Hindi – Chapter 09 Bhagavad Gita And Decision Making Bhagavad Gita Overview – Chaitanya Charan

This is an AI-generated transcript and may contain some errors. Jai Gaura Prima. So, in the 7th chapter, we saw, how God is saying, that you, your mind, attract me. Mind, attach to me. Mayi asakta manaha. So, in the centre of that, we saw, the point is increasing. And then, to attach the mind, what is necessary? Remember me. Aap mera smaran karo. Now, the feeling of remembering, that is emphasised, in the 8th chapter. So, now, in the 9th chapter, what is there? Become, my devotee. Man manabhava mad bhakto. Na keval smaran karo. Because, as we saw yesterday, in the summary, that the knower and the meditator, also remember God. But, their aim, is to be immersed in Brahma. Devotion is a medium for them. It is not their aim. So, the greatness of devotion, especially, that is emphasised in this, in the 9th chapter. In the 10th chapter, what is there? Devotion, especially, devotion is, devotional remembrance, in the material world. That, when we are in the material world, there, how can we remember God? That is described, in the 10th chapter, in the 11th chapter, through Vibhuti Yoga. Then, in the 11th chapter, especially, that is the darshan of Vishwaroop. But, in that, God is telling, that how, when we, in a way, when we work in this world, then there are two things, when we function in this world, then our, knowledge, senses, which are there, they remain active. And, our sense of action also remains. So, how do we have to see God? And, how do we have to participate in God’s plan? So, our sense of action, according to our sense of action, we work. So, in this, in the 11th chapter, through the darshan of Viratroop, God is telling, see, God’s plan. See God’s plan. I think, my plan was not good here, to write everything. Okay, let’s see. The 12th chapter will be here. See, God’s plan, even, in the world’s destruction. That when, everything is going well, then God’s plan, we can understand like this. But, when destruction is happening, destruction is happening, then how to see God’s plan? How to see God’s plan? That, not only we have to see God’s plan, in God’s plan, what is our role? We have to see that also. Nimittamatram Bhavasauvyasaachi Its description comes in the 11th chapter. And then, what comes in the 12th chapter, that, we, when, how, in this world, we work, acting, in devotion, in the material world. When, along with bhakti, in this material world, we have to work, then how to work? In this, God says, there are different levels. If you can’t do this, then do this. If you can’t concentrate, then, do service. If you can’t do service, then do some work, with passion. And, especially, he says, how, you have to keep, good qualities, in this world. We, susukham kartum avyayam We will get, eternal bliss, till eternity. Because, God is eternal, we are eternal. If we establish, relationships, then, that fruit, will also be eternal. And, if we don’t do this, then what will happen? Ashraddha dhana purusha dharma syasya parantapa aprapya mam nivartante mrutyu samsara vartmani Right now, here, God is telling, about faith. But, faith, can also have, different levels. Right now, someone says, faith. We talk about, faith. So, faith, can have, different levels. That, first of all, God’s existence. That, God’s existence, can be, faith. Many people, don’t have faith in that. But, God, that faith, after that, God’s, relevance. Okay, God is there, what difference does it make to me? He is there, I am here. Live and let live. You live there, I live here. So, of God, in my life? What is the importance, This, until someone, doesn’t understand this, there is no need, to have a relationship, Like, what happens? There is a government, right now, In Nashik, there is an MP, MLA, there is a government. If the government is doing its work, I am doing my work. So, what is the relationship, between me and the government? Right now, the government, is giving us facilities. The government, can make some rules. That, is relevance. But, here, a new child, has been born. 6 month old child, 3 year old child. The government, won’t understand him. So, we have to evolve, to understand. That, God’s existence, is my existence. But, it has a relationship, There is relevance. But, after that, there is faith. God’s benevolence. Meaning, only, God, is not a ruler. He is a beneficiary. Here, relevance means, what is it? We can understand God, as a government. Or, we can understand him, as a governing authority. But, here, benevolence means, what is it? That, he is our beneficiary. He is our benevolence. He is only, giving us facilities, making rules, expecting us to follow the rules. And, then, after that, Now, God is our beneficiary, this feeling can be there. But, still, a person’s consciousness, can be material. Meaning, God, in this world, wants my happiness. And, that is true. God, it is not that, in this world, God wants our sorrow. But, beyond that, comes, God’s, all attractiveness. That, God is all-attractive. That, in God’s devotion, there is all-encompassing bliss. This is the perfection of life. So, this is, now, here, in this chapter, which is being discussed, this devotion, is being said, this level of devotion. Devotion, can be at any level. So, in the 9th chapter, in the 3rd shloka, this devotion is being told, that, if you will not have devotion in me, Now, here, God does not say, that, if you will not have devotion in me, then, I am going to send you to hell. In some religions, there are such thoughts, of God. God, loves you so much, so much, that, if you will not love him, then, he will send you to hell. Forever. Now, what kind of love is this? In reality, God, is not like this. If we do not love him, then, for this, he does not send anyone to hell. Then, how you are doing your karma, according to that, you, in this cycle of this world, you will change. We, in this cycle of this world, will keep moving around. If we have done good karma, then we will rise up. If we have done bad karma, we will go down. But, here, what is God saying? If you will not do bhakti, if you do not have faith in bhakti, Ashraddha Dhaana Purusha, then, what will happen? Mrityu Samsaar Vartmani. In this material world, you will keep moving around. Now, this Mrityu Samsaar, in this, it is like a sea. Here, there are some places, which are very peaceful. It feels good. The water feels peaceful. Somewhere, the water is very stormy. So, in this material world, sometimes there is happiness, sometimes there is sadness. But, he is trapped in this material world. So, when he is speaking, it is not about hell and heaven. It is a choice of salvation and bondage. So, first, God says that, this knowledge, is very important. And, second, after this, now, why should we do bhakti of God? Because, there are many consequences of not doing bhakti. After that, the four to ten, he is saying in this, that, why should we do bhakti? Because, everything, is ultimately, in Krishna’s control. Everything, is under the control of God. Maya Adhyakshena Prakriti. So, this, someone will understand, that everything, in the end, is under the control of God. So, if, that person, is controlling everything, then, what does he want? According to him, how to do things, it is necessary to understand this. So, now, the question arises, that, if God controls everything, then, did, Duryodhana, misbehave with Draupadi? Was he also controlling God? So, if God is in control, then, what about, evil things? Everything, resides in the sky. In the same way, everything, ghosts, all living beings, God says, mat sthanitya upadharya. All of them, reside in my domain, reside in my place. yathaakasyasthito hityam vayusarvatra gomah vayusarvatra gomah tatha sarvani bhutani mat sthanitya upadharya So, now, it is important to understand, what God is saying here. Now, in English, what happens to bad things, is called evil. Now, the concept of evil, we can compare to some extent, with sin, in Vedic Shastras. But, the exact equivalent of sin, is sin. Sin means, a person does sin. But, evil in English means, the existence of bad things, which is completely bad, its existence, is called evil. So, in evil, there are two categories. One is, natural evil, and the other is, moral evil. What does natural mean? If God is good, then, why do bad things happen, in nature? There is an earthquake in nature, there is a storm in nature, there is a flood in nature. So, why do bad things happen, this is a problem. And, moral evil means, if God, has created everyone, then, why do animals do bad things? And, we understand small mistakes, but, sometimes, they do bad things. And, they do such things, that, while doing them, they do not feel any hesitation. They, ordinary people, who do bad things, they feel bad, that, I should not do this. I should not do this. If I scold someone, then, I say something in anger, later, I see how bad they feel. I feel bad too. I should not have said this. So, what happens is, this natural, and moral evil, these two, how do they come now? So, now, God says, that, all this nature, it works under me. I am in charge of nature. So, God’s ultimate control is clear. But, if you see, in that Shloka, we say, the first line of that Shloka, I am in charge of nature. By that, all evil and bad things are created. But, after that, what is God saying? So, the second part of that Shloka, is very different. Sometimes, we say the same thing to everyone. What is God saying? That, in my authority, this world is created. But, because of this, after the creation of this world, for this reason, Anena, Anena means, for this reason, the world also changes. So, the work that is happening in the world, God says, I am not doing it. In my authority, in my oversight, In my oversight, in my observation, all this work is happening. But, the work that is happening, that, in reality, this evil and bad being is doing. For this reason, Anena. So, there is a difference. It can be understood. That, God, who is, now, we quote Brahma Samhita, Prabhupada used to say, Sarva Karana Karanam Cause of All Causes God is the cause of all causes. This is right. But, this does not mean that, God is the cause of all effects. He is the cause of all causes. He is not the cause of all fruits. Now, what is the difference between these two? Cause of all causes, and cause of all effects. So, if we can say, what is the example of cause of all causes? If there is rain, this is given in Vedanta Sutra, that, is the cause of all kinds of greenery. Without rain, no greenery will grow anywhere. But, where, which greenery grows, this is not decided by rain. Who is deciding that? What kind of seeds are there, that is being decided. So, which vegetation, which greenery, where is it growing, this is not decided by rain. So, the first point is, God is telling here, 9.10, if we say in Shloka, that there are four lines, then, A and B, in this, everything is happening in my subordination. I have created four and four living beings. But, that is the cause, and according to that, the world is changing. What does this mean? That, God has given us his will. And, according to that will, living beings sometimes do good works, sometimes do bad works. And, when a living being does bad works, when its result happens, that result, that God is not doing. That living being is doing. That is why, the power of that living being is coming from God. But, how to use that power? That, God is not deciding. That, that living being is deciding. So, now, the Shloka which I repeated, in this, it is understood a little. How? He is telling that, suppose, the sky, we consider it as an upside bowl. So, now, in this, suppose, there is a bird. A big, sometimes it happens that they make a net for birds. But, that net is, if it is very big, so, now, if the bird’s net is big, so, its height is also big. So, in that, in that, if there is a bird here, it can fly down, it can fly to the side, it can fly up, it can fly everywhere. But, however much it will fly, what is that? It will remain inside that net. So, now, this cage, the cage which can be, sometimes, if there is a bird, if there is someone who loves birds, so, it will not be a cage, sometimes, it will become like a greenhouse. It is big. What does greenhouse mean? There is temperature regulation there. But, it is like a big shed. But, it is flying inside that. It cannot go outside that. So, now, this, we, the example which was given there, that sky, that is God’s plan, it is God’s controllership. And, the air, that, the movement of air, that is God’s will. So, we will understand this a little more, that it is like this, that, God’s controllership. God, who is regulating, and, our freedom. Our independence. Sometimes, there is a question in spiritual knowledge, that if God can do everything, then, do we really have freedom? So, how is God’s controllership? It is like a sky. And, our freedom, it is like the wind. Or, if we take that example, it is like a cage. And, there is a bird on it. Some bird’s cage, which is very big, and, some bird’s cage, which is very small. So, now, we will try to understand this. So, what is it? Different people, have their own, kind of, cage. What does cage mean? That, some person, has done a good deed earlier. So, then, his area, which is the area of our freedom, is called the area. So, someone’s area can be big. Now, everyone gets angry. If a small child gets angry, a three month old child, what will he do? He will kick a little. His leg is also so small, if he kicks someone, then, his leg will get hurt. No one else will get hurt. So, his area is very small. But, if that child gets old, then, if the same, three month old child, kicks, and, three year old child, kicks, then, his area has also increased. Whereas, if a thirty year old person, kicks, then, his area has increased even more. Now, everyone gets angry. But, if we get angry, then, maybe, we will say something bad to someone. If the president of America, or the president of Russia, gets angry, then, he will smash a baton, and, he can nuke a nation of the world. So, now, his area has increased. Now, every person, according to his previous karma, gets an area. What does it mean? We can say that, if someone has a lifespan, someone’s life span, how does it become ordinary? In the beginning of life, his area is very small. Then, his area increases. Then, his area decreases again. And, when he becomes old, then, his area decreases again. Now, in Europe, the population of Europe, is getting very aged. So, in Europe, the sale of diapers for adults, is more than the sale of diapers for babies. The sale of diapers for old people, is increasing. So, medical technology has become better. people’s lifespan has become longer. And, people try to increase their lifespan, So, old age, is called a second childhood. The area decreases a lot. A person becomes uncomfortable. How much the area has decreased? Because, there is no control over the process of the body. So, the area of a person, can change according to the time. And, at the same time, what can happen? There can be 2-3 people. Someone’s area is small. Someone’s area is big. Someone’s area is very big. This can also happen. There are 3 friends. All 3 of them go to college. All 3 of them get jobs. But, one gets a lot of money. He becomes very influential. The other one, gets fired from his job again and again. He is looking for a job again and again. Somehow, he is trying to get out of his house. So, the area of a person can be different. So, what is important here is that, suppose, someone’s area is very big. And, in that person’s area, someone else comes. So, when the other person comes in the area of the first person, then, that first person, who can behave well with the other person, can behave badly with him. And, till the time his area is running, till then, the other person, he will be able to control him. Now, Hitler, according to his previous experience, was destined to become a powerful king. But, what happened to him? He became a very destructive king. He became such a king, that, now, in many places, genocide, thousands, lakhs of people have been killed. But, Hitler’s kingdom, in modern history, in recorded history, in western, current recorded history, is the most, is the most devastating. Because, what did he do? He brought industrial efficiency to mass murder. If you want to kill thousands of people, but, if you want to kill them with a bullet, then, what happens? It takes time. A bullet is spent for that. There was a Bollywood movie, in which, it was said, these Indian people are so naive, that, not a single bullet should be wasted on them. A bullet is very precious. If you want to kill them, then, don’t kill them with a bullet. Don’t waste a bullet to kill them. So, it takes money to kill with a bullet. But, what did he do? He made gas chambers. So that, people can be killed, without spending any money. And, thousands can be killed. So, at that time, the person, the people, especially, the Jews, he targeted, so, if someone has a big area, and, at that time, a person, another person, comes in his area, then, that person, can torture him, can do bad deeds. So, this does not mean, that Bhagwan has no control over it. Bhagwan, according to the rules of karma, according to the good karma, that he has done, earlier. But, this region, is not going to be there, The same Hitler, who was torturing so much, later, he committed suicide. His region started to decrease. So, he became insane. So, So, when someone troubles us in our life and we pray for relief but we don’t get it, then we have to understand that it is the domain of this person or this person or this king. So at that time, it is not that we don’t want to retaliate, which we have to retaliate according to our capacity, but if something is happening and we cannot retaliate, then we have to accept that sometimes it happens. So, now in Bangladesh, the extremists, the extremists, the violent people, their domain has also increased. They were there before, but before the second government was in power, so their domain was bigger. But in a period of time, the head of the state, his domain ended in a moment. He said, you are the king of this state, get lost from here in a moment. And then someone else’s domain came and in that domain, there is a lot of violence against Hinduism. Not only against Hinduism, but also against the Christian people. But there, the Hindu majority, the number of Hindus is more, and they are targeting more Hindus. But what happens is, for some time now, such a domain exists. So now when the domain of the Kauravas had increased, the Pandavas had decreased. So what happened at that time? At that time, the Kauravas committed atrocities against the Pandavas. They misbehaved with Draupadi. And they took away their entire kingdom. So this is how it happens. But this domain does not remain with anyone forever. That is why a person should not think that it is happening like this, it means that God is not in control now. God’s control always remains. Now, if God’s control remains, then what should we do? So, everything is ultimately under God’s control, in Krishna’s control. This was one point. After that, the next section is 11 to 19. Yeah, let’s put it 11 to 18. Everyone is acting in relationship with God. Everyone is acting in relationship with Krishna. Now, maybe they don’t know, they are not worshipping God. But, even if they are not worshipping, it does not mean that God has no relation with them. Now, everything is related to God. And according to this, everyone is acting. Now, the feeling of this comes in Shloka 18. गतिर्भर्ता प्रभु साक्षी निवासः शर्णं सुहरूत प्रभव प्रलयस्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययं निवासः शर्णं सुहरूत भगवान से कार्य नहीं, भगवान की भक्ति नहीं कर रहा है इसका यह मतलब नहीं है कि उसका भगवान से कोई सम्मन नहीं है. अभी यह एक तरह से स्पेक्ट्रम है. जो भगवान के बहुत करीब है, उनका वर्णन आता है घ्यारवे और बारवे शलोक में. जो भगवान के बहुत करीब है, उनका वर्णन तेरवे और चौदवे शलोक में आता है. जो भगवान से बहुत दूर है, उनका वर्णन घ्यारवे और बारवे शलोक में आता है. घ्यारवे बारवे शलोक में क्या बोलते है? अवजानन्तिमा मूढः कि जो मुझे समचती नहीं है, जो मेरे खिलाव जाते हैं, वो बोलते है, वो क्या है? राक्षसिमासुरिम्चैवः प्रकृतिम्मोहि निमिश्रितः तो अभी ये जो बता जा रहा है, ये वर्णन पूरा नास्तिकों के परती हो सकता है, पर ये मायावादीओं के परति भी हो सकता है, जो भगवान के रूप की निनदा करते हैं, जो भगवान की निनदा करते हैं, भगवान की भर्स्थेआ करते हैं, जो भग्वान के केवल एथी celebrates नहीं हैं, Actually, you can say that these are antitheists. It is okay if someone does not believe in God, it is not good. But the one who is against God, an atheist, he says that the purpose of life is to eradicate the virus called God from the whole world. He says that God does not exist, but in humans, God’s belief is like a virus. And just like we removed smallpox and polio, now we humans have progressed so much that we should eradicate this virus called God. So, his thought is that the world will be better with this virus, but no one else is going to be as good as this virus. So, with this thought, the atheists fulfilled their goal. But what are these people? Rakshasim Asurim Chaiva There is a description of the Mayavadis in this. What are the Mayavadis? They are doing spiritual work, they want liberation. There is no problem in wanting liberation. But when they say that the form of God is Maya, and we have to go beyond the form of God, then it becomes a crime against God. Now, what is there in 13 and 14? There is a description of the pure devotees. Mahatmanastu mam partha, daivim prakriti ma shritah Satatam kirtayanto mam So, in a way, the first shloka is about their thoughts, how they think, it is internal. And the second shloka is external, how their mind is present and how they are working from the outside. And in the middle, it is told in the 15th shloka. Jnana yagyena chaapyanye yajanto mam upasate ekatvena pruthaktvena bahudhavishvato mukham So, here there is a description of the Brahmavadis. Ekatvena, they have no feeling of crime against the form of God. But they say that I want to be one. Pruthaktvena, who is the worshipper of the form of God. Bahudhavishvato, ekatvena pruthaktvena bahudhavishvato He is the worshipper of the form of God. Vishvatomukham, he is the worshipper of the form of Virat. He is the worshipper of the form of Virat. Now, there is a lot of knowledge about this. Who exactly are the Brahmavadis? Who are the Mayavadis? What is their difference? We don’t have time for that. But here God is telling that all people are working in my way. As God had told earlier, mam vartamanu vartante manushyah vart sarvasah All are on my way. Some are coming near me on the way, some are going away on the way. But all are on my way. All are on my way. And in this way, everything is under my control. All are working in my way. But, who will benefit? Those who understand my control and work accordingly in my way. The last part of this chapter, what is happening in that? In that, God is telling how we should do bhakti. How we should do bhakti. So, now it is 19 to 34. But, in this, there are four parts. What is the theme? Become devoted to me. Or, practise bhakti. Become devotee. Practise, take up bhakti yoga. So, practise. Why should we do bhakti yoga? God gives four reasons for that. God gives four reasons for that. These are four reasons. I use the acronym EASE. E-A-S-E What is EASE? EASE means everlasting. The fruit of this is everlasting. So, this verse is coming in the comparison of 19 to 22. अनन्यास्चिन्तयन्तोमाम् येजनहःपर्युपासते तेशाम् नित्याभियुक्तानाम् योगर्विविविविविविविविविव। योगर्विविविविविविविविव। Aitam bhuktvā svarga-lokam viśālaṁ śīne puñye mṛtya-lokam viśanti So this is the fruit of devotion, which is eternal. Then after that we say, accessibility. Accessible means, patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ That you don’t need to do a big yajna. You don’t need a lot of money. You don’t need to be complete in different rituals. What you really have to do is, you have to express the feelings of your heart. When you do that, what happens? God becomes happy. So this means that rituals are important. They are not important. But for those who can’t do it, God is also accessible. So God is for everyone. Whatever you have, you can do it with that. And that same feeling, we say, yad karoṣi yad aśnāsi It is said that even if you don’t have devotion, if someone says this, then fine. But on the level of intelligence, you have to understand that you have to worship God. That is why, you have to offer that to God on the level of intelligence. When we do something, we don’t remember that I have to do this for God. But what happens? After doing the work, saklamparasmi nārāyāyati samarpayāmi So this is accessible. Then after that, we say, Bhagwan’s devotion is safe. What is safe? This is what Bhagwan is telling us. apichet sudurācāro bhajate māman anyabhāk sādhur eva samantavyah samyag vyavasito hi sah It is said that even if someone does a bad deed, even then, if he remains steadfast in my devotion, then he should be considered a good person. Here also, the word sādhu is used. Sometimes, the meaning of that word is saintly. It means, there is a saint. But the meaning of sādhu is good. munaya sādhu-pruṣṭo haṁ O Muni, your questions are very good. So, ācārya says at some places, what does it mean? Even then, he is in a good situation. Why is he in a good situation? Because he is doing bhakti. This will purify him. So, here, it means, in some other path, if someone does a bad deed, then does he fall down in such a way, that in one mantra utterance, if he says something wrong, then the one who is going to kill Indra, Indra becomes the one who kills him. So, there are many dangers in that. In other paths, there are dangers. But here, what is there? Bhagwan is the observer of emotions. Bhagwan observes the emotions, and by observing the emotions, he purifies the person. Now, this does not mean, that if someone does any sin, it will not make any difference to him. That is not the meaning of this. But what is the meaning of this? That Bhagwan’s bhakti never gets destroyed. Bhagwan observes bhakti, and on the basis of bhakti, he purifies that person. All these topics, can be discussed further, that what is the meaning of apichet sudracharo, in reality. That how, what bad deed is he doing, to what extent he should be considered as a devotee. That is a big topic. But, what is important here? That, even if someone has done a bad deed, if he has the feeling of bhakti, and is trying to do bhakti, then, Bhagwan observes that, and purifies that person. So, there are many examples of this, example of Ajamil, example of Putana, ahobakiyam stanakalakut. And then, the last one, 32-33, 32-33, it is a little complicated word in English, egalitarian. What does egalitarian mean? It is equal for everyone. It is an easy word. But, what is the meaning of equal? I don’t want to use the word equal, because, what is sam? What comes in 9.30? samoham sarvabhuteshu namedhvesho sthinapriya That comes there. But, what is here? Bhagwan observes everyone equally. Here, it means that, Bhagwan does not consider anyone unworthy for bhakti. Everyone is a living being. mam hi parthevyapashyutya yepi syupapayonaya Even if someone has not had a bad birth, still, he is worthy for bhakti. So, Acharyagan tells, what is the difference between these two? In a way, these two are about bad karma. But, this is for present bad karma. If someone does a bad karma in this life, then Bhagwan overlooks it. And, this is past bad karma. Someone has done a bad karma in his previous birth. What happened because of that? He was born in such a family, that, in that family, there is very little good karma. He was born in such a bad family. Still, Bhagwan says, you are not disqualified from that. So, what is the meaning of bhakti? In bhakti, we are never worthy for bhakti. We are very impure. We are unqualified. We need the grace of Guru. We need the grace of Bhagwan. This is important. We are unqualified. But, we are never disqualified. What does disqualified mean? You do not have a chance to participate. If someone is disqualified from a competition, what does it mean? That, he is not allowed. In any such bhakti, there is no disqualification. Every person, whether he is pure or impure, he can do bhakti of Bhagwan. And, through that, he can be benefited. That is why Bhagwan says, Hey Arjun, if everyone is worthy, then you are also worthy. You are thinking that, if I fight with my gurus, then it will be a big sin. But, he is telling Arjun that, your heart, which is at the right place. So, this apichet sudracharo, the meaning of this shloka, in the context of Gita, there is a detailed explanation of this. But, even if Arjun thinks that, I shoot Bheeshma, I shoot Drona, Katham Bheeshma Maham Sankhye Dronam Chamdhu Sudhana He considers that as unethical. Even then, if, Bhagwan is saying that, you improve in my bhakti, then what will happen? Shipram Bhavati Dharmaatma You will immediately come in dharma. And, through this, you will get Shashvat Shantim Nigachati You will get eternal peace. If you will not do your duties, then you will always be restless. So, Bhagwan is assuring him that, everyone can improve in bhakti, then, kim punar brahmana punya bhakta rajir shesh tatha You are born in a royal family. You will definitely improve. That is why, anityam asukham lokam imam prapya bhajaswama This world is not eternal. There is no happiness in this world. This is the same repetition in 9.33 which was told in 8.15 Dukhalam Shashvatam Here, Bhagwan is saying, bhajaswama You do my bhajan. And, in the end, there is a shloka, we will repeat it together. manmana bhava mad-bhakto mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru mam evaishyasi yuktvayvam atmanam mat-parayanah So, Bhagwan is saying, you do my bhakti. You definitely, mam evaishyasi You will definitely come to me. yuktvayvam You will definitely come to me. So, in the end, what was the feeling of chapter 9? How? Become my devotee. The feeling is, you do my bhakti. And, the quality of this, in chapter 9, there are three ways. First of all, how is it? Actually, there are four ways. First of all, in 1 to 3, the consequence of this, if you do bhakti, what will happen? You will be liberated. Otherwise, you will be stuck in bondage. After that, what is there? The second point is, Krishna’s controllership. How? Bhagwan is always in control. And, in that, we saw an example, there is an area, there is an area of one person, and in that, if another person comes in that area, then the consequence is there. But, how is Bhagwan’s controllership? It is like the sky. And, the desire of the living being, what is that? It is like the air, which is stuck in it. Freedom, their freedom, their independence. So, Bhagwan, everything is under the control of Bhagwan. That feeling, you are assuring, even if he feels, that some other person is in control, doing misdeeds, but still, Bhagwan is in control. Then, that Krishna’s relationship, that everything is related to Krishna. In that, we saw, how? That, all the people, whether they are atheists or believers, everything is related to Bhagwan. So, the pure devotees, on the positive side, the atheists, who condemn Bhagwan’s form, that is an extreme. And, in the middle, there are other people, who worship the deities, etc. Then, in the end, the feeling was, that, practise bhakti. You must do bhakti. For that, in the last section, in the last half of the chapter, in that, Bhagwan says, how is it with four evils? These are everlasting results. The rest of the processes, the results are not everlasting. This is 4 to 10. This is 11 to 18. And, this is 19 to 34. So, 19 to 25, accessible. Even if someone does not have any wealth, he can still do bhakti. Then, this is, along with this, this is safe. Safe means, even if someone falls, that person will not remain alone forever. And then, this is equal. This is an opportunity for everyone. 32 to 33. That is why, in the end, Bhagwan says, that is why you must do my bhakti. So, we can pray to Bhagwan, that the faith, the faith in the bhakti of Bhagwan, that faith is of different types. The faith of Bhagwan, can only be the existence of Bhagwan. He exists. He is relevant. He is benevolent. And then, He is attractive. So, we, those who are attracted to Bhagwan, if we develop faith in them, then the inspiration to do bhakti of Bhagwan will be very good. It will be purified. Thank you very much. Hare Krishna. Is there any question? One quick question. I have one more class at 9.30.