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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees …

gītaṁ bhagavatā jñānaṁ yat tat saṅgrāma-mūrdhani kāla-karma-tamo-ruddhaṁ punar adhyagamat prabhuḥ

[SB 1.15.30]

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Prabhupāda: That's all.

Pradyumna: gītam---instructed; bhagavatā---by the Personality of Godhead; jñānam---transcendental knowledge; yat---which; tat---that; saṅgrāma-mūrdhani---in the midst of battle; kāla-karma---time and actions; tamaḥ-ruddham---enwrapped …

[02:52]

Translation = "Because of the Lord's pastimes and activities and because of His absence, it appeared that Arjuna forgot the …

Prabhupāda: Hmm. So, here it is explained what is Bhagavad-gītā. Gītaṁ bhagavatā. Bhagavatā means "by the Supreme Personality of Godhead," …

Now Arjuna said that this science was spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If we read Bhagavad-gītā, then we …

So if you want to understand Bhagavad-gītā, then we must understand in the same way as the person who directly …

Yaśomatīnandana: Caitanya-caritāmṛta kahe.

Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa-dāsa.

rūpa-raghunātha-pade yāra āśa caitanya-caritāmṛta kahe kṛṣṇa-dāsa

[Cc. Ādi 1.110]

This is the process. He does not say that "I have understood Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu directly." No. That is not …

rūpa-raghunātha-pade yāra āśa caitanya-caritāmṛta kahe kṛṣṇa-dāsa

[Cc. Ādi 1.110]

"I am that Kṛṣṇa dāsa Kavirāja who is always under the subordination of the Gosvāmīs." This is paramparā system.

Similarly, Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura also says, ei chay gosāi jār tār mui dās [Nāma-saṅkīrtana 6] = "I am servant of …