BG [2.47] Lecture | HG Tattvavit Prabhu

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1. Hasti Gopala dasa says:

   27. March 2023 at 4:32 pm

   Arjuna was therefore advised by the Lord to fight as a matter of duty without attachment to the result. His nonparticipation in the battle is another side of attachment. Such attachment never leads one to the path of salvation. Any attachment, positive or negative, is cause for bondage. Inaction is sinful. Therefore, fighting as a matter of duty was the only auspicious path of salvation for Arjuna.

   The position of leaders is represented by Arjuna. Arjuna is who we are supposed to be, to act as sincere as possible. Arjuna fought to clear the planet of the demonic force that would have totally enslaved humankind.
   He wanted to leave the field of battlefield at one point but did not. Those in apparent Prabhupadanugas leadership positions who do not actively teach this great classic are themselves sitting on the sidelines just as Arjuna had wanted to do. ” His nonparticipation in the battle is another side of attachment.”

   It is fear that keeps any potential leadership from this new Battle Of Kurukshetra.
   Without electrical power for web sites or even phone connections what would they do? Blame the lack of power I suspect.

   Chapter 2: Contents of the Gita Summarized
   TEXT 48
   yoga-sthah kuru karmani
   sangam tyaktva dhananjaya
   siddhy-asiddhyoh samo bhutva
   samatvam yoga ucyate

   SYNONYMS
   yoga-sthah—steadfast in yoga; kuru—perform; karmani—your duty; sangam—attachment; tyaktva—having abandoned; dhananjaya—O Dhananjaya; siddhi-asiddhyoh—in success and failure; samah—the same; bhutva—having become; samatvam—evenness of mind; yogah-yoga; ucyate—is called.

   TRANSLATION
   Be steadfast in yoga, O Arjuna. Perform your duty and abandon all attachment to success or failure. Such evenness of mind is called yoga.

   PURPORT
   Krsna tells Arjuna that he should act in yoga. And what is that yoga? Yoga means to concentrate the mind upon the Supreme by controlling the ever-disturbing senses. And who is the Supreme? The Supreme is the Lord. And because He Himself is telling Arjuna to fight, Arjuna has nothing to do with the results of the fight. Gain or victory are Krsna’s concern; Arjuna is simply advised to act according to the dictation of Krsna. The following of Krsna’s dictation is real yoga, and this is practiced in the process called Krsna consciousness. By Krsna consciousness only can one give up the sense of proprietorship. One has to become the servant of Krsna, or the servant of the servant of Krsna. That is the right way to discharge duty in Krsna consciousness, which alone can help one to act in yoga.
   Arjuna is a ksatriya, and as such he is participating in the varnasrama-dharma institution. It is said in the Visnu Purana that in the varnasrama-dharma, the whole aim is to satisfy Visnu. No one should satisfy himself, as is the rule in the material world, but one should satisfy Krsna. So, unless one satisfies Krsna, one cannot correctly observe the principles of varnasrama-dharma. Indirectly, Arjuna was advised to act as Krsna told him.

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