SB 01.15.17 – In the moment of highest glory remember the object of highest glory to attain the destination of highest glory

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remembrance of krishna thank you here arjuna is talking about krishna’s role as his charioteer and he is in the first two lines saying that this lord yet paada padmam abhavaya bhajanti bhavya bhavya means those who have vast intelligence those are properly intelligent so his lotus lotus feet are worshipped by those people for abhavaya for liberation from material existence and yet what did i do that my consciousness was so misdirected i was so foolishly saying that i engaged him as my charioteer that lord was a deliverer he became the charioteer the deliverer becomes the driver the driver is nothing very exalted chauffeur the deliverer is something very exalted but the deliverer becomes the driver because of devotion and arjuna is not thinking in this thing from his terms how foolish i was and then he’s remembering that what did krishna do as a charioteer now on the 14th day when arjuna had vowed to kill jaidrath and had penetrated deep into the kaurava forces the sheer exertion of the onslaught wore out his horses and krishna needed to rest them for them to continue onwards and at that time arjuna got off the chariot and he by his mystical powers created a lake over there right in the middle of the battlefield where the horses could get some water and could get some rest so at that time arjuna was surrounded by the kaurava forces on all sides and he was without a chariot so he could very easily have been overpowered and destroyed at that time but it is testimony to arjuna’s extraordinary prowess that even in such a situation he fought back and whoever tried to attack him from whichever side they felt as if they were just encountering a solid wall of arrows that just prevented anyone to coming closer to arjuna penetrating and attacking arjuna’s defenses now this was extraordinary valor on the part of arjuna but arjuna is saying that it is because of krishna’s mercy it was his mercy so krishna was actually tending to the horses at that time but arjuna is saying that krishna is not localized krishna is not limited to just one activity yes krishna may be tending to the horses but krishna is also omnipotent and omnipresent and he is working to deliver his devotees from all kinds of dangers so when his enemies are unable to take advantage of his discomfited situation of a chariot krishna arjuna is saying that this is because of krishna’s grace and this is an example of a devotee remembering even in one’s highest moment of glory the highest object of glory we are souls we are parts of krishna and the highest object of glory is krishna himself and in service to krishna sometimes we may be able to do wonderful things and certainly that is krishna’s mercy but a greater mercy is that even when we do wonderful things we remember krishna and we remember that it is by his grace that we are able to do wonderful things and that will enable us to move forward onwards in our journey towards krishna that is the highest destination so being able to do glorious is wonderful but even more wonderful is to remember the supremely glorious lord because that alone will lead to the most glorious achievement that is the achievement of pure eternal love for that alone can bring ecstasy to the heart lasting fulfilling ecstasy to the heart and arjuna is setting an example of even in the moment of topmost glory he is remembering the object of topmost glory and thereby attaining the consciousness and destination of the topmost glory that is pure love thank you