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TEXT 34 man-mana bhava mad-bhakto
SYNONYMS  mat-manah--always
thinking of Me; bhava--become; mat--My; bhaktah--devotee;
mat--My; yaji--worshiper; mam--unto Me; namaskuru--offer
obeisances; mam--unto Me; eva--completely; esyasi--come;
yuktva evam--being absorbed; atmanam--your soul; mat-parayanah--devoted
to Me.
TRANSLATION Engage your
mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely
absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.
PURPORT In this verse
it is clearly indicated that Krsna consciousness is the only means of being
delivered from the clutches of this contaminated material world. Sometimes
unscrupulous commentators distort the meaning of what is clearly stated
here: that all devotional service should be offered to the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, Krsna. Unfortunately, unscrupulous commentators divert the
mind of the reader to that which is not at all feasible. Such commentators
do not know that there is no difference between Krsna's mind and Krsna.
Krsna is not an ordinary human being; He is Absolute Truth. His body, mind
and He Himself are one and absolute. It is stated in the Kurma Purana,
as it is quoted by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami in his Anubhasya
comments on the Caitanya-caritamrta (Fifth Chapter, Adi-lila,
verses 41-48), "deha-dehi-vibhedo 'yam nesvare vidyate kvacit" This
means that there is no difference in Krsna, the Supreme Lord, between Himself
and His body. But, because they do not know this science of Krsna, the
commentators hide Krsna and divide His personality from His mind or from
His body. Although this is sheer ignorance of the science of Krsna, some
men make profit out of misleading the people.
There are
some who are demonic; they also think of Krsna, but enviously, just like
King Kamsa, Krsna's uncle. He was also thinking of Krsna always, but he
thought of Krsna as his enemy. He was always in anxiety, wondering when
Krsna would come to kill him. That kind of thinking will not help us. One
should be thinking of Krsna in devotional love. That is bhakti.
One should cultivate the knowledge of Krsna continually. What is that favorable
cultivation? It is to learn from a bona fide teacher. Krsna is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, and we have several times explained that His body
is not material, but is eternal, blissful knowledge. This kind of talk
about Krsna will help one become a devotee. Otherwise, understanding Krsna
from the wrong source will prove fruitless.
One should
therefore engage his mind in the eternal form, the primal form of Krsna;
with conviction in his heart that Krsna is the Supreme, he should engage
himself in worship. There are hundreds of thousands of temples in India
for the worship of Krsna, and devotional service is practiced there. When
such practice is made, one has to offer obeisances to Krsna. One should
lower his head before the Deity and engage his mind, his body, his activities--everything.
That will make one fully absorbed in Krsna without deviation. This will
help one transfer into the Krsnaloka. One should not be deviated by unscrupulous
commentators. One must engage in the nine different processes of devotional
service, beginning with hearing and chanting about Krsna. Pure devotional
service is the highest achievement of human society.
In the Seventh
and Eighth chapters of Bhagavad-gita, pure devotional service to
the Lord has been explained, apart from the yoga of knowledge and
mystic yoga or fruitive activities. Those who are not purely sanctified
may be attracted by different features of the Lord, like the impersonal
brahmajyoti and localized Paramatma, but a pure devotee directly
takes to the service of the Supreme Lord.
There is
a beautiful poem about Krsna in which it is clearly stated that any person
who is engaged in the worship of demigods is most unintelligent and cannot
achieve at any time the supreme award of Krsna. The devotee, in the beginning,
may sometimes fall from the standard, but still he should be considered
superior to all other philosophers and yogis. One who always engages
in Krsna consciousness should be understood to be the perfect saintly person.
His accidental nondevotional activities will diminish, and he will soon
be situated without any doubt in complete perfection. The pure devotee
has no actual chance to fall down because the Supreme Godhead personally
takes care of His pure devotees. Therefore, the intelligent person should
take directly to this process of Krsna consciousness and happily live in
this material world. He will eventually receive the supreme award of Krsna.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the Ninth Chapter of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita in the matter of the Most Confidential Knowledge.
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