SB 8.3.21 Krishna being transcendental understands our difficulties and sees beyond to them to our devotional heart

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thank you shlokam 8.3.21 so gajendra is continuing his prayers and he is referring to the absolute truth by various defining attributes Tamaksharam, that Lord who is never deteriorated, who is always existing as proper transcendent. Akshara is that which, Akshara, that which falls, that which never falls. So Akshara Brahma Yoga is one of the names of the eight chapters of the Bhagavad Gita.
Tamaksharam Brahma Paramparesham, you are that Brahma, the Supreme, you are Para, Transcendental and you are Paresham. You are the Transcendental Lord, Paraesham. Avyaktam Adhyatmika Yogagamyam.
Avyaktam means that you are not manifest ordinarily, with ordinary vision. And how can you be known? Adhyatmika Yogagamyam, one has to practice spiritual yoga. Ultimately the spiritual yoga refers to Bhakti Yoga.
Adhyatmika Yogagamyam. And then, Atheendriyam Sookshmam Ivaathi Dooram. Atheendriyam, that you are beyond reach of the senses.
Sookshmam, extremely subtle. Ivaathi Dooram. So it is as if you are very very far away.
Because you are transcendental, so you are beyond our perception. And just as distant objects cannot be perceived, similarly it is as if you are Dooram. He knows that he is not far away, you are there in the heart itself.
But Ivaathi Dooram, Anantamadhyam, you are unlimited and you are the original cause. Paripoornam Ide. Paripoornam, you are fully complete.
Om Poornam Adah, we have in the invocation of the Isha Upanishad. Ide, I worship, I offer my obeisances. So, Gajendra here has described in the 19th verse how the Lord blesses even those who are coming to him for material purposes.
And he sometimes gives spiritual blessings also. Adabhradayos, your mercy is unlimited. And you may even give a spiritual form to them.
But then he says, in the previous verse, that those who are Ikanthika devotees, they Anand Samudra Magna, they do not ask for anything material. But they simply are absorbed in the ocean of happiness by churusiting your glories. Now he is describing the transcendental attributes of the Lord and he is aware of his embarrassing predicament.
Of course, at one level his predicament is dangerous because he is about to be devoured by the crocodile. But along with that, his predicament is also embarrassing because he knows the standard of pure devotion, of exalted devotion. He knows that he is falling below that.
Exalted devotees don’t go to the Lord for anything material, but he is going to the Lord for something material. So he is saying, my dear Lord, because you are transcendental to everything, you bless everyone for whatever reason they come to you, irrespective of whether they are coming with material desires or without material desires. And he says, I know you will understand because I am in a difficult situation right now and I need your help.
So you are paripoornamide, you are perfect and to you I worship. So the important point in this verse is also that adhyatmika yoga gamyam. So he is describing so many transcendental attributes of the Lord, primarily to underscore that this Lord cannot be known by ordinary perception, neither by the senses nor by the mind.
So how can he be known? It is by adhyatmika yoga gamyam, by practicing yoga which is adhyatmika. So ultimately all yogas are meant for pursuing spiritual reality, but the only fully spiritual yoga is bhakti yoga, because bhakti is the nature of the soul proper. Now gyana is a faculty of the intellect.
Ashtang yoga involves a lot of bodily gymnastics. So bhakti directly involves the soul, although of course bhakti can utilize even the body and the mind, but ultimately love comes from the heart and when that love of the heart is directed towards Krishna, that leads to perfection. So that Lord is avyakta, who is a teendriyam, who is sukshmam, who is vatiduram, he becomes yoga gamyam when we practice bhakti yoga.
Similarly in chanting, from the material perspective nothing seems to be happening, it is occurring some sound vibrations, but when we try to go into the holy name by being attentive and receptive, then we relish a sweetness that can’t be compared with the best joys of the world. Then we realize how the Lord and his holy name are adhyatmika yoga gamyam.