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VERSE 10.1:-

 For the surrendered souls Krishna is the

parijata tree which gives the shelter- new
prayer by the prabhuji in this section.
CCP:-

 Krishna speaking spontaneously without any

impetus as the topic is bhakti.
 When there is combination of the aishwarya
and the madhurya the affection increases the
most.
 Krishna is starting this chapter in the more
intimate note.
 He is speaking this knowledge to the
intimate people with the desire to benefit
them.
 Krishna is telling that what he is speaking
is the ultimate as there can be the emperor
above the king but he is telling that what
he is speaking is the greatest.
 We should be anxious to do the devotional
activities, anxious to hear the holyname.
 We may do devotional activities on the level
of fear, duty but the most good is on the
level of the love.
 Mutual joy comes about by devotees being
anxious to discuss the Krishna katha.
VERSE 10.2:-
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 One should know, then, that scholarship is
not the qualification necessary to
understand Kåñëa.
ko addhä veda ka iha prävocat
kuta ä jätä kuta iyaà visåñöiù
arväg-devä asya visarjanäya
athä ko veda yata äbabhüva

 Who knows clearly, who in this world can

proclaim, from where the universe was born,
from where this creation has come? The devas
came later that the creation. Therefore, who
knows from where it arose. Rg Veda 10.129.6
naitad devä äpnuvan pürvam arçat

 He cannot be attained by the devas. He has

existed before them. Isopaniñad 4
CCP:-

 Devatas high in terms of the power but the

sages are high in terms of the knowledge.
 This verse tells the superiority of the
krishna, no one knows him.
VERSE 10.3:-

 The conception that there are things

auspicious and inauspicious in the material
world is more or less a mental concoction
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because there is nothing auspicious in the
material world. Everything is inauspicious
because the very material nature is
inauspicious.
 Anything done under the direction of Kåñëa
is transcendental. It cannot be contaminated
by material reactions, which may be
auspicious or inauspicious.
tat tan na västavaà cet syäd vidäà buddhi-
bhramas tadä
na syäd evety ato ’cintyä çaktir léläsu
käraëam

 If all this were not true, then all

perceptions would be illusory. But that is
not so. Thus the acintya-çakti is the cause
of His pastimes. Laghu Bhägavatamåta 1.5.119
CCP:-

 Understand that I’m beyond the dimension of

time,he is special because he is controller
of all the lokas,as the atma and brahma are
also aja but they are not sarva loka
maheshvaram.
 Impurity means the misdirected desires, but
when we come to know the krishna our heart
is directed to him which is purifying, just
hearing about the krishna is purifying.
VERSE 10.4-5:-
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 Intelligence refers to the power to analyze
things in their proper perspective, and
knowledge refers to understanding what is
spirit and what is matter.
 Kñamä, tolerance and forgiveness, should be
practiced; one should be tolerant and excuse
the minor offenses of others.
 Satyam, truthfulness, means that facts should
be presented as they are, for the benefit of
others. Facts should not be misrepresented.
 According to social conventions, it is said
that one can speak the truth only when it is
palatable to others. But that is not
truthfulness. The truth should be spoken in a
straightforward way, so that others will
understand actually what the facts are. If a
man is a thief and if people are warned that
he is a thief, that is truth. Although
sometimes the truth is unpalatable, one should
not refrain from speaking it. Truthfulness
demands that the facts be presented as they
are for the benefit of others.
 one should restrain the mind from unnecessary
thoughts; that is called çama.
 Ahiàsä, nonviolence, means that one should not
do anything which will put others into misery
or confusion.
 fasting done in terms of the Vedic injunctions
enriches one in spiritual knowledge.
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 Kåñëa creates all these qualities, but the
person develops them himself from within.
 Fearlessness arising from knowledge is
sattvic, but if it arises from rajas or tamas,
it is rajasic or tamasic.
CCP:-

 Krishna is the origin of the abstract

qualities also.
 Knowing matter, spirit and controller of the
both is knowledge.
 Intelligence is the ability to discriminate
to prioritize the things.
 Dama is we don’t engage in the bad
activities.
 Sama is the control of the mind,it is better
than the dama.
 Even the misery comes from the krishna means
the krishna Is all pervading,nothing is
outside of the krishans jurisdiction,we get
the fear and the misery as per our karma not
sent by the krishna ,but shows that
everything is in the jurisdiction of the
krishna.
 Mind should not be engaged in the constant
thoughts of earning money, we can earn the
money but we should be too much pre occupied
with it.
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 Misery- psychological confusion-
intellectual so one should not mislead the
people.
 Everything flows from the kirshna.

VERSE 10.6:-
CCP:-

 Krishna is telling ultimately everything

comes from him.
 Actually the original root is the Krishna.
LINK:- Krishna is telling what will happen by
knowing all this.
VERSE 10.7:-
CCP:-

 Knowing the vibhutis of the lord one will

engage in the devotional service fully.
 Knowledge of Krishna will increase our
attraction for Krishna.
 Being able to fix our mind whole heartedly
on Krishna this itself is very big blessing.
 Knowing Krishna to be the source of
everything inspires to surrender to him.
 Krishna is talking about surrender to him in
person not to the unborn within him.
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 Jnana doesn’t increase the bhakti is about
the impersonal knowledge but the knowledge
about the krishna definitely increases the
bahkti.
LINK: - how to acquire that knowledge.
VERSE 10.8:-

 Atharva Veda (Gopäla-täpané Upaniñad 1.24)

it is said, yo brahmäëaà vidadhäti pürvaà yo
vai vedäàç ca gäpayati sma kåñëaù: "It was
Kåñëa who in the beginning instructed Brahmä
in Vedic knowledge and who disseminated
Vedic knowledge in the past."
 Näräyaëa Upaniñad (1) says, atha puruño ha
vai näräyaëo 'kämayata prajäù såjeyeti:
"Then the Supreme Personality Näräyaëa
desired to create living entities."
 The Upaniñad continues, näräyaëäd brahmä
jäyate, näräyaëäd prajäpatiù prajäyate,
näräyaëäd indro jäyate, näräyaëäd añöau
vasavo jäyante, näräyaëäd ekädaça rudrä
jäyante, näräyaëäd dvädaçädityäù: "From
Näräyaëa, Brahmä is born, and from Näräyaëa
the patriarchs are also born. From Näräyaëa,
Indra is born, from Näräyaëa the eight Vasus
are born, from Näräyaëa the eleven Rudras
are born, from Näräyaëa the twelve Ädityas
are born." This Näräyaëa is an expansion of
Kåñëa.
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 brahmaëyo devaké-putraù: "The son of Devaké,
Kåñëa, is the Supreme Personality."
(Näräyaëa Upaniñad 4)
 eko vai näräyaëa äsén na brahmä na éçäno
näpo nägni-somau neme dyäv-äpåthivé na
nakñaträëi na süryaù: "In the beginning of
the creation there was only the Supreme
Personality Näräyaëa. There was no Brahmä,
no Çiva, no water, no fire, no moon, no
heaven and earth, no stars in the sky, no
sun." (Mahä Upaniñad 1.2)
 In the Mokña-dharma section of the
Mahäbhärata, Kåñëa also says,
prajäpatià ca rudraà cäpy
aham eva såjämi vai
tau hi mäà na vijänéo
mama mäyä-vimohitau

 "The patriarchs, Çiva and others are created

by Me, though they do not know that they are
created by Me because they are deluded by My
illusory energy."
 In the Varäha Puräëa it is also said,
näräyaëaù paro devas
tasmäj jätaç caturmukhaù
tasmäd rudro 'bhavad devaù
sa ca sarva-jïatäà gataù
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 "Näräyaëa is the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, and from Him Brahmä was born, from
whom Çiva was born."
yo brahmäëaà vidadhäti pürvaà yo vai vedäàç ca
gäpayati sma kåñëaù

 Kåñëa alone it is who previously creates

Brahmä, and makes him sing the Vedas. Gopäla
Täpané Upaniñad 1.22 – VCT
CCP:-

 After the catuh sloki BG Arjuna gives the

rephrasing of the Krishna’s message.
 8th verse gives the summary and the 9th and
10th, 11th are elaboration.
 8th understanding of the krishnas position.
 In material life when we expect the
happiness to come it doesn’t come or comes
very meager.
 8th-sambhandha 9th- sambandha, abhideya,
prayojana 10th, 11th-abhideya.
 These verses are the summary of all
knowledge.
 Word pravartate- is in the present tense
indicating that Krishna is the controller
also.
 Budha – enlightened one.
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 Knowledge of the Krishna makes enlightened
and attracted to the Krishna, that is it
transforms the heart and the intelligence.
 There can be variation in the creation in
the various universes, so the information
may differ from that of the bhagavatam, as
rudra comes from the brahma in this universe
but he may come from the narayana in other
universes.
 Srijate doesn’t mean creation of the souls
but the embodiment of the souls.
 There are levels of the omniscience; Omni-
all can refer to the universe, earth.
 Only the lord is completely omniscience
others are given omniscience as per their
position.
 Scriptures are self evident but what is self
evident may not be evident for us, so we
need the commentary.
 To understand the gita we should live the
gita and to live the gita we should love
Krishna.
LINK: - what happens after that, how the
devotee’s life is completely transformed.
VERSE 10.9:-

 In the preliminary stage of devotional

service they relish the transcendental
pleasure from the service itself, and in the
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mature stage they are actually situated in
love of God.
CCP:-

 When we love Krishna then he becomes their

mental home.
 Everyone has his mental home,that is when
nothing to do then our mind naturally
gravitates to that thing.
 Dhautatma purusa Krishna pada mulam na
munchanti.
 Externally there may be the agitations but
when we bring the mind to the Krishna we
feel peace.
 Three aspect of our living are described
here mind,intelligence,body
 Mahaprabhu wherever he would travel when he
came in contact the devotees he would
immediately discuss Krishna katha.
 With the spiritual advancement we start
relishing the sweetness of krishns love.
VERSE 10.10:-

 Buddhi-yoga itself is action in Kåñëa

consciousness;
 When a person knows the goal of life but is
addicted to the fruits of activities, he is
acting in karma-yoga. When he knows that the
goal is Kåñëa but he takes pleasure in
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mental speculations to understand Kåñëa, he
is acting in jïäna-yoga. And when he knows
the goal and seeks Kåñëa completely in Kåñëa
consciousness and devotional service, he is
acting in bhakti-yoga, or buddhi-yoga, which
is the complete yoga.
 A person may have a bona fide spiritual
master and may be attached to a spiritual
organization, but if he is still not
intelligent enough to make progress, then
Kåñëa from within gives him instructions so
that he may ultimately come to Him without
difficulty. The qualification is that a
person always engage himself in Kåñëa
consciousness and with love and devotion
render all kinds of services.
CCP:-

 This verse talks about the abhideya.

 Krishna is not saying that devotee has to be
intelligent,but only has to be engaged
constantly.
 If we do bhakti with devotion,love and the
positive attitude then Krishna gives us the
illumination resentful attitude prevents the
Krishna from giving which he wanted to give
us.
 In 2nd chapter buddhi yoga refers to using
that knowledge to connect with the highest
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reality but that reality is not spoken
there.
 These verses are very clearly devotional.
 Krishna is telling that by this buddhi you
will come to me, which directly the
devotional service, no scope for the
Mayavadi interpretation.
 Devotee primarily has to engage in the
devotional service and the Krishna will
provide what the devotee needs.
 We are not studying the scriptures for
intellectual study, we want to study to
increase our love, and intellectual study is
not analyzing the Krishna but surrender to
Krishna by intelligence.
 Study removes our misconception and gives us
the conviction.
LINK:- how does the Krishna gives the
intelligence.

VERSE 10.11:-

 But even if a devotee does not take

advantage of their literatures or of his
spiritual master, if he is sincere in his
devotional service he is helped by Kåñëa
Himself within his heart. So the sincere
devotee engaged in Kåñëa consciousness
cannot be without knowledge. The only
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qualification is that one carry out
devotional service in full Kåñëa
consciousness.
 Only by devotional service is the Supreme
Truth, Kåñëa, pleased, and by His
inconceivable energy He can reveal Himself
to the heart of the pure devotee.
CCP:-

 We try to keep the outer world lit carefully

but we don’t take care of lighting the inner
self, inner darkness means we don’t know
what is good for us.
 Whatever comes out of us may not be
ourselves but the contaminated mind.
 But Krishna illuminates from within then we
can see things as they are.
 In these four verses Krishna tells about his
supreme position but also his benevelont
nature ready to give mercy to devotees.
 With the rendering of the service knowledge
deepens, there is symbiotic relationship
between knowledge and the service to the
lord.
 Bhakti yoga integrates the jnana but it is
not dependent on the jnana.our
purpose,source is Krishna .
LINK: - Arjuna speaks about the knowledge of
Krishna.
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VERSE 10.12, 13:-
jïätvä devaà mucyate sarva papaiù

 When the jéva knows the pure Lord, he is

free of bondage. Çvetäçvatara Upaniñad 6.13
sarva-päpaiù sarvaà päpmänaà tarati nainaà
päpmä tarati

 The Lord surpasses all sin. Sin does not

overcome Him. Båhad Äraëyaka Upaniñad 4.4.23
 tasmät kåñëa eva paro devas taà dhyäyet taà
raset taà bhajet taà yajet
 Therefore Kåñëa is the Supreme Lord. One
should meditation upon Him, relish Him,
serve Him, and worship Him. Gopläla Täpané
Upaniñad 1.4
CCP:-

 We are brahma but we are not parabrahman.

 Shelters of this world are fallible but
Krishna is supreme dhama.
 The word bhavan in this verse indicates the
personal nature of the lord; also Arjuna is
addressing Krishna with the intimate word
purusam.
 Arjuna is not speaking just to praise
Krishna as the Krishna is his friend; he is
giving the pramana of various sages.
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 Conviction in wrong thing makes us
obstinate.
 Scriptural evidence with the experience we
can have the conviction in the Krishna.
 Only scriptural evidence without trying out
the process one cannot get to the
conclusion,one will remain only on the
mental level.
 But only experience can be the sentimental,
so need both the scripture and the
experience.
VERSE 10.14:-
CCP:-

 ka=Brahmä, éça=Çiva, va=to bind.

 We may not be able to understand certain
things as it needs certain purification for
understanding, but we should suspend our
judgment about them.
 Half hen way will not help, just taking what
we like and rejecting the other part is not
good.
 Arjuna is giving his understanding of the
Krishna and lord is accepting it ,that means
there is no scope for the impersonal
undersanding ,also conclusion of the bg is
surrendering to Krishna.
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 So the conclusion is that Krishna is that
Krishna is AT and devotional service to him
is the way to attain him.
VERSE 10.15:-
CCP:-

 Arjuna uses five epithets to describe

Krishna.
 Arjuna acknowledges that only he himself can
understand himself.
LINK: - Arjuna now makes his request.
VERSE 10.16:-
CCP:-

 Here Arjuna has got the understanding of the

Krishna’s supremacy but he is asking for the
people in general so that they can meditate
on something in the nature and remember the
lord.
VERSE 10.17:-

 The superior devotee is concerned not only

for his own understanding but for the
understanding of all mankind.
CCP:-
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 Yoga is used for the Krishna as he is
connected with everything both matter and
spirit.
 Krishna is requested by the Arjuna to tell
about his vibhutis as it will be possible to
think about him by meditating on them.
VERSE 10.17:-
CCP:-

 Similar consciousness is expressed by the

suta goswami in the naimisharanya.
 For the devotees the external may be old but
the experience is new, for outsider’s things
may be new but they have same old
experience.
 Newness in the internal sense by developing
the relationship with the Krishna.
 In spiritual life there is not the discovery
of the new concept but the discovery of the
old map.
 With the purification same things will give
happiness.
VERSE
CCP:-

 Hanta is the expression of the joy.

 Krishna is saying that his glories are
endless but it is not the ego maniac
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statement as he is serving as the charioteer
of the Arjuna.
 It is like the doctor informing the patient
about his qualification to produce the faith
in the patient.
 Our misdirection from the god to the things
of this world is the cause of the bondage so
it needs to be redirected.
 Vibhutis- is the special manifestation,
those material manifestation have special
quality and attract our attention.
 Vibhutis are there always and attract the
attention but connection with the absolute
is necessary.
 When there is connection of vibhutis with
the Krishna then it is yoga.
 In vedantik way there is radical difference
in the matter and the soul but in the
bhagavatam way there is the focus on the
sound, sound is the way from the matter to
the spirit.
 Agitation of the mind is caused by passion
and the ignorance, but the holyname, bhajan
lifts the consciousness and the mind is
pacified.
 Tantra is right hand and the left hand,
right hand tantra is the deity worship.
 Matter can be the means to the spirit.
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 Neti Neti approach I’m not the body, I’m not
this.
 Redirection of the desire is required
otherwise deity worship can be ritualistic.
 Sex is the thing which makes one the most
bodily conscious.
 Purpose is to focus on the Krishna on the
vibhutis themselves.
 Vibhutis should be in the connection with
the source.
VERSE 10.20:-

 For those who are sleeping in the darkness

of ignorance, it is not possible to
understand how the Supreme Personality of
Godhead manifests Himself in various ways in
the material and spiritual worlds.
 Subäla Upaniñad, prakåty-ädi-sarva-
bhütäntar-yämé sarva-çeñé ca näräyaëaù: "The
Supreme Personality of Godhead is existing
as the Supersoul in all manifested
universes."
 the Narada-pancaratra, one of the Sätvata-
tantras. Viñëos tu tréëi rüpäëi puruñäkhyäny
atho viduù: the Supreme Personality of
Godhead manifests three features—as
Käraëodakaçäyé Viñëu, Garbhodakaçäyé Viñëu
and Kñérodakaçäyé Viñëu—in this material
manifestation.
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 The Mahä-viñëu, or Käraëodakaçäyé Viñëu, is
described in the Brahma-saàhitä (5.47). Yaù
käraëärëava-jale bhajati sma yoga-nidräm:
the Supreme Lord, Kåñëa, the cause of all
causes, lies down in the cosmic ocean as
Mahä-viñëu.
CCP:-

 Sincerity and the devotion bring forth the

love from the heart.
 Gudakesh- conquered over the sleep, devotee
having the sweet reciprocation with the
Krishna which gives the sweetness to the
brahma and the Siva.
 Beginning of the everything as the
Mahavishnu for entire cosmic manifestation.
 Madhyam- he is maintaining everything.
 End as the death.
 This can also be explained as the Krishna
being the gunavataras, creating, maintaining
and destroying.
VERSE 10.21:-
CCP:-

 In the Vedic understanding behind the

impersonal forces there are personalities
who are controlling them, so behind the
winds there are personalities who are
controlling those marutas.
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 Vibhutis yoga takes from the one among the
many to the one above the many.
 We need from the spark to the whole- talents
in the people are coming from the lord.
 Attractive potency of the moon is Krishna,
so looking at the moon we should be reminded
of the Krishna.
VERSE 10.22:-
CCP:-

 Sama is the glorification of the celestial

beings.
 Bhagavatam says god like power of the mind
is difficult to overcome.
 These are the vibhutis of the Krishna they
are not the replacement for the worship of
the Krishna.
 They give us the glimpse of the power of the
god.
 Poker faced –totally unexpressive.
 Consciousness makes the person attractive.

VERSE 10.23:-
CCP:-

 Most prominent among the rudras is Shankar.

VERSE 10.24, 25:-
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 Meru is sometimes movable, whereas the
Himalayas are never movable. Thus the
Himalayas are greater than Meru.
 Among sacrifices, I am the japa sacrifice,
outstanding because it does not involve
killing animals.
CCP:-

 Priest- they do sacrifice.

 Rishis- they are focused on attaining the
absolute.
 Here from example that the yajnya is the
best sacrifice we can understand that
sacrifice is the principle not the fire
ritual,so the japa is the sacrifice.
 This verse establishes that the japa is also
the sacrifice and it is the special most
important sacrifice.
VERSE 10.26:-
CCP:-

 Ashwatah creates the network for itself to

survive for long.
 To differentiate between the theistic kapila
and the atheistic kapila Prabhupad
introduced kapila as the son of devahuti.
VERSE 10.27:-

 Ucchaiùçravas means “loudly praised.”

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 Airävata is so called because his mother was
named Irävaté.
CCP:-

 Vibhutis yoga is that which takes us from

the one among the many to one above the
many.
 As per the Prabhupad most beautiful animal
is the horse.
 Gajendra can be the proper noun or the
common noun; here it is used as the common
noun.
 Extra ordinary power of the king attracts
the people that power is from the Krishna.
 King represents the god not substitutes the
god.
 Righteous kings can take people to the
Krishna or can mislead the people.
 Vibhutis can be godly or the asurik.
 We should be attracted to the vibhutis who
takes us to the Krishna not to the vibhutis
which takes us away from the Krishna, we
will be attracted to the vibhutis but we
need to choose to which of them we should be
attracted.
 What we choose to be attracted to that will
decide our destination.
VERSE 10.28:-
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 Among types of lust, I am that for producing
offspring.
CCP:-

 In vrindavan there are also the desire

fulfilling trees but the devotees don’t
utilize them as they want to exchange the
love with the Krishna.
 Kandarpa has the flower arrow as it is soft
in front but burns at the end.
 Jnana perspective can make us hard
hearted,thinking child to be mere product of
sex will not allow us to take care for them,
they don’t see the hand of the Krishna in
producing new life.
VERSE 10.29:-

 nägänäm—of the many—hooded serpents;

 Nägas have many heads, whereas sarpas,
regular snakes, have only one head each.
CCP:-

 Not all the ancestors go to the pitriloka,

person with the medium pious life go to the
pitriloka, if very good pious activities
then they go the heaven, or they can go to
the hell as per their sins.
VERSE 10.30:-
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 Because of his devotional service and godly
nature, Prahlad is considered to be a
representative of Kåñëa.
CCP:-

 Although it appears that the prahlad

maharaja didn’t had the physical power but
he had the spiritual power by which he could
make the strongest person insignificant.
 Time will conquer the greatest conqueror.
VERSE 10.31:-

 Räma is taken as Paraçuräma rather than

Rämacandra, since he is a jéva . A jéva can
be a vibhüti, but not the Lord Himself.

CCP:-

 Wind is one of the purifying agents.

 BVT- a devotee should meditate on the
spiritually stimulating objects.
 Ganga can be stimulating the devotional
memories remembering her to be from the
lord.
VERSE 10.32:-

 For advanced education there are various

kinds of books of knowledge, such as the
four Vedas, their six supplements, the
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Vedänta-sütra, books of logic, books of
religiosity and the Puräëas. So all together
there are fourteen divisions of books of
education. Of these, the book which presents
adhyätma-vidyä, spiritual knowledge—in
particular, the Vedänta-sütra—represents
Kåñëa.
 Among logicians there are different kinds of
argument. Supporting one's argument with
evidence that also supports the opposing
side is called jalpa.
 Merely trying to defeat one's opponent is
called vitaëòä.
 the actual conclusion is called väda.
 Väda, jalpa and vitaëòa are famous as the
three types of argument. When both parties
desire to win by establishing their own
opinion with proofs and arguments, and
refuting the opponent’s view with
circumvention (chala), false generalization
(jäti) and syllogistic fault (nigraha-
sthäna), it is called jalpa. When one party
refutes the opponent’s view (by the above
means), without establishing his own
opinion, it is called vitaëòa. These two
types of debate, with a desire to win,
simply display skill in debating and bear no
result. That discussion having a desire for
truth is called väda.
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 The four Vedas with its six aìgas, [Note:
Sikña (pronunciation), chanda (meter),
vyäkaraëa (grammar), nirukta (meaning),
jyotiña (astrology), and kalpa (ritual)are
the six vedäìgas.]
aìgäni vedäç catväro mémäàsä nyäya-vistaraù
dharma-çästraà puräëaà ca vidyä hy etäç
caturdaça

 The four Vedas with its six aìgas, [Note:

Sikña (pronunciation), chanda (meter),
vyäkaraëa (grammar), nirukta (meaning),
jyotiña (astrology), and kalpa (ritual)are
the six vedäìgas.] mémäàsä, nyäya, [Note: It
is unclear what these are nyäya can refer to
Brahma Sütras, or Gautama’s Nyäya, or logic
in general. Mémäàsä can refer to karma
mémäàsä doctrine.] dharma çastra, and
puräëas are considered the fourteen types of
knowledge. Viñëu Puräëa 3.6.28
 Among these types of knowledge, I am the
knowledge concerning ätmä, the knowledge of
Vedänta with four chapters (catur lakñäëé
vidyä) which defines paramätmä and His
associates. [Note: The first chapter of
Vedänta shows Brahman as the subject of the
Vedas. The second chapter solves all
contradictions with other scriptures. The
third chapter deals with sädhana for
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attaining Brahman. The fourth chapter
describes the attainment of Brahman.]

CCP:-

 Material knowledge cannot get us out of the

material world but the adhyatma vidya can.
 Vitanda is just trying to prove other person
wrong not even establishing ones
righteousness.
 Vada is the conclusion. Knock out argument.
VERSE 10.33:-

 Without a-kära, nothing can be sounded;

therefore it is the beginning of sound.
 a-käro vai sarvä väk: the letter “a” is all
letters. (Aitareya Äraëyaka1.3.6
 Among all types of compound words, I am the
dvandva, because both elements have equal
importance. In the other types of compounds
avyayébhäva, tatpuruña, and bahuvréhi one
element is given more importance.
CCP:-

 Among the various letters ‘a’ sound is the

beginning and it is present in the all.
 Compound word with both the words being
equally important is called the dvandva.
 Eloquence is truth spoken concisely.
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 Time exhausts everyone but time never gets
exhausted.
 Extraordinary capacity of brahma to build
the universe is brahma.
VERSE 10.34:-

 The ability not only to read many books on

different subject matters but to understand
them and apply them when necessary is
intelligence (medhä).
 When one is fully qualified yet is humble
and gentle, and when one is able to keep his
balance both in sorrow and in the ecstasy of
joy, he has the opulence called patience
(kñamä).
 måtyur atyanta-vismåtiù: death is extreme
forgetfulness. (SB 11.22.39)
 Krishna is birth.
 Kérti means fame because of good qualities
like religiosity.
 Çré means wealth in the areas of dharma,
artha and käma; or effulgence of the body.
 Dhåti is the power to extinguish agitation
when it appears.
 Kñamä is the power to remain with unchanging
heart on receiving either joy or sorrow.
CCP:-
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 Death is the greatest thief which takes even
our identity, all devouring capacity of the
death is Krishna.
 Child doesn’t come just by the union of the
male and female but it needs the higher
sanctions.
 Sanskrit language is capable of expressing
every thought that comes to the human mind.
VERSE 10.35:-

 the Båhat-säma, which has an exquisite

melody and is sung at midnight.
 The Gäyatré mantra is very important in
Vedic civilization and is considered to be
the sound incarnation of Brahman. Brahmä is
its initiator, and it is passed down from
him in disciplic succession.
 gäyatré vä idaà sarvaà bhütaà yad idaà kià
ca: gäyatré is all this, whatever being
exists. (Chändogya Upanisad 3.12.1)
CCP:-

 brihat sama is the special song in the sama

veda.
 Gayatri is one of the chhanda.
 Margashish- (November –December) season to
get the yield from the fields.
 Kusumakar that which forms the flowers,
spring.
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VERSE 10.36:-

 Krishna’s greatness is all sided he is great

in the good and also in the bad.
CCP:-

 Gambling is the thing in which one voluntary

get cheated, anyone who gambles will get
cheated.
 Charisma of a person is Krishna.
 Trying to share Krishna consciousness Is
supreme and meaningful adventure.
VERSE 10.37:-

 It is to be understood that the Väsudeva

referred to in this verse of Bhagavad-gétä
is Baladeva, or Balaräma, because He is the
original source of all incarnations and thus
He is the sole source of Väsudeva.

CCP:-

 Here Väsudeva refers to the balaram not the

lord, as both of them can be called as the
Väsudeva.
 Although Krishna is saying among the
pandavas I’m Arjuna is not thinking that you
and I are one.
 Although shukracharya knows abouth the lord
he does the mistake due to the attachments.
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VERSE 10.38:-

 Among the confidential activities of

hearing, thinking and meditating, silence is
most important because by silence one can
make progress very quickly.
 silence is better than hearing and
deliberation because it is not separated
from the final goal of realization as the
other items are. [Note: First comes hearing,
then contemplation, then meditation, and
then realization of God. Meditation is next
to the realization.]
CCP:-

 Damayatam is bringing the people to the

right path.
 Danda is the forceful way to make the point
when it cannot be made by other means.
 Three nitis 1) Brihaspati niti –choose good
means and the good end 2) shukra niti – as
long as the end is good use any means to get
them. 3) Kanik niti- only concerned with the
self interest not caring for the means and
the ends.
 Sometimes shukra niti is also required.
 But the use of shukra niti is in the
emergency not to be used in the regular use.
 Best way to keep secret is keeping silence.
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LINK; - Krishna giving the conclusion of the
section.
VERSE 10.39:-

 Everything has a cause, and that cause or

seed of manifestation is Kåñëa.
 Whatever existence is not founded on the
energy of Kåñëa is called mäyä, "that which
is not."
CCP:-

 Krishna is reiterating that he is the source

of everything.
 One should see Krishna connected with
everything not just the vibhutis.
VERSE 10.40:-
CCP:-

 Cultural can be specific but the spiritual

is universal.
 Purpose of the example is to make the
unfamiliar familiar.
 When spiritual is reduced down to the
material then it is offensive.
 Karmi way is to enjoy, jnana way is to deny
but the bhakti way is to see the connection
with the Krishna.
 Bhakti should not be just limited to the
primary activities but it can be expanded.
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 We should not enjoy in the mundane topic but
should not deny we should try to see the
connection.
 We don’t want to get attracted to the
specific thing but we want to connect with
the Krishna.
 Process of bhakti yoga is not the rejection
but the connection.
LINK: - Krishna reveals that everything is the
part of his splendor.
VERSE 10.41:-
CCP:-

 Srimad means beautiful.

 Srimad bhagavatam beautiful reciprocation of
the lord with the devotees.
 Instead of being just attracted to the part
we should direct that attraction to the
whole otherwise attraction to the part can
increase our longing.
VERSE 10.41:-

 Everything in this universe is Kåñëa alone,

and He is thus worthy of service. By
intelligence given by that realization, one
should taste His sweetness. This has been
explained in this chapter
 Çréla Baladeva Vidyäbhüñaëa, a great äcärya
in disciplic succession from Kåñëa,
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concludes his commentary on this chapter by
saying,
yac-chakti-leçät suryädyä
bhavanty aty-ugra-tejasaù
yad-aàçena dhåtaà viçvaà
sa kåñëo daçame 'rcyate

 From Lord Kåñëa's potent energy even the

powerful sun gets its power, and by Kåñëa's
partial expansion the whole world is
maintained. Therefore Lord Çré Kåñëa is
worshipable.
CCP:-

 Maha Vishnu is the supersoul of the entire

creation.
 Ksirodaksyai Vishnu is the supersoul in the
heart of the all living entities.
 Krishna is the Avatari and the Krishna as
the avatar.
 Avatari – eternal, in the spiritual world,
source of all the incarnations, through him
the Vishnu manifests in the chain.
 Vishnu is not the source but the root of the
incarnations.
 Krishna has the rupa, lila,venu and bahkta
madhuri.these opulences are the unique of
the Krishna.
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