Gita 18.73 – Persistence on our part attracts Krishna’s mercy, unleashing the magic of the holy name
Transcript
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Prasada is my heart chitta.
This is 18.73 in the Bhagavad Gita, that Krishna is responding to Krishna’s message by declaring four different things. First line is, my illusion is gone, my memory has been restored. This implies that actually illusion itself is the cause of loss of memory.
And the restoration of memory implies the end of illusion. We are suffering from the diseases of forgetfulness, like amnesia are diseases. And in the spell of the amnesia we have illusions.
So, the more our illusions go away, the more our memory returns. The more we regain our memory, the more our illusions further decrease. That’s why the whole process of bhakti, remember Krishna, remember Krishna, remember Krishna is talked about so frequently in the Puranas.
It is the essence of all rules. That remembrance is like a steward of therapy, to cure the soul of diseases of forgetfulness. Prasada is my heart chitta.
It is by your mercy, oh lord, he is always infallible. Krishna is acknowledging that the cure of the amnesia, it happens automatically. It happens by Krishna’s nashto moha sruti labdha.
Prasada is my heart chitta. It is your mercy, I am very long, I am confident that the mercy that you gave me, through the mercy you give to others also, surrender to it. Because you are a chitta, you never say in keeping your promise to your devotees, you never fall away from that condition of being the protector of your devotees.
Then, chitta vasya prikrityasam deha. Normally, illusion takes us away from our position. I may be the Prime Minister of a country, President of a country, but when I am watching a movie, I may so much identify with the beggar boy, the beggar boy is being shown in the movie.
And I may identify so much with him that I forget completely who I am. So, I am no longer situated in my true identity, but by hearing Gita wisdom, we can come to the level of, we are situated in our true identity, And then, gaccha sandeha. Sandeha is doubt.
May you Arjuna become free from doubt. So, Arjuna is also telling Krishna, I have put aside my doubts, my doubts are gone away now. And Krishna, I will do your will.
This is a very good verse for remembering the purpose of chanting. It surely will be important. It may just happen occasionally that some verses may or may not inspire us.
And sometimes, even some of our chanting mantras may also not inspire us. But if we persevere and gradually, day after day, we will be able to relish the holy name constantly, eternally. Thank you.