Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.7.28

Jaya Sra Teja Unnadham, astra gyohya Sra Teja Sa, astra gyohya Sra Teja Sa, NAH YASYAN YOTAMAM KINCHIT ASTRAM PRATYA VAKARSHANAM JAHYASTRA TEJA UNNADHAM ASTRGYOHYASTRA TEJA SAH Nah tidak He pasti Asia Dari itu Anyatamam Lain Kincit Apapun Astram Senjata Pratih menangkis. Avakarshanam reaksi. Jahir menaklukkannya. Astratejaha cahaya senjata ini. Unnadham sangat kuat. Astragyaha Ahli dalam ilmu militer He Sesungguhnya Astra Tejasah Oleh pengaruh senjata Translation and purport by His Divine Grace Isi Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Jija Oh Arjun, only another Brahmastra can counteract this weapon. Since you are expert in the military science, subdue this weapon. Weapons glare with the power of your weapon. Wahai Arjuna, karena kekuatan Brahmastra lain yang sanggup menangkis senjata ini, Oleh karena engkau ahli dalam ilmu miliper, kalahkan kekuatan senjata ini dengan kekuatan senjata mu sendiri. in those days could counteract the Brahmastra. The son of Dronacharya did not know the art of counteracting the weapon, and therefore Arjuna was asked to counteract it by the power of his own weapon. through the same knowledge and the military in that time could attack the weapon of the Brahma. The drone did not control the netralization of the bad effects that were caused by the that type of weapon. And because of that Arjuna was the one who was to netralize it with his own weapon. Shri Chaitanya Mano Vishnaya Shri Rupam Sagrajatam Sahaganaragunatam Vitamtham Sajivam Sadvaitam Savadrutam Parijana Sahitam Krishna Chaitanya Devam Shri Radha Krishna Padha Sahagana Lalita Shri Vishakha Vidhamsya E Krishna Karuna Singho Dina Vandho Jagat Pate Kopisha Gopika Panta Radha Panta Namostute Taktakanchana Gorangi Radevrindavaneshwari Hrishavanus Suta Devi Pranamani Hari Priye Vanchā kālpātarudhyasca kripa sindhuvya evacca patitanam pavānibhyo vaśnabibhyo namon maha Shri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhuni Tananda Shri Advaita Gadhata Shri Vasadhi Gaurabhata Vrinda Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Hare Hare. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Namah Visnu Padaya Krishna Prasthaya Bhutale Shri Mathe Bhaktivedanta Svamini Tinanine Namaste Sarasvati Dele Karavani Pracharine I am a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a person who is a Amit ho diya manas ca badram vajatata dhoksa jay ave sya tam nomati radya haituki Hare Krishna Hare Krishna So we're reading Simad Bhagavatam in the seventh chapter of the first canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. And in this chapter, for the first time in Srimad Bhagavatam, Krishna makes his appearance. In one sense, the first canto of Srimad Bhagavatam explains in gist the essence of Srimad Bhagavatam because the essence of Srimad Bhagavatam is to explain that God is person and He personally is involved in our life even now and the essence of the Holy Spirit that is clear that the God is the personal and the personal and personal is related to everything even until this time. There are different concepts of God in this material world and mostly according to these concepts of God, God is very remote being who has very little to do with our lives. There are several concept of God in the world, but in these concept of God, most of the people say that God is a place that is very far and there is no connection or and what was happening in this area. His role in our life is limited by his ways of punishing living entities and rewarding their good deeds. So, the plan is only as far as how to defend the wrong person or give a good or reward for the good actions. But the essential message of Srimad Bhagavatam is to impress upon us that God is not only punish, and rewarder. God is very personally involved in the lives of every living entity. What is the best for the male-hidup, but how is he as much as valuable in every male-hidup? with number E1495GB I repeat again race, race, car black with the number of E1495GB please kindly move the car if the keys to me because it is disturbing the public thank you so so much but the very essence of Simad Bhagavatam is to impress upon us that God is not only punisher and rewarder he is very personally involved in the lives of every living entity, that's what I already said and you already translated so the this is what Simad Bhagavatam wants to tell us that God, you can enter into personal relationship with God as a friend, as a lover, as his master, or as the parent of God. So, the essence of the Shavu Ghatami is giving a message to us that we can have a personal connection with God, as a friend of God, as a servant of God, as a servant of God, as a parent of God, as a parent of God. And here we see how Krishna is acting in this capacity. He is not God. He is God but he is not God at the same time. He is Narottama. He is playing the role of a human being. And he is intimately involved in the life of Arjuna by giving him very mundane or quote-unquote mundane or very simple advice. So, in this case, in this case, how God is God, Sri Krishna, although He is God, but He is then a person, like not God, So, he is the most famous person, where he is, as a friend, he gives a message or a message that seems just a simple thing. We can compare this particular scene when Krishna is speaking with Arjuna with the scene of Bhagavad Gita, and we can see the striking difference between these two scenes. the situation here and when Sri Krishna speaks with Arjuna in this story compared to when Sri Krishna gave Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna and we can see the situation so behind the back in Bhagavad Gita Krishna speaks very high philosophy and he speaks that I am God and you should surrender to me And he's talking in these terms, but here he's just saying to Arjuna, please Arjuna use your knowledge of Astra, of the weapons, and contract other knowledge. It's a very striking difference between these two kind of relationship. So when Sri Krishna says that to Arjuna, we can see how he is saying that Arjuna is God He must be the Lord, He must be the Lord, and He must be the Lord And then, while there is Sri Krishna says to Arjuna, please Arjuna, kill and kill the sakti with knowledge about the sakti so we can see there are two differences in the two situations and this difference is very important because the essence of Bhagavad Gita is to impress upon us that God is there and he is very powerful but the essence of Simad Bhagavatam is to impress upon us that yes, God is there and He is very powerful indeed, but He is also our friend. But of course that's not the only point of Srimad Bhagavatam. Srimad Bhagavatam explains that God is our friend, but Srimad Bhagavatam also very beautifully explained how you should behave or how you should be so that God would become your friend. In some other religions, there is a statement if you become a member of this particular religion by definition, God will become on your side And therefore the members of this religion They are fighting with each other Making war with each other And everyone is convinced that God is on my side God is fighting with me and he will kill the enemies and the enemies think the same thing because they belong to the same faith Muslim are killing Muslims, Christians are killing Christians and everyone of them is thinking, you know, God is fighting with me. But in Shimat Bhagavatam Krishna says how I should be, what quality I should have to make sure that God is on my side. It's not just formal belonging. I belong to this particular faith. I'm a member of Wisconsin. I have this. and therefore automatically God is on my side. You might put all tulasi in the world in your neck and still God will not be necessarily on your side. because even in this particular story which we are reading now Krishna is testing Arjuna it would be very easy for Arjun to say Krishna is always on my side Krishna says no no let's see how you will behave The very important point of Srimad Bhagavatam is that yes we have to understand that God is very personal in our relationship with him But the mode of his relationship with us very much depends on how we are and what we should become so that he would behave as a friend with us So, Shona Bahagwata menjelaskan, yes, Tuhan bisa menjadi kawan kita, but then how to explain what we should do, what we should do, so that we should be a friend of God. So, Tuhan will be able to explain what we should do, There is this very famous story in Mahabharata When Duryodhana was trying to serve Krishna And he spent a lot of money for serving Krishna He made a lot of endeavors He was sweating He was working hard to serve Krishna but Krishna didn't accept his service he made a very elaborate arrangement to please Krishna he decorated the whole hastinapur seat he was different decorations with banana trees and there were dancing parties and there were some kirtan even. People were changing Krishna's names to please Krishna. and even some Kirtan, there are people who are married and who are singing the name of Krishna because Duryodhana heard that Krishna likes when somebody is dancing and when somebody is chanting his name and especially Krishna wants to eat, he likes eating, we see Jagannath is here and he is famous for this Because Duryodhana heard that Sri Krishna is happy when there is a person who is singing and singing the Holy Spirit. And Duryodhana also knows that Sri Krishna likes to be presented in a food. He likes to eat. And here there is Sri Jadana who is especially known about that. So Duryodhana made everything possible to please Krishna. He made a very elaborate feast. He made some kirtan parties. Krishna didn't even look at this. He just went through to the humble heart of Vidura. So the preparation of Duryodhana is so empty, so empty, with all the healing, but Sri Krishna is not able to take away from the vidura. Krishna is not able to be happy with Duryodhana because the envy, enmity is living in his heart. Sri Krishna is not puas to the dhudhana because there is a heart that lives in his heart He is Bhavagrahi Janardana, he is interested in Bhav, not in anything external Bhavagrahi Janardana So, that's a very important point of Srimad Bhagavatam that we have to bring our condition, our heart into certain condition to please Krishna. Not just do something external even changing his name. It can be external, it's good, but it's not enough. but something external like that is not enough. Sometimes devotees wonder why Krishna didn't do something for me, why he didn't protect me, why he let me down, why he didn't make any arrangement for my well-being. Why did you not make such a bad thing for me? I am chanting his holy name, I am offering him prasadam, I am dancing in kirtan But Duryodhana also was offering prasadam and chanting the holy name and dancing in kirtan So, I have been able to perform the works of the Buddha, I have been singing to Ramasuri Krishna, I have been playing. But what is happening here is not different. The Buddha also has been able to perform the works, the Buddha also has been singing to Ramasuri Krishna and has been playing. And we can also see here in this particular very important story of Srimad Bhagavatam, practically the opening story of Srimad Bhagavatam, one of the first stories in Srimad Bhagavatam that Krishna is ready to protect Arjuna but at the same time even though he is protecting him, he is also protecting him by testing him And here in this story of the Shalabhava Atan, one of the first stories that was told in Shalabhava Atan, before the other stories, we can see that Sri Krishna is always ready to heal Arjuna, the creator of his. The same, Sri Krishna is healing Arjuna by questioning Arjuna. Sometimes we have this very strange idea, because I joined this con, because I am chanting the holy name of Krishna, will always be very nice to me. Krishna was not always very nice to Arjuna. Krishna was not always very nice to Queen Kunti. Krishna was not always very nice to any great devotee. It's actually a contamination of karma kanda mentality when we do something to ensure our well-being but Krishna consciousness is not like this it's not karmakanda and this is because of the disruption of the karmakanda so we think that if we do something like this we will ensure that we will get something like that but with Krishna it is not always like that Krishna indeed Is doing everything possible and impossible To help us But not necessarily the way We want him to help us He helps us by helping us to purify our heart He helps us by helping us to become better than we are now. And sometimes it's difficult to become a different person. Sometimes it's very difficult to change ourselves. but Krishna wants us to change and actually this is the real happiness when we feel that we are in the process of change and now change is bringing us closer to Krishna to be more close to Sri Krishna to be close to Sri Krishna Krishna is always on the side of those devotees who want to become better who are progressing towards Krishna He is helping them in any way It doesn't matter on which level you are now you may be on a very low level but if you are striving towards Krishna Krishna will be on your side Krishna will always be able to be in a process of developing or in a process of change. It basically means that we are humble. to change our hearts. Proud people don't change because there is no need for them to change. They already great. The only prerequisite, the only condition for change, for positive change, for you to change is to feel humble. humble that's the necessary condition to be fulfilled some of the syarat that's the necessary condition to be fulfilled humble people they never convinced they never sure whether I'm right they always question am I right or am I wrong but proud people they never question they always right by definition by default So, someone who has a heart always asks, is that I have done something right? Or is that I have done something wrong? But someone who is angry, they are always confident about their own. Oh, I am the right. We can see Arjuna always have doubts whether I should do this or should do that. Yudhishthira has doubts all the time. They always discuss what is right, what is wrong. But Duryodhana doesn't have any doubts. He already knows the truth. In Bhagavad Gita in the 16th chapter, Krishna makes an amazing point. In the 16th chapter, he describes the demonic nature and divine nature. And in the beginning, he assured Sarjuna, he says, Sarjuna, don't worry, don't be afraid, you have divine nature. What is the reason why you have divine nature? Because you have doubts. Arjuna, in the beginning of the 16th, Arjuna, you have a strong trait, don't worry. You have a strong trait, and what is the fact that you have a strong trait? Because you ask questions, what is right, what is wrong, you're thinking before doing something. Whereas the sign of demonic nature, you don't think, you just do, because you already know what is right, and there is no need to think about it. So, with the anger that they ask what they want to do and for those who have a bad person, they don't think that before they do it and they feel they know what is right We can see here Ashwatthama and Arjuna are fighting with each other and we can see the difference in their character between Ashwatthama and Arjuna In this case, we can see Ashwatthama and Hajuna and we can see the difference between the two characteristics. It is actually explained in Mahabharata that Ashwatthama was the manifestation or embodiment of four forces of this material nature. It is explained that Ashwatthama is the result of the four forces of material. He was partial manifestation of Lord Shiva, the part of Lord Shiva's energy, destructive energy of Shiva entered into Ashwatama. So, Aswatama is a part of the Dewa Siwa, which is the destructive energy of the Dewa Siwa. It was partial manifestation of Yama, God of Death. and also Kamadev and God of Anger, Kroda and Kama were part of his personality and also the Khamah or Kamsu and Prodha, and Allah is also part of the Khamah's Khamah. which are there inside you and you are not thinking twice you're not really asking you're just doing it because there is this strong passion within you That's the definition of demonic nature demonic nature demons doesn't mean that you know like here in Bali It doesn't necessarily, they may look very nice, very beautiful, they're just from saloon and they have nice hair style and everything else. It would be very easy to recognize raksasa if they were like here in Bali with all these distorted faces and nowadays, raksasya they have nice suits and tights and very nice perfume also So, Rakshasa, the definition of Rakshasa, the proper definition of Rakshasa is not by external appearance but by this nature which only follows the passions inside without using the intelligence to control the passions So, Raksasa is not related to the outside, but how someone is just following the pressure of his and the pressure of his and the pressure of his and the pressure of his and the pressure of his It is actually explained in Mahabharata that when Ashwatthama was born to Dronacharya, he was his only son. When Ashwatthama was born, the first cry of this little baby was loud as the name of the horse. Can you imagine little baby? He's just born and... That's the reason why Dronacharya called his son Ashwatthama. Ashwatthama means somebody who is snake like a horse who has the beautiful voice like a horse but it's also a description of what is going on inside the heart of Ashwattham we sometimes can hear this very horrible cry within the heart which is pushing us in the wrong direction. This is the roar of karma, lust, the roar of anger which is inside us. It is a story of karma or napsu, also a story of krona or amarah from our heart. And when we are deafened by this cry, when our little tiny intelligence with very soft voice is saying, don't do this, don't do this, and then karma and krona are neying inside, do it, do it, do it, then we are demons. And here we see Krishna is on the side of Arjuna because Arjuna is trying to protect whereas Ashwatthama is trying to attack Ashwatthama is trying to kill and Arjuna is trying to protect Ashwatthama is trying to kill Ashwatthama is trying to kill Ashwatthama is trying to kill Ashwatthama is trying to kill Ashwatthama is trying to kill Ashwatthama is trying to kill Ashwatthama is trying to kill Ashwatthama is trying to kill Ashwatthama is trying to kill Ashwatthama is trying to kill Ashwatthama is trying to kill Ashwatthama is trying to kill Ashwatthama is trying to kill Ashwatthama is trying to kill power within, these destructive passions within. These passions they destroy themselves and they destroy the whole world. Actually it is very interesting how Arjuna got Brahmastra from Dronacharya. once in the morning Dronacharya went into a river to take bus and as soon as he entered the river a big crocodile caught him and started eating his thigh And of course Dronacharya was perfectly capable of killing this crocodile himself. But he wanted to test his disciples. and therefore he cried desperately being in the river and all the disciples they were completely shocked they didn't know what to do they were standing there seeing how the crocodile is eating their guru and the only one of them Arjuna without sinking twice he took his bow and arrow and by five arrows he killed this alligator and then Dronacharya entered out of the river and he said to all, he announced all the disciples to only one of them I will give the most powerful weapon, Brahmastra I will not open this secret to anyone else but only to Arjuna because Because he is the only one who is worthy of having this weapon. Why? Because I know that he will not misuse this weapon. He will only use it to protect others, not to attack others. and he called Arjuna and he said Arjuna now I will open to you this secret I will chant the mantra which will give you immense power to invoke this Brahmastrave And then Droneh Charyang memanggil Arjuna. Oh Arjuna, I will give you the mantra of this. That with it, you can call the power of the power of the power of the power of the power of the power of the power of the power. But before you have to give me Daksina. But before you have to give me Daksina. It's actually the custom before somebody gets mantra from guru. He has to give Daksina, not after that. So Dronacharya said, are you ready to give me Daksina? He is asking for Arjuna. Arjuna says yes whatever you ask me I will do I'm your disciple I will do whatever you tell me to do and then Dronacharya says your Daxina will be that when I will fight with you you will have to fight back with me And actually during the battlefield, during the war on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, at one point Arjuna started fighting with Dronacharya. Because Dronacharya in his rage started using Brahmastra against the ordinary people. He started killing thousands and thousands of people. and at that time Krishna told Arjuna now you have to use Brahmastra against your guru he gave you this weapon it's a very secret weapon and he gave you the mercy and he told you that you should fight with him now it's the time to fight with your guru actually before giving this brahmastra weapon or the secret mantra which helps to invoke this this is Pramastra weapon. Drone Acharya said a very important condition to Arjuna. He said to him that my guru before giving this weapon to me, he put the same condition to me. His condition was that you should never use this weapon against somebody who is weaker than you. You should never use this weapon against innocent people, against weak people, against even soldiers who are weaker. to those who are not wrong, to those who are more weak, even to those who are more weak, and he said, I am giving this weapon to you, this secret to you, because I know, I am convinced, that you will be able to fulfill this condition. And I am giving this power to you, because I know that you can can be fulfilled this. And he himself, Dronachari himself, actually violated this condition and didn't follow this condition during the war in Kurukshetra. His guru said to a Dronacharya, if you use this weapon improperly against those people who are weaker than you, then this weapon will destroy you and will destroy the whole world. It's a very beautiful and important explanation and description what devotee really is. Devotee is somebody who is very powerful but who never misuse his power. God will give us all kinds of power but if we misuse this power it means that he is on the other side and we are fighting with him. So when Arjuna received this Brahmastra from Dronacharya, Ashwatthama who is the son, favorite son of Dronacharya, he became very envious of Arjuna. Putra Keseyeng Andronacharya Aswatama menjadi sangat iri. And he came to his father and he said, My dear father, you blessed Arjuna and you gave him this weapon. Why don't you give it to me too? Aswatama mendatangi ayahnya dan mengatakan, Oh ayah, Anda telah mengalugrahkan senjata syakti Brahmashura kepada Arjuna. Kenapa Anda tidak memberikannya juga kepada saya? And Dronacharya started saying, no, my son, no, no, you're not ready yet, please wait a little bit. At first, you should get recommendation from the Temple President and the second initiation, then only I will give you sanyas. Something like this. And the renacar who can answer, Oh, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, But then Ashwatthama saw his might, He started like a horse, I wanted now, Now, Now, Now, Now, Now, Now, Now, and Dronacharya knew he will misuse this secret he will not be able to use it discreetly as this weapon is this is the obligation by having this power and this weapon he will not be able to do and that will destroy him. But Ashwatthama was insisting, insisting, insisting and finally Dronacharya gave him also Brahmastra. and then what happened it's very interesting after some time when pandavas they exiled into the forest Ashwatthama during this 12 years of Pandavas exile Ashwatthama went to Dwaraka. And he was accommodated in a very nice palace. The inhabitants of Dwaraka, they knew he is the only son of the famous Dronacharya, the teacher of Pandavas. And they were all very happy that Ashwatama is here. They gave all facilities for him. They gave him separate villa on the seashore. With a private beach and spa and everything. But Ashwatthama was not really interested in all these facilities. He was roaming in Dwaraka and spying Krishna basically. Trying to see what Krishna is doing. And then one day he found out that Krishna is alone in the beach, sitting on the beach and meditating. So very still, Ashwatthama approached Krishna with folded hands, paid his obeisances, and stood there waiting when Krishna would see him. with patience until Krishna is finished. Krishna opened his eyes and saw Ashwatthama and he asked Ashwatthama, O great Brahmana, what do you want? Please ask me, I am kshatri, I am supposed to fulfill any desires of a Brahmana. Please ask me whatever you like. and Ashwatthama with very slimy smile in his face he said my dear Krishna have you heard that my father Dronacharya great Dronacharya great fighter gave me Brahmastra And as I said to Krishna, Oh Krishna, Sudahkah anda mendengar bahwa Ayahku yang Agung Dronacharya telah memberikan Brahmastra padaku? If you want, I can give Brahmastra to you. Jika anda mau, saya bisa memberikan Brahmastra pada anda. But in exchange of your Sudarshana Chakra. but he was put with the Sudarsan chakra. Krishna smiled at him and he said, see I don't need your Brahmastra. Sri Krishna tersenyum and said, I don't need Brahmastra. And I don't only have Sudarshan, I also have my bow, I have my Komadaki, I have a maze, I have my whatever, I have so many weapons. Take whatever you like, no problem. I don't need your Brahmastra. Take whatever you need. I have a weapon like my sword, and my skin. There are so many weapons. Please choose which one you want to take. And Ashwatthama became very joyful and he ran and he took by his left hand Sudarsana Chakra. And he tried to pull Sudarsana Chakra but it didn't move. and he said okay left arm didn't work so let's do it with the right hand didn't move any he took it with two hands started pulling didn't move He became bread and he was trying to pull it but they didn't move at all. Krishna is sitting there smiling how he is working very hard. hard and then very embarrassed as what how much steps out he understood that he cannot get this weapon and he wants to walk away increases please wait can you answer one question So, Ashwatthama who was feeling so sad, finally went and realized that he couldn't have the weapon. But, Krishna then called, Ashwatthama, wait for me. I want to ask. You know, Arjuna is my very best friend. And Pradyumna is my own son. And even Balaram, he is my elder brother. They never asked me Sudarsana Chakra. Not even once they didn't ask me to give them this weapon. Can you tell me why do you need Sudarshan Chakra? So Sri Krishna said, Arjuna is my best friend, and my partner Pradyuna and my brother also my brother Balarama. They all never asked or asked to ask the Sudarshan Chakra from me. What is the reason why you want the Sudarshan Chakra? And Ashwatthama, truthful as he says, if I would get your Sudarshan Chakra, I would fight with you, I would kill you, and I would become the most powerful man in the world. And Asotama, with truth, said, If I can get this Sudarshan Chakra, I will defend you, and I will be the most powerful. So that's demon. Demon, he gets the power. Why does he need the power to establish his superiority over everyone else? Whereas a devotee, he gets the power. He gets all the power possible, But he never misuses this power, that's the point. So, itulah Raksasa, he got all the strength and strength to let him be the highest. And as a person, he can get all the strength and all the strength, but he never has to be wrong. And that is exactly what is going on here when Krishna has become the friend of Arjuna and give the personal advice and guides Arjuna how he should act in this world only because of this, because he knows that Arjuna is not for killing others, is not to harm others, but only to protect. actually the intention of the story in the first canto of shimad bhagavatam is to explain the character of maharaja pariksit the whole first canto is explaining which qualities the listener of shimad bhagavatam and the speaker of shimad bhagavatam of Srimad Bhagavatam should have in order to make the act of Sravanam, the act of listening Srimad Bhagavatam successful. so that the process of the Shri Mat Bhagavatam can be done with the right The process of hearing Shri Mat Bhagavatam is not just for entertainment or not just to spend some time The process of hearing Shri Mat Bhagavatam is the process of internal transformation So, the process of listening to Shima Bhagavatam is not only because of the hiburan, but the process of listening to Shima Bhagavatam is the purpose of the internal change. We should listen to Shima Bhagavatam class every day, but not always listening or hearing Shima Bhagavatam is successful. We must say that the Shimat Bhagavatam is a success every day, but not every day the process of Shimat Bhagavatam is a success the process of hearing Shravanam has become successful. Because on the initial stage, why we are hearing why Sravanam, Kirtanam, Visnu, Smaranam is there to purify our heart. We can see that Maharaja Pariksit, he was listening to Srimad Bhagavatam for seven days, and at the end, he was completely purified and completely transformed and our Acharya explained that he became gopi he obtained gopi bhao by hearing Srimad Bhagavatu So how did Maharaja Pariksit, after hearing the Shonan Bhagavatam for 7 days, He was ready to be prepared and the Ayahsarayah told that Maharaja Pariksit was able to be a Gopi. Even before Takshaka, the snake, beat Maharaja Pariksit, he already left his body. It's only the corpse, the only dead body was sitting there and Takshaka was trying to bite it. But Maharaja Pariksit was already in the spiritual world serving Lord Krishna in his Gopi Deha, in his Siddha Deha, in his body of cowherd girl. Gopi Deha, Siddhar Deha beliau. Taksyaka berusaha mengigit Mahathir Parishit saat itu, itu tinggal jenazah beliau. So we don't expect that after a lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, everyone walks out as a Gopi Siddhar Deha. Kita tidak mengekspek atau berharap bahwa setelah keluar dari Srimad Bhagavatam, It would be nice actually. But at least some purification of the heart should take place. That's the point. Some change of the heart, some mock kindness toward other living entities, and all other which are the concomitant factors of devotional bhakti. So by explaining this story in the first kanto of Srimad Bhagavatam, the Shilavyasadev who is the author of Simad Bhagavatam is trying to explain that here Maharaja Pariksit he is the descendant of such a glorious family line. Arjuna was the personal friend of Krishna and he was so intimate with Krishna. Therefore Maharaja Pariksit was also capable of understanding Simad Bhagavatam in a real sense not just formally. and the goal of the Shimon Bhagavatam in the 1st to give us all this story is to give us the understanding how Mahajah Parikshit is from that from that kind of Arjuna who is a friend of Sri Krishna and because of that Mahajah Parikshit has the ability to be able to receive Shimon Bhagavatam this with the truth, not only as formalism. So again, this is the point. Yes, Krishna is a person. Yes, he is eager to enter into personal relationship with each and every one of us. But we have to have certain qualities for that to have. So, again, the point here is that Sri Krishna is a personal person. And Sri Krishna wants to be able to communicate with ourselves. But for that, we must have some character and character. And the kindness of the heart, softness of the heart is one of those most important preliminary qualities which we should have. And the feeling of the heart is the first one of our hearts. Our heart becomes hard because of two reasons. Our heart becomes very hard when we inflict pain to other living entities. and our heart becomes hard when we enjoy at the expense of other living entities, exploit other living entities And our heart is also strong when we enjoy the suffering of other people or the exploitation of other people So if we want that Krishna would be on our side in a real sense we should be kind to every living entities and we should not exploit anyone and we should not inflict pain to any living entities So if we want to be able to be able to be on our side, then we must have a feeling of the pain and not to be able to be a pain for other people, or not to be able to exploit their own lives. And not to be able to enjoy the pain of their own lives. Then Krishna will say to us as he says to Arjuna in this verse. And Sri Krishna will then tell us how Arjuna is in this shulukat. You are astragya, you know the weapon, you know the art of fighting in this world. Take your own Tejas, your own Shakti, your own power which you have and counteract this power with your own power, the power of your enemy. your enemy. And if it doesn't work, I will use my Sudarshan chakra. and you will always be protected so thank you very much thank you very much thank you question of station please if there is any question or comments we still have like five kind of minutes one question do we really need to have Krishna by our side because I can also serve devotees not thinking like I serve devotees help them understanding that still I'm a rascal and maybe this will somehow help me and I don't need to think if Krishna needs to be on my side The morning is that they will call him the best guy. Okay, okay, okay. That's good. There is no contradiction. Because the only way when Krishna will be on our side is when we serve devotees. He himself says this to Duryodhana. I will not accept anything from you, Krishna says to Duryodhana, because you hate my devotees. and because of you, I hate you so that's the most clever way to attract Krishna's attention and to bring him on our side when we serve the devotees and we are very humble I don't need Krishna, I'll just serve the devotees and he will do whatever he wants to do So this is one of the best ways to make Sri Krishna become our part. Oh, I have enough to be able to help Sri Krishna. What is Sri Krishna doing? There is a question here. How not to lose or how to maintain the faith in Krishna If there are some doubts or fear when we see other the pain of other people suffering of other people or if there is a war within your heart or war outside of you how to maintain the face of Krishna So the next question is how can we maintain our confidence to Sri Krishna when we see a lot of pain, a lot of pain, a lot of pain, a lot of pain, and in the outside we can see how there is a fight. So how can we maintain our confidence to Sri Krishna in a situation like this? the face in krishna is definitely shaken or even destroyed when we see what is happening in this realm of material energy So, the confidence of Sri Krishna can be destroyed and even be destroyed by seeing everything that happened in this world. It's very difficult to understand how this material world is working, what is happening here, why it is happening like this, why it is happening against our understanding how it should happen. It's true, it's very difficult to maintain the face in Krishna if we only see the material world and what is happening in the internet. So it's very difficult to maintain our confidence by seeing everything that's happening as we know and learn. So if we only see what's happening in this world, it's very difficult to maintain our confidence. Because by watching this material world and happening in this material world, we're entering into relationship with this material world, and maya prakriti starts influencing our mind to neutralize this influence of material energy there is only one way to neutralize it That is to be in contact with spiritual energy. And the only way to be in contact with spiritual energy is to be in contact with those people whose heart are devoted to spiritual energy, whose heart is overtaken by spiritual energy. And to be able to connect with the spiritual energy, the way we connect with the people who have been influenced by the spiritual energy. The doubts are natural conditions of us being in this material world. There is no doubt about it. The doubts will always be there. The only thing which you should not doubt is that there will be doubts. Actually, Jiva Goswami says that the devotee will have doubts about God's existence and his form and everything else up to the level of prema. Only on the level of prema when he see directly world face to face, he will be free from all doubts. Shri Yoga Swami menguraikan bahwa keraguan itu bahkan akan tetap ada pada seorang penyimpan hingga sebelum dia mencapai prema. Ketika dia sudah mencapai tingkatan prema dan bisa melihat Sri Krishna secara langsung, maka segala keraguan itu akan sirna. Doubts and misgivings are natural effects of our contact with material nature, material energy. when we are in contact with somebody who is in contact with Krishna, with spiritual energy, then by the influence of his spiritual experience, his spiritual experience is actually he is sharing his spiritual experience and we can feel some shadow of his spiritual experience by the effect of association with him, that is the dissipation of doubts within our heart. So there is only way way to strengthen the face is to associate with people who have strong face. That's the wrong way. strong face which is based not just on their belief but on their experience keyakinan yang kuat ini dimiliki oleh mereka tidak hanya dari percaya atau yakin saja tapi dari pengalaman langsung I would like to ask what made that person who has a very good attitude and also who has a very bad attitude or bad. What made that karma in the past? The question is, what makes someone that even from birth, it seems like they are nice, kind, and some are born evil, like that. What's the reason for this? Is it just because of their karma? Yeah, karma in the form of samskaras, very deep impressions, which is called karmashaya. the very deep samskaras from the past lives. Even in this life we can develop our nature one way or another, we can improve our nature and then we can also worsen our nature, we can make our nature very evil. We can increase it, improve it, so we have a good shape or even worse, become a bad shape. in a certain way. So when this neural network will behave in a certain way, will speak certain language, you can teach neural network to use foul language and to become really nasty quarrel so in the same way we have the neural network and even in this world we're changing it and then we carry the same nature in the next life so with the same system of neural networks can be used for for example it can be used to be a clear word, to be a clear word or the other way The nature with which you are born is a result of your sadhana in the previous life, of your hard endeavors in the previous life. But you can change it by association. It is actually Parasharamuni, very great astrologer. He says there are three factors which influence our nature. He says one factor is our previous karma which is described symbolically in the chart of our birth with the stars with shiny and sun and moon in different positions one part is how we can see how we can see in our own lives But that's only 33% of influence which we experience. The second factor, very important, is your experience in a very young age, before the age of seven, when you are very vulnerable. So depending on the environment and the experiences which you have, it may very much change your nature. These two factors are very difficult to change. They are already there, they are more or less establishing the basic structure of our personality. And it would be completely hopeless if only these two factors would work, you would not be able to change anything in your life because it's already from your past life and from the early early experiences in your life But there is a third factor, the last factor which is most important for us, that is the nature of our association that can completely change our nature Thank you very much for the lecture. You said that there are two categories of people who are genuinely right in their own right and are genuinely right. How do we have to be right in the same way to interact with people who are genuinely right in their own right? And can they be right in their own right? In the lecture I said that there are two natures of people. Some people are doubting whether they are right or wrong, and other people they never doubt, they always right. So how shall we interact with those people who are always convinced that they are right? And is there any chance that sometimes they are right, even though they think that they are always right? So that's the question. We should interact with such people very carefully because by interacting too much or very closely with such people, very soon we will also become always right. So before interacting with such people, we should doubt whether we should do it or not. We must have asked if we must have asked them to do it. Pride is very contagious. Yes, they may be sometimes right. The chances are there, we should be very generous. Whether they are right or wrong, their attitude is wrong. So even if they are right, there is not much value in their being right. Because in their ultimate sense, they're wrong. Because in one side, they're wrong. Okay, thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Shilaprabhadeki.