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In Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa speaks to Arjuna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as such it is to be Bhagavad-gītā was imparted to the sun-god and to Arjuna by Kṛṣṇa, but nowhere is it mentioned that Bhagavad-gītā Being that Kṛṣṇa knows everything, Arjuna is putting this question to Him about the fate of the unsuccessful There is no possibility for Arjuna to research the truth. If Arjuna receives this complete knowledge and we receive it from Arjuna as it was spoken to him, then

(Bg. 6.39) Arjuna is asking this question about the fate of the unsuccessful yogī so that in the future By a yogī, Arjuna is referring to the haṭha-yogī, jñāna-yogī and bhakti-yogī; it is not that meditation Arjuna is questioning for all those who are attempting to become successful transcendentalists.

Thus the subject in the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā is quickly dropped by Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. Arjuna next asks,

Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna,

Elsewhere in the Gītā, Śrī Kṛṣṇa points out to Arjuna that out of many men, few strive for perfection So Arjuna is inquiring after the vast number of failures. Even if a man has faith and strives for perfection in the yoga system, Arjuna points out that he may

Actually Arjuna is asking a very appropriate and intelligent question. But Śrī Kṛṣṇa gives an encouraging answer, for He tells Arjuna that even if one sincerely cultivates

“O mighty-armed Kṛṣṇa,” Arjuna continues, “does not such a man, being deviated from the path of Transcendence

Kṛṣṇa simply wants to see that we are sincere. duty and somehow – either out of sentiment or association or craziness or whatever – takes shelter of Kṛṣṇa But a person who has approached Kṛṣṇa is better situated, even though he may fall down from the yogic

Now Kṛṣṇa has given me another opportunity, so let me finish it up in this life.” in this material world, where birth, old age, disease and death are omnipresent, but will return to Kṛṣṇa One who takes shelter under the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa sees this material world simply as a place of danger Once one has approached Kṛṣṇa and has attempted to make spiritual progress, Kṛṣṇa, who is situated within In the Gītā, Śrī Kṛṣṇa says that for one who wants to remember Him, He gives remembrance, and for one

Anyone who takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness seriously is not an ordinary person; he must have taken to the

Kṛṣṇa informs us that such failures should not be cause for despair. Kṛṣṇa very clearly states that even if there is failure, there is no loss either in this world or in

of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living entities, is born into a family of righteous people, or Or he takes his birth in a family of transcendentalists who are surely great in wisdom. (Bg. 6.41–42) There are many planets in the universe, and on the higher planets there are greater comforts , the duration of life is longer, and the inhabitants are more religious and godly. When the fruits or the results of one’s pious activities expire, he has to return to earth.

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

Śrī Kṛṣṇa specifically explains,

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

regard, there is the story of Viśvāmitra Muni, a great king, a kṣatriya, who renounced his kingdom and Viśvāmitra Muni meditated so intently that Indra, the King of heaven, noticed him and thought, “This Menakā was naturally very beautiful, and she was intent on disrupting the muni’s meditations. looked up from his meditation, saw her, and became captivated by her beauty. He was about to flee when Menakā brought his beautiful daughter before him and chastised him.

“On taking such a birth, he again revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he tries

one enacts a very small amount on the spiritual platform, he takes that with him to his next life, and