SB 01.05.16 – Progression can become a regression if there is no knowledge of destination

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Thank you Srimad Bhagavatam 1516 Srimad Bhagavatam 1516 Here Vyasadev is being instructed by Narada Mui to use his exalted qualifications to enable those who are unqualified to taste the transcendentally sweet glories of the Supreme Lord vichakshana vichakshana means expert very expert, specialized asyarati veditum vibho that lord vibho actually that lord can be arhati who is deserving who is capable of knowing vichakshana, expert person is capable of veditum anantaparasya, that lord who is unlimited nivruttitah sukham and what is the relevant aspect of relevant aspect of that expertise vichakshana, it is nivruttitah sukham, such a person is detached from material pleasures as long as one is attached to material pleasures one cannot absorb oneself in Krishna and therefore even if one has some rudimentary knowledge of Krishna that is not transformational, that does not attract one’s heart to Krishna if one wants to become attracted then pravartamanasya such people who are attached to material things kunair anatmanas, to bhavan darshaya cheshti tam vibho pravartamanasya, those who are attached to the material modes and material qualities, anatmanas they do not have knowledge of spiritual truth, to to bhavan darshaya, such people please oh Vyasadev demonstrate cheshti tam vibho, the activity, the cheshtita of the Supreme Lord, so the detached have the responsibility of showing the attached the higher attachment and the higher taste of devotion to the Supreme Lord, so in the previous verse Vyasadev was verily condemned, jugup sitam saying that people are materialistic level of consciousness and dharmaiti tarasth, so people will use your words to rationalize staying at that very level of consciousness and somebody may say oh at least they are regulated at that level and gradually they will rise to a higher level, so Vyasadev is told over here by anatmanas yes that will happen but how somebody has to show that higher way also to them and they themselves cannot relish that higher taste because it requires detachment from matter and as long as one stays attached to matter, as long as one stays absorbed in sense gratification even if it be pious sense gratification one doesn’t feel the urgent need for a higher taste because one feels happy in material life, not necessarily in passionate sense gratification but even if it is in sattvic sense gratification dharmic enjoyment if that is all that one is pursuing in life then dharmarthakam moksha can also become it is meant to be a progression but it can also become a restriction the progression can become a restriction and even a regression if one doesn’t know the direction of the progress if one thinks that material enjoyment is itself the ultimate goal of life and one thinks that scripture teaches that alone and uses scripture to justify that then one will stay stuck at the level of material enjoyment and as the desire for material enjoyment will keep increasing over a period of time one will feel that there is no need to even restrict it one will adjust or compromise religious principles and try to enjoy in one’s own way without giving due credence to the ultimate goal of life one will sideline, marginalize those sections of scripture and in fact is telling Aasdev that actually he has broken it very less, the glories of the Lord and that’s why it will be very easy for people to marginalize but it is for you to guide you are a chakshana, you are an expert and therefore you focus on glorifying systematically the Supreme Lord and when you do that then people will be benefited so even when we are practicing devotional service sometimes devotional service can itself become our routine where we just keep doing the same activities everyday without realizing what is the ultimate purpose for which I am doing these activities that ultimate purpose is love of Krishna and we need to be systematically diligently moving towards that love of Krishna otherwise we will stay trapped at our level of consciousness and not make study not make any progress at all in fact stay stuck where we are thinking that we are being religious and then slowly we will start losing taste in chanting because we feel nothing is happening by this chanting rather think you are productive so by meditating on the purpose that is to increase our attraction to Krishna and by focusing on those sections of scriptures which strongly remind us of their ultimate purpose we will get the necessary drive to keep moving towards Krishna to want to keep moving towards Krishna and that drive will animate and enliven our chanting and will inspire us to put our heart into it and then by relish experience Krishna and as we experience Krishna then we will start increasing our desire to attain Krishna and that’s how our journey will progress smoothly and swiftly towards Krishna