Bg 12.10 — If you cannot practice the regulations of bhakti-yoga, then just try to work for Me, because by working for Me you will come to the perfect stage.
One needs to fix their mind upon me and engage with intelligence doing work for Krsna. When the mind is fixed upon Krsna, then the mind is always peaceful. To understand Krsna is the supreme enjoyer, personality is fixing your mind upon Krsna. But fixing the mind on Krsna is the most difficult task, as we have been conditioned for so many years. Sadhu Sanga is always such a feast - senior devotees and so many devotees was like a wonderful Sanga - it is so easy to think about Krsna 24*7. But still the mind is not able to focus and that is how difficult it is to engage your mind. But Krsna wants us to appear for our test and he wants to test that if you aren't in a sanga, is your mind going to be fixed upon Krsna or not? Hence, Krsna says, just follow the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga - chant early in the morning, cook for Krsna, collect flowers for Krsna 12.9. So, how do we apply it to our condition - by following 12.10. As bhakti-yoga regulative principles we should chant early in the morning, cook for Krsna. SP was very good cook and he used to cook regularly for Krsna. We should read and hear BG and SB all the time. Aarti, japa, reading, sravanam, kirtan etc - when we do all this, the kids watch this and they then follow it. Also, end of each month - we should support KC by giving some % of money to Krsna.
Bg 12.11 — If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness of Me, then try to act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated.
We should encourage people at whatever level they are and we should respect others - if somebody is doing charity, Krsna is happy, his mercy is always going to be on that soul. Whenever some retreats are there of Sadhu Sanga we should run as we have the mercy of chanting with such elevated souls and we forget the miseries of material world. We should grab these opportunity. It is like a group petition to Krsna that Krsna please engage us in your service. Such Sadhu Sanga is very very important and chanting the holy name of Krsna in the association of devotees makes it even more sweet.
There are 9 processes of devotional service - Sravanam, Kirtanam, Vishnusmaran ..... So we should try to do these 9 processes of devotional service. But in this verse connection - when we do this work for our Spiritual Master, he is so merciful that he offers it to Krsna and prays that Krsna accepts our work as dasyam - So it is very important to be very intense in our sadhana bhakti - so the 8 hours of work we put into our day is accepted by Krsna as bhakti and our Spiritual Master accepts and offers it to Krsna.
Pure devotee has the power to pray to Krsna to qualify our work as bhakti. Please write down what are you doing to please Krsna through your senses, your mind and your intelligence and then actually do it for Krsna. The best way to come to the point of doing everything for the pleasure for Krsna is to chant very sincerely without offenses and other activities like reading SP's books, cooking for Krsna etc - start with these basics and then you are always thinking of Krsna all the time and doing things for Krsna 24*7.
Haribol!
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