SB 01.15.05 – The loss of our treasures forces us to fall back on the ultimate treasure

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Thank you Shreemad Bhagavatam 115-5 Arjuna Vacham Vanchitoham Maharaja Harinabandhirupina Enameyapahitam Tejo Devo Visma Panam Mahat So Arjuna is describing the heart breaking news of the departure of Lord Krishna from this world to Arjuna to his brother Yudhishthira and he starts by saying Vanchitoham My dear lord I have been deprived I have been abandoned so my dear lord he refers to my lord Maharaj O King how I have been abandoned Harinabandhirupina that lord Hari who was Vandhirupina he had actually acted as my friend and actually when he has gone away the two tragedies that have happened to Arjuna one was that he has lost the lord and along with losing the lord he has also lost his power and he understands that power was given by Krishna only Enameyapahitam Tejo Enameyapahitam Tejo so the lord has left and that Tejo, that splendor that power, what are the characters to that power? Devo Visma Panam Mahat that astonishing power Visma Panam it stunned even the Devatas and that has left so generally two of the nearest things for people are our positions and our loved ones so if we lose one we fall back on the other if we lose our wealth we still have our loved ones and some people when they lose their loved ones they feel at least I have my wealth but some security is there normally so we all need some security now Arjuna has in one sense lost both his securities as a devotee he has always depended on relied and relished lied on and relished the association of the lord so the lord’s departure is heart breaking for him and along with that he is also experiencing that he has lost his power now for a Kshatriya as long as the ability to fight is there Kshatriya can overcome even great losses and regain what is what has been taken away or what is lost so the Pandavas they were treacherously dispossessed of their kingdom and they regained it all by the grace of Krishna of course ultimately but it was through the military skills of the Pandavas especially the power of archery of Arjuna so now when both has gone that which is supreme spiritual wealth the lord himself and that which was the source of all the wealth of the Pandavas the military prowess of Arjuna so Arjuna has lost it both and he is devastated and normally even if we have a little ability or we have some little wealth and we lose it it’s difficult to tolerate but somebody who has such power that that dazzled not just one or two people around but not just the whole world around but even the higher planets imagine suppose there is a top sports person say a tennis champion or a cricket champion and just when the peak of the career is able to dazzle thousands of spectators and suddenly at that time a person has a fracture or somehow or the other loses the ability to play it will be worse than death for such a person and at best a sports person dazzles a few thousand or a few million fans in the world, fans who follow that particular sport but Arjuna’s prowess was such that it dazzled even the Devatas you know the more we are able to dazzle others by our skills and our prowess, the more actually we become attached to that and the more painful it is to lose it so Arjuna has lost it and it’s a devastating double deprivation and a lesser mortal would not have been able to survive and you will see how Arjuna survives through the strength of remembrance of Krishna and actually in this world whatever we try to do, ultimately we all will be deprived of that which we treasure so we may have the association of devotees and we may lose that, which is a spiritual asset but we may lose that we may have to go away or they may pass away or they may have to go away somewhere and we can have material possessions and we can lose those but ultimately the one possession that we can never lose is our inner remembrance of Krishna and Arjuna will take shelter of that and by that he will gain relief from his devastating losses and that shaking shelter of Krishna cannot happen automatically if we habitually try to take shelter of Krishna through our diligent practice of bhakti yoga, then that remembrance of Krishna will be more easily accessible and relishable for us and by its strength we will be able to tolerate and transcend whatever miseries and losses life