SB 11.07.13 – To make meditation relishable, redirect the inner inquisitiveness from the world to Krishna

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Thank you Uddhava Pranipatya Tattvam Jigya Surachutam So in the Uddhava Gita while reporting the conversation between Krishna and Uddhava now as the speaker is changing there is a transition where Shukadeva Swami speaks reporting the narrative so itya adishto bhagavan after Uddhava was instructed in this way adishto was given adish the instruction was essentially to become detached from matter and to be absorbed in spirit mahabhagvato nrupa so the bhagavan gave instruction to the bhagvat to the mahabhagvat mahabhagvat refers here to Uddhava who is a great devotee and is purely dedicated to the service of the lord as will be revealed by his subsequent actions when he inquires humbly and then implements diligently unflinchingly whatever is the will of the lord so nrupa actually this is Shukadeva was Swami speaking so he is speaking to Parishit Maharaj and he is telling Parishit Maharaj this conversation was going on Uddhava pranipatya so Uddhava when he heard this offered obeisances and then inquire pranipatya yottam jijnasur achyutam he did tatvo jijnasa inquiry of the truth from achyuta so the word pranipatya is related with the word pranipatena which comes in the famous verse 4.34 in the bhagavad gita that talks about how we should approach the spiritual master and tatvo jijnasa comes in the famous section on bhagavad dharma on which the Prabhupada’s book dharma the way of translator transcendence is based so tatvo jijnasa means inquiry from about the essential truth about the ultimate truth achyutam so this inquiry was made to lord achyuta he is infallible and when we ask him questions the answers that he gives will never be erroneous they will be perfect and there can be so many inquiries there can be inquiries about who will win the next elections when is the next cricket match what is the current score of the match if the match is going on right now now all these are also jijnasa they are the results of curiosity however this sort of curiosity doesn’t lead to any lasting result if you want lasting result there has to be tatvo jijnasa the inquiry about the absolute truth about the ultimate reality and to a large extent our inability to focus on Krishna during our times of prayer and meditation is largely because our inquiry our inquisitiveness spirit is misdirected even when we are praying to Krishna internally we are not at all inquisitive about Krishna what is this Krishna’s beauty and sweetness and glory that the devotees talk about so often rather than having that kind of inquiry our inquiry is will I get increment in my job will my boss be in a good mood today and will I be able to beat the traffic when I travel will I be able to manage my bills now all these are important things and they play a role in our material life but they are not all important they are important today and after a few years or even a few days they may cease to be important actually sometimes our inquisitiveness is even more frivolous when we are trying to connect with Krishna our mind is asking oh who won the match what is the score so as long as our internal jignasa is not of Krishna our external attempt to connect with Krishna even our internal attempt means that we are doing external activities that are meant to connect us with Krishna like praying, chanting taking darshan but internally we will not connect with Krishna unless we become inquisitive about Krishna so tattva jignasa so actually when we do any activity wherein we are focusing on Krishna if we use our intellect and our conscience to realign our realign and redirect our inquisitiveness yeah I have so many things to inquire about but everything else can wait even if it is important if it is not important then just I will postpone it indefinitely and infinitely but even if it is important I will put it aside for the time being and we will find that if we can redirect our inquisitiveness towards Krishna and just by asking some questions some relevant questions to ourselves if we are going for a class and we know roughly what is the topic that the class is going to be on if we are going to read a book and we know what the section is going to come up now just ask ourselves a few questions that will help us to focus on Krishna and connect with Krishna through the activities that we are doing and that way our mayor and meditation sessions will also become much more meaningful and fruitful and they will pave our way to ultimate satisfaction in life through love of Krishna