Saturday, June 20, 2015

यत्र योगेश्वर: कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धर: yatra yogeshvarah kRShNo yatra pArtho dhanurdharah

This is the last verse in the Bhagavad GItA.

यत्र योगेश्वर: कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धर:
तत्र श्रीर्विजयोर्भुतिर्धृवानीतिर्मतिर्मम
yatra yogeshvarah kRShNo yatra pArtho dhanurdharah
tatra shrIh vijayo bhUtih dhruvA nItirmatirmama

Where there is the Lord of Yoga, Sri KRShNa and where there is Arjuna (son or PRtha and hence PArtha) wielding the bow, there fortune and victory are firmly established, this is my belief (says Sanjaya).

Import: Who is  KRShNa?
KRShNa is Consciousness.
Consciousness is Everywhere. KRShNa is Consciousness, the Self, Atma and is everywhere.

Recall the IshopaniShad ईशोपनिषद्: ४
अनेजदेकं मनसो जवीयो नैनद्देवा अाप्नुवन्पूर्वमर्षत्
Unmoving, this one, It is faster than the mind, the senses could not overtake It.

Who is Arjuna?
Arjuna is the mind of the pure seeker, aspirant.

What is the Bow?
The Upanishads are the Bow (recall MuNDakopanishad). II.ii.3

धनुर्गृहीत्वौपनिषदं महास्त्रं शरं ह्युपसानिशितं संधयीत
Taking up the bow of the Upanishad, fitting it with an arrow well sharpened by meditation
again in iv

प्रणवो धनु: शरो ह्यित्मा
Om is the Bow, the soul is the Arrow

Then there shRIh (LakshmI, Shakti) and vijaya (victory over senses) are definitely found.


Lord is Everywhere, but mind has to be turned towards Lord. Only then is this verse realized in truth.

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