Srimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Chapter 2,
Vers 72:
eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha
naināṁ prāpya vimuhyati
sthitvāsyām anta-kāle 'pi
brahma-nirvāṇam ṛcchati
SYNONYMS
eṣā—this; brāhmī—spiritual;
sthitiḥ—situation; pārtha—O
son of Pṛthā; na—never; enām—this; prāpya—achieving;
vimuhyati—bewilders; sthitvā—being
so situated; asyām—being
so; anta-kāle—at
the end of life; api—also; brahma-nirvāṇam—spiritual
(kingdom of God); ṛcchati—attains.
TRANSLATION
That is the way of the spiritual and godly
life, after attaining which a man is not bewildered. Being so situated, even at
the hour of death, one can enter into the kingdom of God.
PURPORT
One can attain Kṛṣṇa
consciousness or divine life at once, within a second-or one may not attain
such a state of life even after millions of births. It is only a matter of
understanding and accepting the fact. Khaṭvāṅga
Mahārāja attained this state of life just a few
minutes before his death, by surrendering unto Kṛṣṇa. Nirvāṇa means ending the process of materialistic
life. According to Buddhist philosophy, there is only void after the completion
of this material life, but Bhagavad-gītā
teaches differently. Actual life begins after the completion of this material
life. For the gross materialist it is sufficient to know that one has to end
this materialistic way of life, but for persons who are spiritually advanced,
there is another life after this materialistic life. Before ending this life, if
one fortunately becomes Kṛṣṇa
conscious, he at once attains the stage of Brahma-nirvāṇa. There is no difference between the kingdom
of God and the devotional service of the Lord. Since both of them are on the
absolute plane, to be engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord
is to have attained the spiritual kingdom. In the material world there are
activities of sense gratification, whereas in the spiritual world there are
activities of Kṛṣṇa
consciousness. Attainment of Kṛṣṇa
consciousness even during this life is immediate attainment of Brahman, and one who is situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness has certainly already entered
into the kingdom of God.
Brahman is just the opposite of matter. Therefore brāhmī sthitiḥ means "not on the platform of material
activities." Devotional service of the Lord is accepted in the Bhagavad-gītā as the liberated stage. Therefore, brāhmī-sthitiḥ
is liberation from material bondage.
Śrīla Bhaktivinode Ṭhākur has summarized
this Second Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā as
being the contents for the whole text. In the Bhagavad-gītā, the subject matters are karma-yoga, jñāna-yoga, and bhakti-yoga. In the
Second Chapter karma-yoga and jñāna-yoga have been clearly discussed, and a glimpse of bhakti-yoga has
also been given, as the contents for the complete text.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the
Second Chapter of the Śrīmad-Bhagavad-gītā in
the matter of its Contents.
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