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This Bhagavad-gītā is the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and in order to understand Kṛṣṇa, we must be fortunate enough to associate with a person who is in pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness. There are many Ph.D.’s, many scholars, who cannot understand Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa appears in the material world.

In conclusion, the person who works in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the perfect yogi, because his mind is always absorbed in Kṛṣṇa’s activities. Sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥ. can overcome the path of birth and death only by understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa

Rejoicing in the Self means rejoicing with Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is the Supersoul, or the Superself. Enjoyment means two: Kṛṣṇa, who is the Supersoul, and the individual soul.

kṛṣṇa bhuli’ sei jīva-anādi-bahirmukha ataeva māyā tāre deya saṁsāra-duḥkha

We should be careful not to make the mistake of thinking that everyone is Kṛṣṇa; rather, we should see Kṛṣṇa in everyone. Kṛṣṇa is all-pervading. Why is He to be seen only in human beings? This is possible because the true yogi knows that everything that we see is Kṛṣṇa. How is this carpet Kṛṣṇa? It is Kṛṣṇa because it is made of Kṛṣṇa’s energy.

Since Kṛṣṇa is speaking, the “Me” refers to Kṛṣṇa. We must therefore clearly understand that, since Bhagavad-gītā is being spoken by Śrī Kṛṣṇa, when He says “unto Me,” He means unto Kṛṣṇa.

cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyor iva suduṣkaram

yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa

literatures of devotional service and has attained the stage of firm faith is called a first-class person in Kṛṣṇa , or service to Kṛṣṇa, is the best course and so in good faith have taken it up. The third-class person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness may fall down, but when one is in the second class or first that devotional service to Kṛṣṇa is very good, he has no knowledge of Kṛṣṇa through the scriptures like Faith in Kṛṣṇa is also divided into three stages and described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Some people say that all beings are Kṛṣṇa and that therefore there is no point in worshiping Kṛṣṇa separately They say, “Why should Kṛṣṇa be worshiped? Kṛṣṇa says that one should see Kṛṣṇa in every being.

Thus the devotee sees Kṛṣṇa in everything. He is not under the illusion that everything has become Kṛṣṇa. If I see every living being as the son of Kṛṣṇa, I see Kṛṣṇa in every being.

As stated before, a Kṛṣṇa conscious person does not sit down idly. He knows that Kṛṣṇa consciousness is such an important philosophy that it should be distributed. Therefore the members of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness society are not just sitting in the temple but are That is the mission of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His disciples.

arjuna uvāca ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāc calita-mānasaḥ aprāpya yoga-saṁsiddhiṁ kāṁ gatiṁ kṛṣṇa gacchati

etan me saṁśayaṁ kṛṣṇa chettum arhasy aśeṣataḥ tvad-anyaḥ saṁśayasyāsya chettā na hy upapadyate

But in this verse, Śrī Kṛṣṇa gives the solution: mām upetya punar janma nāpnuvanti. However, if we engage in Kṛṣṇa consciousness twenty-four hours a day without deviation, we will go to Kṛṣṇa and not be reborn in this miserable world. Mahātmānaḥ saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ: those great souls who have attained the highest perfection, Kṛṣṇa In this verse, the word mahātmā refers to a Kṛṣṇa conscious man eligible to enter the abode of Kṛṣṇa.

When Kṛṣṇa says that the mahātmā enters His abode, He is referring to His transcendental kingdom, Goloka Just as Kṛṣṇa descended on this earth through His own internal potency, similarly His dhāma, His abode In other words, when Kṛṣṇa descends on this earth, He manifests Himself in that particular land, Vṛndāvana Apart from this, Kṛṣṇa has His own abode in the spiritual sky, and this is called Goloka Vṛndāvana.

We have more or less seen Kṛṣṇa as the viśva-rūpa during wartime in Calcutta in 1942. we were seeing that viśva-rūpa, and I was thinking, “Of course, this is also just another form of Kṛṣṇa A devotee wants to love Kṛṣṇa in His original form, and this viśva-rūpa is not His original form. Being omnipotent, Kṛṣṇa can appear in any form, but His lovable form is that of Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara. Naturally, the child loves his father when he’s at home like a father, and similarly we love Kṛṣṇa as

(Brahma-saṁhitā 5.44) Thus when we pray to Kṛṣṇa, we pray to Durgā immediately, because Durgā is His And when we pray to Durgā, we are actually praying to Kṛṣṇa, because she is working under the direction of Kṛṣṇa. When the devotee sees the activities of Māyā, he sees Kṛṣṇa immediately, thinking, “Oh, Māyā is acting so nicely under the direction of Kṛṣṇa.”

According to Kṛṣṇa in the ninth chapter of Bhagavad-gītā (9.2), this process is the most sublime.

ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ