SB 01.15.28 – Remembrance of Krishna removes inner disturbance even when outer disturbance remains

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shivadbhagavatam 115-28 sūta vāja evaṁ cintayato jiṣṇo kṛṣṇa-pāda-saroruhaṁ saubhārde nāti-kāḍhena śāntāsīd vimalāmati hēnī here Suta Goswami is describing the conclusion of Arjuna’s heart-rending and heart-uplifting recollections he’s saying that as Arjuna remembered Krishna’s message one of the names of Arjuna is Jishnu so Vishnu and Jishnu both of them are very special devotee they are a special pair the all-pervading Vishnu and the extremely powerful Jishnu so both of them they have now become reunited not in not in direct personal association but they have become reunited in their remembrance so Krishna is always there in the heart and Arjuna by remembering the all-pervading remembering Krishna’s message of the bhagavad-gita which reminds him of his all-pervading reality how he’s always accessible to everyone he is now feeling calmness so so by the grace of Vishnu Jishnu the word Jishnu means conqueror of enemies so that Vishnu who had conquered away innumerable enemies in the past wars is now conquering the enemy of illusion and lamentation caused by that illusion of course we can say at one level that a pure devotee is never under illusion that is true but at another level even a devotee can be shaken when shaken temporarily when events like these the departure of Krishna the devastation of the Kuru dynasty and the loss of one’s abilities happen but he does now Krishna padasaroroham he remembers the lotus feet of Krishna and how does he remember it? he had a very intimate relationship with Krishna and with that intimate relationship when he remembers then he became very peaceful and his mind became vimala mati his consciousness become freed from material contamination and this is the fruit of remembrance of Krishna often when we are disturbed by various things and we feel that oh i have to deal with the causes of this disturbance and that is what often distracts us from our prayer life you will okay first let me deal with these problems and then i will be able to focus on my prayer life but actually what causes the disturbance is not the distressing situation outside but the contaminating emotion inside yes the distressing situation outside must be dealt with but the contaminating emotion inside is either attachment or it’s imbalance in our priorities it is some kind of illusion and that is what causes the disturbance and if that is not removed then even if we set right the external situation it is very difficult to set things right but even if we temporarily set things right still the mind will not be peaceful for very long it will again become disrupted if you want steady peace of mind which will enable us to deal with the external disturbances that will inevitably keep recurring then we need to actually cultivate a habit of steady remembrance of Krishna because by that steady remembrance the contaminations in our mind which make us unduly disturbed by outer situations will subside and when those contaminations subside then we will be able to be undisturbed or at least less disturbed even amidst disturbing situations therefore when disturbances disturb us we shouldn’t let them disturb our meditation and prayer life but rather we let them see those disturbances as reminders that we need to remove the trash from our mind and to focus more seriously on cultivating a steady strong inner relationship with Krishna and by taking inspiration from Arjuna’s example the more we observe ourselves in Krishna’s inner shelter the more we will be able to deal with and tolerate and transcend