SB 01.09.34 – In every situation Krishna is smiling and waiting for us – and chanting will show how

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Srimad Bhagavatam 1934 Shivalasat kavache stu krishnaatma Vishwapitamaha In his final prayers he is now meditating on the form of Krishna as he saw him On the battlefield as the charioteer of Arjuna So yudhi turak rajo idhum ravishvak So yudhi turak rajo, yudhi is on the battlefield the horses that were there turak the dust idhum ravishvak Turned an ashen color So because of the dust Krishna’s complexion had turned ashen Vishvak And his hair because he was Managing the horses and the horses were running at high speed And the winds blowing so his hair had become Scattered and it was waving shramavarya alam kritaasyam shramavarya that actually There was perspiration and Surprisingly he was said to be decorated by the perspiration and mam nishit sharaya vibhidhyamana And my arrows vibhidhyamana that pierced his skin tochi villasat and yet he was enjoying it all Kavaches tu krishnaatma So Krishna’s arrows had pierced Krishna’s armor so now normally If a person is covered by dust the hair is This is scattered There is sweat and on top of that there is blood That person would normally not be considered beautiful And normally a person who’s conscious of looking beautiful wouldn’t even want to go into public vision when looking like this but Krishna is so supremely all-attractive that in all situations the all-attractiveness remains and Bhishma is seeing this and Krishnaatma so he’s saying astu krishnaatma let my mind be fixed on this form of Krishna Whom I satisfied in miryaras So he is contemplating on How Krishna is Accepting his service in such an inconceivable way Krishna likes to fight also and when somebody fights against him, but has our devotional intention The Krishna becomes pleased by that So as devotees We may be put into situations where it seems almost impossible to serve Krishna Now what devotee would ever like to be in a position where one has to shoot arrows at Krishna But Bhishma was put in that situation and he realized that this is also an opportunity to serve Krishna And therefore he’s meditating on Krishna even in this situation And he’s thinking of Krishna gave me an opportunity to serve him in a very extraordinary way in the situation So let me remember this form in which he accepted my service so as sadhakas We often have a bit of a naive conception of Devotional service where we expect that If we start serving Krishna things will go around smoothly in our material life If not smoothly at least not too troublesomely but actually The nature of the material world is to create troubles and troubles will be there but even amidst the troubles Krishna is always smiling and Krishna is always waiting and Krishna is always beckoning calling us and He is ready to accept our service whatever be the situation we are in so even if The situation seems to be non devotional anti devotional if we remember this that Krishna is smiling waiting beckoning then We will be able to focus not on the circumstance and see how hostile it seems to be But we will be able to focus on Krishna and see how eager he is and how unflinchingly Waiting how unflinchingly Eagerly he is waiting for us and that way Especially we are trying to focus our mind on Krishna through chanting and similar devotional processes It’s so easy to get distracted by worldly things and especially if worldly situations are troublesome then It’s even more easier to get caught up in them and not think about Krishna But if we see that in every situation Krishna is waiting to accept service from us Then we will also start looking at the situation with fresh eyes thinking Okay from my perspective the situation might be bad But what is the way in which I can serve Krishna in the situation and once we switch to this attitude, okay? Now, how can I serve you in the situation then? Ways will emerge Krishna Siddha Dami Buddhi Yogam Tam. He will give us the intelligence by which we can continue serving him even in that situation and that intelligence will come when we focus on remembering Krishna, calling out his name and Seeking Krishna, please guide me how I can serve you.
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