TEXT 20

Devanagari

इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रमिदमुक्तं मयानघ ।
एतद्‍बुद्ध्वा बुद्धिमान्स्यात्कृतकृत्यश्च भारत ॥ २० ॥

Text

Tekst

iti guhya-tamaṁ śāstram
idam uktaṁ mayānagha
etad buddhvā buddhimān syāt
kṛta-kṛtyaś ca bhārata

Synonyms

iti — thus; guhya-tamam — the most confidential; śāstram — revealed scripture; idam — this; uktam — disclosed; mayā — by Me; anagha — O sinless one; etat — this; buddhvā — understanding; buddhi-mān — intelligent; syāt — one becomes; kṛta-kṛtyaḥ — the most perfect in his endeavors; ca — and; bhārata — O son of Bharata.

iti — således; guhya-tamam — det mest fortrolige; śāstram — åbenbarede skrift; idam — dette; uktam — er blevet afsløret; mayā — af Mig; anagha — O du syndfrie; etat — dette; buddhvā — efter at have forstået; buddhi- mān — intelligent; syāt — man bliver; kṛta-kṛtyaḥ — den mest perfekte i sine bestræbelser; ca — og; bhārata — O Bharatas efterkommer.

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.

O du syndfrie, dette er den mest fortrolige del af de vediske skrifter, og den er nu blevet afsløret af Mig. Den, der forstår dette, bliver vis og opnår fuldkommenhed i sine bestræbelser.

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; devotional service takes place within 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.

FORKLARING: Her forklarer Herren klart, at dette er alle de åbenbarede skrifters essens, som man skal forstå, som den bliver givet af Guddommens Højeste Personlighed. På den måde vil man blive intelligent og perfekt i transcendental kundskab. Med andre ord kan alle blive befriet for enhver besmittelse fra den materielle naturs kvaliteter ved at forstå denne filosofi om Guddommens Højeste Personlighed og engagere sig i Hans transcendentale tjeneste. Hengiven tjeneste er en åndelig forståelsesproces. Hvor som helst der forekommer hengiven tjeneste, kan der ikke samtidigt eksistere materiel besmittelse. Hengiven tjeneste til Herren og Herren selv er én og samme ting, for de er begge åndelige. Hengiven tjeneste finder sted i den Højeste Herres indre energi. Herren sammenlignes med Solen og uvidenhed med mørke. Der, hvor Solen er, kan der ikke være mørke. Hvor der forekommer hengiven tjeneste under den rette vejledning af en ægte åndelig mester, kan der derfor ikke være nogen form for uvidenhed.

Everyone must take to this consciousness of Kṛṣṇa and engage in devotional service to become intelligent and purified. Unless one comes to this position of understanding Kṛṣṇa and engages in devotional service, however intelligent he may be in the estimation of some common man, he is not perfectly intelligent.

Alle bør tage denne bevidsthed om Kṛṣṇa til sig og engagere sig i hengiven tjeneste for at blive intelligente og rene. Ligegyldigt hvor intelligent man anses for at være af folk flest, er man ikke fuldkommen intelligent, medmindre man kommer dertil, hvor man forstår Kṛṣṇa og engagerer sig i hengiven tjeneste.

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 Kṛṣṇa. 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.

At Arjuna bliver tiltalt med ordet anagha, er betydningsfuldt. Anagha eller “O du syndfrie” betyder, at medmindre man er fri for alle syndige reaktioner, er det meget svært at forstå Kṛṣṇa. Man er nødt til at blive fri for enhver forurening, enhver form for syndig handling. Da kan man forstå. Hengiven tjeneste er imidlertid så ren og kraftfuld, at så snart man er engageret i hengiven tjeneste, kommer man automatisk til det syndefrie stadie.

While one is performing devotional service in the association of pure devotees in full Kṛṣṇa 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 to lord 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. In this chapter the first five verses describe the process of freeing oneself from these weaknesses of heart, and the rest of the chapter, from the sixth verse through the end, discusses puruṣottama-yoga.

Når man udfører hengiven tjeneste i selskab med rene hengivne i fuld Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed, er der visse ting, der helt og holdent må overvindes. Den vigtigste at få bugt med er hjertets svaghed. Det første fald skyldes ønsket om at herske over den materielle natur, hvorved man opgiver den Højeste Herres transcendentale kærlighedstjeneste. Hjertets anden svaghed er, at i takt med, at ens tilbøjelighed til at herske over den materielle natur tiltager, bliver man knyttet til materie og besiddelse af materie. Den materielle tilværelses problemer skyldes disse svagheder i hjertet. I dette kapitels første fem vers bliver det forklaret, hvordan man befrier sig selv for disse svagheder, og resten af kapitlet fra vers 6 til slut diskuterer puruṣottama-yoga.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the Fifteenth Chapter of the Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā in the matter of Puruṣottama-yoga, the Yoga of the Supreme Person.

Således ender Bhaktivedanta-forklaringerne til Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītās 15. kapitel, Puruṣottama-yoga, den Højeste Persons yoga.