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TEXT 20 iti guhyatamam sastram
SYNONYMS  iti--thus;
guhya-tamam--the most confidential; sastram--revealed scripture;
idam--this; uktam--disclosed; maya--by Me; anagha--O
sinless one; etat--this; buddhva--understanding; buddhi-man--intelligent;
syat--one becomes; krta-krtyah--the most perfect; ca--and;
bharata--O son of Bharata.
TRANSLATION This is the
most confidential part of the Vedic scriptures, O sinless one, and it is
disclosed now by Me. Whoever understands this will become wise, and his
endeavors will know perfection.
PURPORT The Lord clearly
explains here that this is the substance of all revealed scriptures. And
one should understand this as it is given by the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. Thus one will become intelligent and perfect in transcendental
knowledge. In other words, by understanding this philosophy of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead and engaging in His transcendental service, everyone
can become freed from all contaminations of the modes of material nature.
Devotional service is a process of spiritual understanding. Wherever devotional
service exists, the material contamination cannot coexist. Devotional service
to the Lord and the Lord Himself are one and the same because they are
spiritual--the internal energy of the Supreme Lord. The Lord is said to
be the sun, and ignorance is called darkness. Where the sun is present,
there is no question of darkness. Therefore, whenever devotional service
is present under the proper guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, there
is no question of ignorance.
Everyone
must take to this consciousness of Krsna and engage in devotional service
to become intelligent and purified. Unless one comes to this position of
understanding Krsna and engages in devotional service, however intelligent
he may be in the estimation of some common man, he is not perfectly intelligent.
The word
anagha, by which Arjuna is addressed, is significant. Anagha,
"O sinless one," means that unless one is free from all sinful reactions,
it is very difficult to understand Krsna. One has to become free from all
contamination, all sinful activities; then he can understand. But devotional
service is so pure and potent that once one is engaged in devotional service
he automatically comes to the stage of sinlessness.
While performing
devotional service in the association of pure devotees in full Krsna consciousness,
there are certain things which require to be vanquished altogether. The
most important thing one has to surmount is weakness of the heart. The
first falldown is caused by the desire to lord it over material nature.
Thus one gives up the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Lord.
The second weakness of the heart is that as one increases the propensity
of lording it over material nature, he becomes attached to matter and the
possession of matter. The problems of material existence are due to these
weaknesses of the heart.
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