vyavasāyātmikā—resolute Kṛṣṇa
consciousness; buddhiḥ—intelligence;
Srimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Chapter 2,
Vers 41:
vyavasāyātmikā buddhir
ekeha kuru-nandana
bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca
buddhayo 'vyavasāyinām
SYNONYMS
vyavasāyātmikā—resolute Kṛṣṇa
consciousness; buddhiḥ—intelligence;
ekā—only one; iha—in this
world; kuru-nandana—O
beloved child of the Kurus; bahu-śākhāḥ—various branches; hi—indeed; anantāḥ—unlimited; ca—also; buddhayaḥ—intelligence; avyavasāyinām—of
those who are not in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness.
TRANSLATION
Those who are on this path are resolute in
purpose, and their aim is one. O beloved child of the Kurus, the intelligence
of those who are irresolute is many-branched.
PURPORT
A strong faith in Kṛṣṇa consciousness that one should be elevated to
the highest perfection of life is called vyavasāyātmikā
intelligence. The Caitanya-caritāmṛta states:
Faith means unflinching trust in something
sublime. When one is engaged in the duties of Kṛṣṇa
consciousness, he need not act in relationship to the material world with
obligations to family traditions, humanity, or nationality. Fruitive activities
are the engagements of one's reactions from past good or bad deeds. When one is
awake in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness, he need no longer endeavor for good results in his activities.
When one is situated in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness, all activities are on the absolute plane, for they are no longer
subject to dualities like good and bad. The highest perfection of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is renunciation of the material
conception of life. This state is automatically achieved by progressive Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The resolute purpose of a
person in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness is based on knowledge ("Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa
mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ") by which one comes to
know perfectly that Vāsudeva,
or Kṛṣṇa, is the root of all manifested causes. As
water on the root of a tree is automatically distributed to the leaves and
branches, in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness, one can render the highest service to everyone—namely self,
family, society, country, humanity, etc. If Kṛṣṇa is
satisfied by one's actions, then everyone will be satisfied.
Service in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness is, however, best practiced under the able guidance of a
spiritual master who is a bona fide representative of Kṛṣṇa, who knows the nature of the student and who
can guide him to act in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness. As such, to be well-versed in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness one has to act firmly and obey the representative of Kṛṣṇa, and one should accept the instruction of the
bona fide spiritual master as one's mission in life. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākur instructs us, in his famous
prayers for the spiritual master, as follows:
yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo
yasyāprasādānna gatiḥ kuto 'pi
dhyāyaṁ stuvaṁs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaṁ
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam.
yasyāprasādānna gatiḥ kuto 'pi
dhyāyaṁ stuvaṁs tasya yaśas tri-sandhyaṁ
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam.
"By satisfaction of the spiritual
master, the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes satisfied. And by not
satisfying the spiritual master, there is no chance of being promoted to the
plane of Kṛṣṇa
consciousness. I should, therefore, meditate and pray for his mercy three times
a day, and offer my respectful obeisances unto him, my spiritual master."
The whole process, however, depends on
perfect knowledge of the soul beyond the conception of the body—not
theoretically but practically, when there is no longer chance for sense
gratification manifested in fruitive activities. One who is not firmly fixed in
mind is diverted by various types of fruitive acts.
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