Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan

10 chapter 1st verse Krishna told, I will tell you the Supreme Knowledge.

2nd verse Krishna said actually even devatas and rishis dont know Me.

3rd Verse Krishna said those who will come to Me they will become free from sin.

Now Krishna will describe about Himself in next few verses. He will explain how He is the origin of everything thing in this world even the abstract qualities. In this world there are living and nonliving things and there are conceptions, existence at physical level and existence at subtle level. The qualities that are there, Krishna describes that various qualities which are there they also come from Him. Which is described in this verse.

Bg 10.4-5

buddhir jñānam asammoha
kamā satyadamaḥ śama
sukhadukhabhavo bhāvo
bhayacābhayam eva ca

ahisā samatā tuṣṭis
tapo dānayaśo yaśa
bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṁ
matta eva pthag-vidhāḥ

Word for word: 

buddhiintelligence; jñānamknowledge; asammohafreedom from doubt; kamāforgiveness; satyamtruthfulness; damacontrol of the senses; śamacontrol of the mind; sukhamhappiness; dukhamdistress; bhavabirth; abhāvadeath; bhayamfear; caalso; abhayamfearlessness; evaalso; caand; ahisānonviolence; samatāequilibrium; tuṣṭisatisfaction; tapapenance; dānamcharity; yaśafame; ayaśainfamy; bhavanticome about; bhāvāḥnatures; bhūtānāmof living entities; mattafrom Me; evacertainly; pthakvidhāḥvariously arranged.

Translation: 

Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from doubt and delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, control of the senses, control of the mind, happiness and distress, birth, death, fear, fearlessness, nonviolence, equanimity, satisfaction, austerity, charity, fame and infamy all these various qualities of living beings are created by Me alone.

buddhir jñānam asammoha,

buddhiintelligence; jñānamknowledge

Srila Prabhupadas Purport: Intelligence refers to the power to analyse things in their proper perspective, and knowledge refers to understanding what is spirit and what is matter

jñānam is mentioned in 13.3 in BG, matter, spirit and controller of both is knowledge and intelligence means to understand their interaction.

To analyses things is proper perspective, to prioritise to rearrange to harmonise requires intelligence.

asammohafreedom from doubt and delusion.

We all are conditioned. Red glass see everything red. Transparent glass we can see as it is.

matta eva pthag-vidhāḥ, all these qualities come from Me.

Staya means that which is truthful at the same time it should take people towards Krishna.

damacontrol of the senses

we will not engage in sinful activity

Better than that is śamacontrol of the mind

We dont let mind itself get agitated.

sukhamhappiness; dukhamdistress; bhavabirth; abhāvadeath

bhayamfear; caalso; abhayamfearlessness;

So it is easy to understand when good comes from Him but how to understand when He says even miseries comes from Him, that simply means

Krishna pervades all existence. So whatever we are experiencing in life ultimately it comes from Krishna. So these things are there and based on our Karam we get it.

So the best example is sun does not create shadow when a person turns away from sun it creates shadow.

So Krishna has made overall arrangement within which this duality of world function.

Krishna wanted to give us Supreme stability and existence which is beyond this duality. We will reach that when we will take Shelter of Krishna.

SP Purport: Similarly, one should restrain the mind from unnecessary thoughts; that is called śama. One should not spend ones time pondering over earning money. That is a misuse of the thinking power.

Artha is one of the purushsrtha, it is required for living but one should not be obsessed with that. So a devotee will put the necessary thought as required for earning money but that is not the default thought of devotee.

That which takes me away from Krishna is painful and devotee should avoid that.

SP Purport: Ahisā, nonviolence, means that one should not do anything which will put others into misery or confusion.

So misery is physiological and confusion is intellectual. So to mislead people is a form of Himsa,

SP Purport: Of whatever we nd, good or bad, the origin is Kṛṣṇa. Nothing can manifest itself in this material world which is not in Kṛṣṇa. That is knowledge; although we know that things are differently situated, we should realise that everything ows from Kṛṣṇa.

So the important point is see connectedness of creation with Krishna.

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