Brahma Kimba Adhyatma Ki Karma

arjun kahilen: brahma kimba adhyatma ki karma purusottama adhibhuta adhidaiva kaha tara krama

Arjuna inquired: O my Lord, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What is the self? What are fruitive activities? What is this material manifestation? And what are the demigods? Please explain this to me.

adhiyajna kiva sei he madhusudan kibhave tomake pay prayana yakhan

How does this Lord of sacrifice live in the body, and in which part does He live, O Madhusudana? And how can those engaged in devotional service know You at the time of death?

sri-bhagavan kahilen: aksay vinas nai ataev brahma ami bhagavan sejanya parama-brahma paramatma ar ye bhagavan sei ye parama-tattva sei brahma-jnan karma se karan jada sarira visarga bhutombhava yar nam suna tar varga

The Supreme Lord said, The indestructible, transcendental living entity is called Brahman, and his eternal nature is called the self. Action pertaining to the development of these material bodies is called karma, or fruitive activities.

padartha ye adhibhuta ksara bhava nam virata purusa sei adhidaiva nam antaryami ami sei adhiyajna nam yata dehi ache tar hrde mor dham

Physical nature is known to be endlessly mutable. The universe is the cosmic form of the Supreme Lord, and I am that Lord represented as the Supersoul, dwelling in the heart of every embodied being.

ataev antakale amare smariya yeba cali yay ei sarira chadiya se pay amara bhav amara se hay niscaya-i kahinu ei nahita samsay

And whoever, at the time of death, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.

ye yei smarana kare jiva anta kale ye-bhave se tyaje nija jada kalevare sei sei bhava yukta tatta labha kare he kounteya! thaki sada sei bhava ghare

Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail.

ataeva tumi sada amake smaribe kayamana buddhi sab amake arpibe sebhabe thakile more paibe niscay amate arpita man yadi asamsay

Therefore, Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of Krsna and at the same time carry out your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt.

kathina nahe ta' ei abhyasa karile manke anyatra sada nahi yete dile he partha se-bhave cinti parama puruse niscaya-i paibe tumi deha avasese

He who meditates on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his mind constantly engaged in remembering Me, undeviated from the path, he, O Partha [Arjuna], is sure to reach Me.

parama purusa dhyansunaha tahara jnan, sarvajna tini se sanatana niyanta se ati suksma,vidhata se antariksa, agocara jada buddhi mana ye jan smarana kare, nitya sei purusere adityera nyay svaprakasa prakrtir parapare,ye jane se vidhatare svarat tini cid vilasa

One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who knows everything, as He who is the oldest, who is the controller, who is smaller than the smallest, who is the maintainer of everything, who is beyond all material conception, who is inconceivable, and who is always a person. He is luminous like the sun and, being transcendental, is beyond this material nature.

acal manete yeva,prayana-kalete kiva, bhakti-yukta haye yoga-vale bhrur madhye rakhi pran, yadi hay se smaran divya purusa tahare mile

One who, at the time of death, fixes his life air between the eyebrows and in full devotion engages himself in remembering the Supreme Lord, will certainly attain to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

veda-jnani ye aksar, labhe hay tatpar yahate pravista hay yatigan vitarag brahmacari,sada acarana kari, se tathya bali suna vivaran

Persons learned in the Vedas, who utter omkara and who are great sages in the renounced order, enter into Brahman. Desiring such perfection, one practices celibacy. I shall now explain to you this process by which one may attain salvation.

samasta indriya dvar,ruddha hayeche yar, visayete anasakti nam manke nirodh kari,hrdayete sthir kari, yei jan hayeche niskam pranke bhrur majhe,yogya sei yogi-saje, samartha yog dharane sei

The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements. Closing all the doors of the senses and fixing the mind on the heart and the life air at the top of the head, one establishes himself in yoga.

omkara aksara brahma,uccarane yei brahma, amake smarana kare yei se yay sarira chadi,vaikuntha vihari hari, saman lokete hay vas sei se parama gati,srihari carane rati, dhanya tar paramartha as

After being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the sacred syllable om, the supreme combination of letters, if one thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and quits his body, he will certainly reach the spiritual planets.

ye yogi ananya citta,amake smaraye nitya, drdhatar saha aviram tahara sulabha ami,he partha janaha tumi, nitya yoge tahara visram

For one who remembers Me without deviation, I am easy to obtain, O son of Prtha, because of his constant engagement in devotional service.

amake labh kare se mahatma hay nahe tar punarjanma yetha duhkhalay asasvata samsarete nahe tara sthiti parama gatite tar siddha avasthiti

After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogis in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.

caturdasa bhuvanete yata lok hay brahmalok paryanta se nitya keha nay se sab lokete sthan gamana-gaman sakala lokete ache janama-maran bhaktira asray yeva amake ye pay kevala tahara matra punarjanma nay

From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kunti, never takes birth again.

manuser sahasra ye caturyug yay brahmara se ekadin kariya ganay seirup ekaratri brahmara ganana ratri-dina brahmara ye karaha manana

By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together is the duration of Brahma's one day. And such also is the duration of his night.

sei ratri abasane avyakta haite vyakta hay e trilok brahmara dinete abara se ratri-kale haibe pralay avyakta haite janma avyakte milay

When Brahma's day is manifest, this multitude of living entities comes into being, and at the arrival of Brahma's night they are all annihilated.

caracara yaha kichu sei udbhav pralay punah punah janma ar punah punah ksay

Again and again the day comes, and this host of beings is active; and again the night falls, O Partha, and they are helplessly dissolved.

tahara upare yei bhavera nirnay sanatan sei dham aksaya avyay sakala srstira nas e jagate hay sanatana dham nahe haibe pralay

Yet there is another nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is.

sei se avyakta nam 'aksara' tahar jivera se gati nam parama yahar se gati haile labh na ase phiriya amara se nitya dham samsara jiniya

That supreme abode is called unmanifested and infallible, and it is the supreme destination. When one goes there, he never comes back. That is My supreme abode.

parama-purusa sei nitya dhame vas he partha! ananya bhakti tahara prayasa tnahar-i antarete hay samasta jagata antaryami se purusa sarvatra vistrta

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is greater than all, is attainable by unalloyed devotion. Although He is present in His abode, He is all-pervading, and everything is situated within Him.

ye kalete anavrtti yogira sambhav balitechi suna taha bharata rsabh

O best of the Bharatas, I shall now explain to you the different times at which, passing away from this world, one does or does not come back.

brahmavit purusa ye jyoti subhadine uttarayana kalete karile prayane brahma-labh haya tar anavrtti gati karmira jnanira sei sadharana mati

Those who know the Supreme Brahman pass away from the world during the influence of the fiery god, in the light, at an auspicious moment, during the fortnight of the moon and the six months when the sun travels in the north.

tara istapurti karme ratri krsna-pakse dhum va daksinayana candra jyoti lakse marga sei asrayete punaragaman karma-yogi nahi kare brahma-nirupan

The mystic who passes away from this world during the smoke, the night, the moonless fortnight, or in the six months when the sun passes to the south, or who reaches the moon planet, again comes back.

ataev dui marga sukla krsna nam sasvata ye dui path hai vartaman sukla-marge yar gati tar anavrtti krsna-marge yar gati se avrtti

According to the Vedas, there are two ways of passing from this world--one in the light and one in darkness. When one passes in light, he does not come back; but when one passes in darkness, he returns.

kintu partha bhakta mor dui marga jani mohaprapta nahi hay bhakti-yog mani ataev he arjun! more nitya smara bhakti-yog-yukta hao kabhu na pasara

The devotees who know these two paths, O Arjuna, are never bewildered. Therefore be always fixed in devotion.

vedadi sastrete yaha,yajna tapa dan taha, punya-phal yaha se pradista se yog ye avalambe, pay taha avilambe, samyaka bujhiya nija ista

A person who accepts the path of devotional service is not bereft of the results derived from studying the Vedas, performing austere sacrifices, giving charity or pursuing philosophical and fruitive activities. At the end he reaches the supreme abode.

bhaktivedanta kahe sri-gitara gan sune yadi suddha bhakta krsnagata-pran

Thus Bhaktivedanta sings the song of Sri Gita, with the hope that hearing this, Krsna conscious pure devotees will be pleased.