SB 01.09.18 – A meditation to prevent familiarity from blinding us to the reality of the identity of the holy name

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Bhishma bhagavatam 1 9 18 Here bhishma pitamaha Is now while addressing yudhishthira turning to krishna When all of them had appeared bhishma pitamah recognizing the desire of Krishna that he That yudhishthira maharaj be instructed Focused his talk Directed his talk towards yudhishthira Now he is turning to krishna He cannot move his hands But he’s barely moving the palms of his hand to point towards krishna A shivayi this one this a shivayi bhagavan saksha This is actually that same supreme lord Who is that supreme lord? So The supreme enjoyer He is the original narayan so narayan Is considered to be a the supreme lord worship in the mode of reverence And the yagic sacrifices are offered to narayan and Lest the intimate relationship between krishna and The pandavas including yudhishthira has made yudhishthira forget the supreme position of Krishna Bhishma pitamah is reminding him This is the original narayan So you may wonder how that lord who is transcendental who is omnipotent How can he be walking on the earth? among other Mortal beings just like one of them. This is mohayan mayaya Among these planets.
He actually is walking now mohayan mayaya Actually by his maya he is beluding everyone And lokas charati vrishnishu Charati he moves around I’m, sorry gudhash charati vrishnishu So charati vrishnishu he is moving around as a vrishni, but gudhash it is inconceivable how that omnipotent lord can become One of the members of one of the dynasties on the earth at that time vrishnishu So vrishnishu So vrishnishu pitamah is underscoring to yudhisthira that In the previous verse he had said that Whatever is his plan do that And that lord is not abstract that uh, sometimes you may get the question. How do I know the plan of the lord? Well, if yudhisthira maharaj gets that question Vishnu pitamah is telling don’t worry That lord is right in front of you he’s here itself You can see him right in front of you and You can ask him And he has already told you it is by his plan that you have become coronated as the king and he wants you to act as the king So therefore do that gudhash charati vrishnishu how he is acting as a One of the one of as just one of the members of one of the dynasties is inconceivable, but don’t let it belude you Like moha and maya like it is deluding other people So actually the same reference When we are taking shelter of the deities when we are taking shelter of the holy name We can also it’s a very good verse to meditate on That this is actually that same We know There’s no difference between the name and the named So as far as krishna is concerned so krishna will be non-different from his name when we are uttering krishna’s name Actually, we are experiencing krishna’s presence but because of familiarity Because we chant the holy name daily frequently and we hear hare krishna repeatedly among the community of devotees Often we don’t realize the sublimity of the holy name So so whenever Our mind starts wandering and we start becoming complacent or negligent while chanting This is a good verse to remember to remind ourselves Aishwarya bhagwan saksha. This is actually that same supreme lord And if we Welcome krishna in his manifestations Eagerly reverentially gratefully Then That contact with krishna will purify us rapidly And whatever dilemmas whatever troublesome desires might be there in our mind They will get purified by that sublime contact with krishna and We will be able to move forward smoothly steadily swiftly in our life Towards krishna while doing the best service for him here in this world also That is the blessing that can get that we can get if we just remember that This holy name is aishwarya bhagwan saksha