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TEXT 19 é[q>aGavaNauvac Pa[aYae SaMauÖriNTaůaTMaaNaMaaTMaNaEvaXau>aaXaYaaTa( ))19)) çré-bhagavän uväca präyeëa manujä loke loka-tattva-vicakńaëäů samuddharanti hy ätmänam ätmanaiväçubhäçayät 27 The Supreme Lord said: Generally, persons who are able to understand the truth of this material world try to elevate themselves beyond such a life of inauspiciousness, which simply consists of gross sense gratifi cation.
Lord Çré Kĺńëa replied to Uddhava: You are thinking yourself to be a fool. But, I do not find a wise man like you among all learned persons. It is seen in this world that some people who are inferior to you attain spiritual knowledge on the strength of their own intelligence even without accepting instructions from their spiritual master. But, you are the crest jewel among all wise men. You know the spiritual science instructed by Me. Often many experienced people who are aware of the consequences of auspicious and inauspicious activities cannot deliver themselves from the inauspicious desire of material enjoyment.
Only those who give up all endeavors to satisfy the demands of the body and mind, which are opposite to their constitutional positions, are actually self-realized, and are able to deliver themselves from the desire for material enjoyment. TEXT 20 AaTMaNaae GauĺraTMaEvPauĺzSYa ivXaezTa> ) YaTPa[TYa+aaNauMaaNaa>Yaa&é[eYaae_SaavNauivNdTae ))20))
28 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ COMMENTARY A person can sometimes achieve the highest auspiciousness directly, and sometimes through indirect perception. PURPORT The conditioned state can never create inauspiciousness to those who are self- realized. Therefore, self-realized souls accept the Supersoul as their spiritual master, without being entangled in the material conception of life. Such self-realized liberated souls, though living in this world, actually attain auspiciousness by using the two kinds of evidence—direct and indirect perception.
PauĺzTvecMaa&Daqra>Saa&:YaYaaeGaivXaarda> ) AaivSTara&Pa[PaXYaiNTaSavRXa˘-yuPab*&ihTaMa( ))21))
Many among such human beings can realize Me. Those who are sober and non- envious can certainly understand Me. Those who know säěkhya-yoga and bhakti-
one can imbibe transcendental knowledge. While in the human form of life, one can speak about his realizations, see the truth of material existence, understand the future consequences of his actions, and thus appreciate the existence not only of this world, but also the next. By experiencing the futility of material existence, the soul in the human form can inquire about immortality. This is the purpose of human life because the human body can enable one to achieve perfection. When a human being becomes advanced by spiritual practice, he will see the futility of the activities of the animals, which are simply eating, sleeping, mating and defending.”
Lord Kĺńëa Instructs Uddhava PURPORT 29 People who are maddened by material enjoyment consider all visible articles as the objects of their temporary sense enjoyment. They consider the Supreme Lord to be impotent, and thus deny His existence. But, those steady and thoughtful people who have mastered the science of self-realization and devotional service realize that the all- powerful Supreme Lord is present in every object.
Wk-iÜi}acTauSPaadaebhuPaadSTaQaaPad> ) bűy>SaiNTaPaur>Sa*Z$=aSTaaSaa&MaePaaEĺzq iPa[Yaa ))22))
Now, the Lord is glorifying the human body by saying, “one leg, etc.” PURPORT According to their karma, the conditioned souls receive different types of bodies. Because they are materially conditioned, they accept their material body to be their self. Among all such bodies, the human form is dear to the Supreme Lord because only in the human form is one capable of achieving the ultimate goal of life.
A}aMaa&Ma*GaYaNTYaÖaYau˘-aheTaui>arqěrMa( ) Ga*ůMaa 30 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ Although My form is not directly seen by ordinary sense perception, those situated in human life may use their intelligence and other faculties of perception to directly search for Me through both apparent and indirectly ascertained symptoms. COMMENTARY “The living entities who have received human forms can directly search for Me, the supreme controller of all. The devotees worship Me by the process of devotional service, beginning with hearing and chanting. I have already stated that I am known only through devotional service.” Now, the question may arise that since the Lord is the source of everything, including the intelligence, how can one realize Him through sense perception and mental speculation? The answer is that guesswork undertaken by use of intelligence is unacceptable. By such guesswork, the dependent living entity tries to reach a conclusion but the independent Supersoul is not fully realized by such a process. The Supreme Lord, Kĺńëa, is beyond the reach of dry arguments. His forms, qualities, pastimes, and opulence are all inconceivable. Therefore, He is not realized through indirect sense perception.
Only human beings can realize the existence of the Supreme Lord with the help of direct and indirect perception, after seeing cause and effect, temporary and permanent nature, and the external and internal causes in this material world. TEXT 24 A}aaPYaudahrNTaqMaiMaiTahaSa&PauraTaNaMa( ) AvDaUTaSYaSa&vad&YadaeriMaTaTaeJaSa> ))24))
Now I will relate to you an ancient conversation that took place between an avadhüta and King Yadu, which will shed light on your understanding of the Supersoul.
Lord Kĺńëa Instructs Uddhava TEXT 25 AvDaUTa&iÜYa&k-iÄŔrNTaMaku-Taae>aYaMa( ) k-iv&iNarq+YaTaĺ Once upon a time, Mahäräja Yadu, who himself was most learned in spiritual science, saw an avadhüta brähmaëa who appeared to be young and wise, wandering about fearlessly. Mahäräja Yadu took the opportunity and inquired from the brähmaëa as follows. TEXT 26 rqYaduĺvac ku-TaaebuiÖirYa&b]řŕk-TauR>SauivXaarda ) YaaMaaSaaŰ>avaç/aek&-ivÜa&ęriTabal/vTa( ))26)) çré-yadur uväca kuto buddhir iyaŕ brahmann akartuů su-viçäradä yäm äsädya bhaväl lokaŕ vidväŕç carati bäla-vat Çré Yadu said: O brähmaëa, I can see that you are not practicing any kind of spiritual discipline and yet you have gained perfect understanding of everything and everyone within this world. Kindly tell me how you developed your extraordinary intelligence. Why do you wander over the earth, behaving as if you were a mere child? TEXT 27 Pa[aYaaeDaMaaRQaRk-aMaezuivivTSaaYaa&cMaaNava> ) heTauNaEvSaMaqhNTa AaYauzaeYaXaSa>ié[Ya> ))27))
32 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ COMMENTARY Although they desire to know about religiosity, economic development, sense gratification, and the self, people in general think that these will benefit them with a long duration of life, and so on. TEXT 28 Tv&Tauk-LPa>k-ivdR+a>Sau>aGaae_Ma*Ta>aaz ) Nak-TaaRNaehSaeik-iÄÂ@aeNMataiPaXaacvTa( ))28))
Yadu, the son of Yayäti, is saying: You are not the performer of any action, and you do not want anything. It is not that you are not doing anything because of ignorance— you are capable. It is not that you lack expertise—you are expert in all activities. It is not that you are ugly and hence, you do not wish to associate with a woman—you are handsome. You speak less. It is not that you are not a learned person but you do not wish to converse with anyone. O brähmaëa, despite all these, why are you behaving like a dumb person? TEXT 29 JaNaezudůMaaNaezuk-aMal/ae>advaiGanNaa ) NaTaPYaSae_iGanNaaMau˘-aeGa®a>M>aSQawviÜPa> ))29))
Lord Kĺńëa Instructs Uddhava COMMENTARY 33 You are young and still, you are not afflicted by lusty desires. What is the reason behind this? People in this world are always suffering from lust, greed, and so on. However, you are free from such suffering and thus appear to be like an elephant standing in the water of the Ganges. PURPORT There is abundance of water in the Ganges. The water of the Ganges can extinguish any fire. As the waves of the Ganges can extinguish the fire of lust of an intoxicated elephant and make him peaceful, although human beings in this world are always disturbed by enemies, such as lust, you are an avadhüta. And, because you are not overwhelmed by lusty desires, you are not disturbed by the fire of lust, like an elephant situated in the water.
Tv&ihNa>Pa*C^Taa&b]řŕ( AaTMaNYaaNaNdk-ar b]UihSPaXaRivhqNaSYa>avTa>ke-vl/aTMaNa> ))30))
According to the logic that one who has a mouth will speak, I wish to know from where you are getting this unlimited happiness. You are completely aloof from sense
enjoyment but still, you are receiving so much happiness. The sense objects—form, taste, smell, sound, and touch—cannot attack those liberated souls who are fully engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Lord, and
who are freed from the desire for material enjoyment. Those who are attached to material form, taste, and so on, become entangled by the affection of their wife and children. You
are an avadhüta and so I want to know why you are experiencing transcendental bliss, even though you are not intoxicated by worldly happiness.
34 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ TEXT 31 é[q>aGavaNauvac YaduNaEv&Maha>aaGaaeb]ř Pa*Z$=>Sa>aaiJaTa>Pa[ahPa[é[YaavNaTa&iÜJa> ))31)) to in this way by the intelligent King Yadu, who was the benefactor of the brähmaëas, being pleased with the king’s respectful attitude, he began to humbly reply. COMMENTARY The Supreme Lord said: O most fortunate Uddhava, when the wise King Yadu pleased the avadhüta by his service, he began to speak as follows.
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YaTaaebuiÖMauPaadaYaMau˘-ae_$=aMaqhTaaNa( Xa* O King, I have many spiritual masters who I chose with the help of my intelligence. Although I did not formally receive instructions from them, I have accumulated much knowledge by observing them with the help of my intelligence. In this way, I have become free from the miseries of material existence and am wandering about freely in this world. Now, let me tell you the names of these spiritual masters. Lord Kĺńëa Instructs Uddhava PURPORT 35 Those who are averse to Kĺńëa and who are full of anarthas are always busy lording it over material objects. They spend their days accomplishing the three objectives of life— religiosity, economic development, and sense gratification. Their only aim is to enhance their duration of life, as well as their glories and beauty. Because Avadhüta Mahäçaya did not display any such behavior, King Yadu asked him the reason for his wandering about in this way. In reply, the avadhüta said: “Rather than accepting these twenty-four entities that are observed within this visible world as the means of my enjoyment, I have accepted them as my instructing spiritual masters, giving up the conception of accepting something and rejecting something else. I do not live like an ordinary human being, who is driven by mental speculation and thus bereft of the service of a spiritual master. I travel in this world under the shelter of my fixed intelligence. With a desire to surpass all
of these twenty-four spiritual masters.” TEXTS 33–35 Pa*iQavqvaYaurak-aXaMaaPaae_iGanęNd]Maariv> ) k-PaaeTaae_JaGar>iSaNDau>PaTa®aeMaDauk*-ÓJa> ))33)) MaDauhahir ku-MaarqXark*-TSaPaR O WTaeMaeGaurvaeraJaNa( cTauiv|XaiTaraié[Taa> ) iXa+aav*itai>areTaezaMaNviXa+aiMahaTMaNa> ))35))
36 UDDHAVA-GÉTÄ COMMENTARY The earth, air, sky, water, fire, the moon, the sun, a pigeon, a python, the sea, a moth, a honeybee, an elephant, a hunter who steals honey, deer, fish, the prostitute named Piěgalä, a kurara bird, a child, a young girl, an arrow maker, a serpent, a spider, and a wasp. I have learned many things from the behavior of these twenty-four things.
YaTaaeYadNauiXa+aaiMaYaQaavaNaahuzaTMaJa ) TataQaaPauĺzVYaaga]iNabaeDak-QaYaaiMa Tae ))36))
>aUTaEra§-MYaMaa TaiÜÜaNa( Nacle/Na(MaaGaaRdNviXa+a&i+aTaev]RTaMa( ))37))
The avadhüta had learned the quality of tolerance from the earth—this is being described in this verse. Even though living entities continuously walk over the surface of the earth, the earth always remains steady and fixed. The avadhüta learned this quality from the earth. In the same way, an intelligent person should never give up following his prescribed path, whether he meets with happiness or distress brought about by the arrangement of providence.
Lord Kĺńëa Instructs Uddhava PURPORT 37 People consider the earth to be an object of their enjoyment, rather than an instructing spiritual master. Every person tries to distract others from the path of eternal religion by causing various disturbances. Because of accepting the subordination of the demigods, who fulfill our material desires, the living entities become envious of each other. When living entities are overwhelmed with miseries caused by other living entities, there is very little chance for them to exhibit tolerance. Intolerant people invariably exhibit a great propensity toward material enjoyment in this world, due to lack of proper training. Nevertheless, the nature of the earth is tolerance. One can become tolerant if he considers the earth as a spiritual master and takes this lesson from her.
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