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We should read Bhagavad-gītā as it is and understand the philosophy as Arjuna understood it. Arjuna was a friend of Kṛṣṇa’s. In the eleventh chapter, after having seen the universal form, Arjuna tells Kṛṣṇa: “I have in the past

Arjuna, on the other hand, took Kṛṣṇa as his most intimate friend. Arjuna was not a Vedāntist but a fighter, a warrior. People may say, “Oh, Arjuna was not a Vedāntist, nor even a brāhmaṇa or a sannyāsī. Nonetheless, in Bhagavad-gītā (4.3), Kṛṣṇa says that Arjuna is His very dear friend and devotee: bhakto

The activities of Kṛṣṇa are not ordinary but divine. We need only understand the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa with the gopīs. These pastimes are not ordinary. gopīs is different. Because people cannot understand Kṛṣṇa, when they hear about Kṛṣṇa’s dancing with the gopīs, they take We should not immediately try to understand Kṛṣṇa’s dealings with the gopīs, for they are very confidential

Arjuna is personally teaching us by accepting Kṛṣṇa as his guru. The lessons given by Śrī Kṛṣṇa are not simply meant for Arjuna but for everyone.

In this way Kṛṣṇa essentially told Arjuna that he was fool number one for lamenting for those things Arjuna was lamenting for the body, thinking that it was horrible that his relatives would be killed in

Arjuna understood that although Kṛṣṇa was his friend, He was the Supreme Personality of Godhead and therefore

When Arjuna submitted to Kṛṣṇa, he said, “My dear Kṛṣṇa, now I no longer care to talk to You as a friend Arjuna teaches us submission by giving up his friendly relationship with Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality

Devahūti understands this and is thus submitting to her son just as Arjuna submitted to Śrī Kṛṣṇa on

Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna that such a person is very dear to Him.

We can experience ānanda perfectly in the association of Kṛṣṇa. We can associate with Kṛṣṇa as a servant, a friend, a father, a mother or a conjugal lover. These are perverted reflections of the relationship with Kṛṣṇa found in the spiritual world.

There should be no motive in serving Kṛṣṇa, but even if there is a motive, service rendered unto Kṛṣṇa Even if one approaches Kṛṣṇa with some ulterior motive, one is considered pious. For instance, Dhruva Mahārāja initially worshiped Kṛṣṇa with a motive, but after attaining perfection When he actually saw Kṛṣṇa, he said, “I do not want anything from You. to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, our lives will be successful.

In order to understand these things, we have to approach a guru, just as Arjuna approached Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

As soon as Kṛṣṇa became Arjuna’s guru, Kṛṣṇa immediately chastised him. Śrī Kṛṣṇa told him:

If Kṛṣṇa sees that someone is sincerely chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, He will help. Kṛṣṇa helps a sincere devotee internally and externally. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu says: guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja. “By the grace of Kṛṣṇa, one gets a bona fide guru, and by the grace of the guru, one gets Kṛṣṇa.” That is the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa told Arjuna in very gentlemanly language that he was not a learned man.

Kṛṣṇa is very fond of tending surabhi cows, but the Māyāvādīs cannot understand this. They say, “What is this Kṛṣṇa?” Even Lord Brahmā was bewildered. He said, “How is it that this Kṛṣṇa, this boy of Vṛndāvana, is being worshiped? Therefore if we do not wish to be bewildered we have to understand Kṛṣṇa in truth from Kṛṣṇa Himself

She wants to understand Kṛṣṇa perfectly, by the grace of Kapiladeva. It is very important to receive the causeless mercy of Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master. By Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, we receive a spiritual master, and by the spiritual master’s mercy, we receive Kṛṣṇa

Kṛṣṇa’s representative does not say, “I have become Kṛṣṇa.” Kṛṣṇa’s representative is one who canvasses for Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says, “Give up everything and surrender unto Me.” Kṛṣṇa’s representative says, “Give up everything and simply surrender unto Kṛṣṇa.” Anyone can become Kṛṣṇa’s representative.

The Gosvāmīs never said, “We have seen Kṛṣṇa.” We should awaken our lost Kṛṣṇa consciousness in this way and become mad after Kṛṣṇa in our separation This is called kṛṣṇa-prema, and this love was distributed by Caitanya Mahāprabhu. We should not try to understand Kṛṣṇa by our small knowledge. Since we are imperfect, how can we speculate on Kṛṣṇa?

Without Kṛṣṇa, one should see everything as vacant. They worshiped Kṛṣṇa in separation and sought Kṛṣṇa everywhere.