bishmadev,
42:14Marajistia was momentarily
42:17overtaken with grief.
42:21Purple
42:22Bishmadev was not only a great family
42:25head of Maharaj Judistia but also he was
42:29a great philosopher and friend to him
42:32his brothers and his mother. Since
42:36Maharaj Pandu the father of the five
42:39brothers headed by Maharaj Udistia had
42:42died. Bishmadev was the most
42:45affectionate grandfather of the pandas
42:48and caretaker of the widow
42:51daughter-in-law counti.
42:54[clears throat]
42:55Although Maharaj Darashtra
42:58the elder uncle of Maharajistia
43:01was there to look after them, his
43:03affection was more on the side of his
43:05hundred sons headed by Duryodan.
43:09Ultimately a colossal clique was
43:12fabricated to deprive the five
43:14fatherless brothers of the rightful
43:16claim of the kingdom of Hustinapur.
43:20There was great intrigue common in
43:23imperial palaces and the five brothers
43:26were exiled to the wilderness. But
43:29Bishmade was always a sincerely
43:32sympathetic well-wisher, grandfather,
43:35friend and philosopher to Maharaj
43:37Udistia.
43:39Even up to the last moment of his life,
43:43he died very happily by seeing Maharaj
43:46Udistia to the throne. Otherwise, he
43:50would have long ago quitted his material
43:52body instead of suffering agony over the
43:56undue sufferings of the Pandas.
43:59He was simply waiting for the opportune
44:01moment because he was sure and certain
44:05that the sons of Pandu would come out
44:07victorious in the battlefield of
44:09Kurukhetra
44:11as his lordship Sri Krishna was their
44:14protector.
44:15As a devotey of the Lord, he knew that
44:18the Lord's devotey cannot be vanquished
44:22at any time. Marajidistia was quite
44:25aware of all these good wishes of
44:28Bishmadev and therefore he must have
44:31been feeling the great separation.
44:34He was sorry for the separation of a
44:36great soul and not for the material body
44:40which Bishmadev relinquished.
44:43The funeral ceremony was a necessary
44:45duty. Although Bishmade was a liberated
44:48soul. Since Bishmade was without issue,
44:53the eldest grandson namely Marajistia
44:57was the rightful person to perform this
44:59ceremony. It was a great boon to
45:02Bishmadev that an equally great son of
45:05the family undertook the last rights of
45:09a great man.
45:15So therefore it's explained that there
45:18are different
45:20mahajms.
45:34There are 12 personalities who are said
45:37to be [clears throat] authorities in
45:40Vadic literature.
45:44Who's that?
45:47>> Who's Swamu?
45:53>> Lord Brahma
45:56literally means born
46:00from himself. Like in one sense he was
46:03born from the navl. So he had no
46:07conventional father in that way. Nada
46:12nar
46:14to give. Therefore nada one who is
46:18traveling around the universe always
46:20giving naran to others. Shambhu
46:25>> Shiva
46:27it's explained in Bhagwatam isn't it?
46:43Ganga of all rivers Ganga is foremost.
46:50Of all the gods achna is the foremost
46:56of all piranhas bhagata is foremost and
47:00navanamashu
47:03of all vaynavas shiva is considered
47:07foremost
47:12isn't it we say bhta
47:15shiroi
47:17bhakta what is a shiomani
47:22is a crest jewel. A crown jewel,
47:25isn't it? So this he is like the crown
47:28jewel. The crest jewel of devotees.
47:31Janak.
47:34Janak is mentioned in Gita. He's there's
47:38many many stories of how Janak was such
47:41advanced. He said once all the sages
47:44came to Janak and they were wondering we
47:47are all Thiagois. We're all renunciates,
47:50but you're always glorified. We don't
47:52understand. You are a king. You have so
47:55many duties. You have so many dharmas.
47:57You have so many preoccupations,
48:00yet you're always glorified as such an
48:02advanced devotey.
48:04How are you able to think of so many
48:06things at once?
48:09He said, "Come back at lunchtime. I'll
48:12give you the answer."
48:15So all the sages came back at lunchtime.
48:18And so he said please sit down take
48:20prashad. So they all sat down in a row.
48:24And as they sat down they looked above
48:26them and above every single seat was a
48:31sword
48:32and the sword was hanging on a thin
48:35piece of string.
48:38So now imagine you're taking prashad
48:40[laughter]
48:41and there's a sword above you hanging on
48:43a thin piece of string. So they looked
48:46at Janak. They said what's this? He said
48:48it's part of the decor. It's part of the
48:50design.
48:53Janak looked at them and he said, "You
48:55already said I'm glorified as such a
48:57dharmic person. So would I do anything
48:59to hurt you? You relax. You just take
49:01prashad."
49:03So anyway, they sat. They took prashad.
49:08At the end, Janak said to them, "Had
49:10pashad." Yes. Had pashad. Digested. Yes.
49:13Digested.
49:15What were you thinking of while taking
49:17pushad?
49:19We could only think of that thing. He
49:22said this is how it's possible
49:25to do your duties
49:28but at the same time have your mind
49:30fixed in completely something else. So
49:33yes, I have my kingly duties. I have so
49:36many things I'm doing. But my mindn
49:43is always fixed on Krishna. So this is
49:46how you can be doing one thing
49:49externally busy externally active but in
49:53your mind be completely fixed on
49:55something else like this jan was
49:57glorified
50:02bishma is the next great authority
50:12mar
50:14he was Uh
50:17he he he is the embodiment of atman
50:22isn't he gave everything
50:33great authority
50:37and me who is mear
50:41yamaraj is the one speaking this verse
50:45So these are all the great authorities
50:47on devotional service. Bishma he loved
50:51the pandas. Bishma was a great soul. He
50:54was a mahajan. There's no question of
50:56Bishma
50:58in any way, shape or form having any
51:01impurity.
51:03However,
51:05Leela and because of showing the world
51:09the complexity of dharma, he was caught
51:12in a situation where he was on the side
51:14of the core of us.
51:17He had to support the korovas and
51:19therefore he had to seemingly
51:22uh
51:24do things which seemed to be against the
51:27pandas not in the interest of the pandas
51:29but actually he was um he was always uh
51:34completely uh looking out for their
51:38well-being.
51:41So Bishma in his humility sometimes he
51:44will show his weakness but actually like
51:47for example when he was on the bed of
51:49arrows then Dropati came to him
51:54he was speaking all this amazing wisdom
51:58so Dropi looked at him and said you're
52:00speaking all this amazing wisdom now
52:04where was all this wisdom when I was
52:06being disroed in the gambling arena
52:11Where was all the good wisdom then?
52:15And Bishma in his humility he said I was
52:18living in the palace of the Koravas and
52:22therefore every single day I was eating
52:24their food
52:27and therefore I was contaminated
52:31and therefore I couldn't think straight.
52:34But now I'm on the bed of arrows and all
52:38of that blood has been drained from my
52:40body.
52:42Therefore, I have regained
52:44my good conscience.
52:49That's how Bishma explained it. Anyway,
52:52the
52:54lesson for us is
52:56only eat
53:01it has an effect.
53:03But like this Bishma very very humble
53:06but actually a great soul
53:09love
53:12and uh here you yes naturally he feels a
53:16lamentation when a great soul leaves the
53:18world um then naturally
53:22there is great pain a great feeling of
53:24loss even though we know yes the soul is
53:29eternal even though we know yes they've
53:31gone back to Christishna
53:34Even then it becomes very very
53:36difficult. So Udysphere is overtaken
53:40with grief momentarily
53:42but not so much that he forgets his duty
53:46like we were talking yesterday. So
53:48naturally when we lose a loved one there
53:51is grief. Udistia is feeling the grief.
53:54But here it says Marajistia was
53:57momentarily
53:59overcome by grief. In other words, in
54:02that moment, yes, there was great grief,
54:05but not so much that it debilitated him
54:08from then going on and becoming emperor
54:10and doing his duty. So he performed the
54:14final sacrifice rights for Bishma
54:19and then continued on with his duty and
54:23when the time came also left and then
54:27Perik
54:29took over. like this.
54:40>> Three minutes if any last questions or
54:43comments. Yes.
54:45[clears throat]
54:57In the presence of
55:00So at that moment he he regained his
55:03consciousness and he knew like he
55:05already knew obviously
55:08but how to understand how he gave
55:11instructions in front of Lord like Lord
55:14already gave instructions in the form of
55:15like he spoke of so instruction.
55:30When Chaitananya Mahapu travels to South
55:32India,
55:35then Chaitananya Mahapu comes to
55:36Godavari
55:39and there in Godavari he meets
55:40Ramanandaray
55:43and he says to Ramanandereay
55:46uh I am the sasi
55:48I'm the supreme lord but today you're
55:51going going to give the class
55:54and then Chaitanany Maha Prabhu asks him
55:56a question what is the ultimate goal of
55:58life.
56:01Ramanandaray begins speaking things and
56:03Mahapu says
56:06this is external. Say something more.
56:08Say something more.
56:11Like this Chetani Mahapu draws all of
56:14the philosophy out from Ramanandai.
56:17And later on Ramanand Ray said I am like
56:20a stringed instrument
56:23and you are like a expert musician.
56:27The sound seems to be coming from me.
56:30But actually it is your expert playing
56:34of me that is bringing out something
56:37good.
56:38So therefore the devote
56:42understands
56:46Krishna is here. He's the compiler of
56:48the Vedas. He knows everything. But
56:50still because Krishna has asked him,
56:53Krishna has come with the pandas and
56:56Krishna knows that the pandeas are
56:58bewildered. Krishna knows that the
57:01pandas need direction.
57:03Krishna knows that they need to be uh
57:06trained
57:08uh in their dharma. Therefore uh Krishna
57:12encourages Bishmadev and Bishmadev as a
57:15service then speaks to the pandas like
57:19that. So like this we can see that a
57:22devotey
57:24uh sometimes
57:26whatever the supreme lord wants to do uh
57:30whether it's speaking whether it's doing
57:33a project whether it's cooking a devotey
57:37knows everything. The Lord can do it
57:38himself. He doesn't need me. But when
57:41the devotey gets an opportunity to
57:43serve, then the devotey becomes very
57:46very enthusiastic to take advantage.
57:50And so on the order of Krishna, he
57:52spoke.
57:58Okay, I think we can finish here. Thank
58:01you so much.

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