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TEXT 33 tasmat tvam uttistha yaso labhasva
SYNONYMS  tasmat--therefore;
tvam--you; uttistha--get up; yasah--fame; labhasva--gain;
jitva--conquering; satrun--enemies; bhunksva--enjoy;
rajyam--kingdom; samrddham--flourishing; maya--by
Me; eva--certainly; ete--all these; nihatah--already
killed; purvam eva--by previous arrangement; nimitta-matram--just
the cause; bhava--become; savya-sacin--O Savyasaci.
TRANSLATION Therefore
get up and prepare to fight. After conquering your enemies you will enjoy
a flourishing kingdom. They are already put to death by My arrangement,
and you, O Savyasaci, can be but an instrument in the fight.
PURPORT Savyasacin
refers to one who can shoot arrows very expertly in the field; thus Arjuna
is addressed as an expert warrior capable of delivering arrows to kill
his enemies. "Just become an instrument": nimitta-matram. This word
is also very significant. The whole world is moving according to the plan
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Foolish persons who do not have
sufficient knowledge think that nature is moving without a plan and all
manifestations are but accidental formations. There are many so-called
scientists who suggest that perhaps it was like this, or maybe like that,
but there is no question of "perhaps" and "maybe." There is a specific
plan being carried out in this material world. What is this plan? This
cosmic manifestation is a chance for the conditioned souls to go back to
Godhead, back to home. As long as they have the domineering mentality which
makes them try to lord it over material nature, they are conditioned. But
anyone who can understand the plan of the Supreme Lord and cultivate Krsna
consciousness is most intelligent. The creation and destruction of the
cosmic manifestation are under the superior guidance of God. Thus the Battle
of Kuruksetra was fought according to the plan of God. Arjuna was refusing
to fight, but he was told that he should fight and at the same time desire
the Supreme Lord. Then he would be happy. If one is in full Krsna consciousness
and if his life is devoted to His transcendental service, he is perfect.
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