BG 10.31-34 Summary

BG 10.31: Of purifiers I am the wind, of the wielders of weapons I am Rāma, of fishes I am the shark, and of flowing rivers I am the Ganges.

BG 10.32: Of all creations I am the beginning and the end and also the middle, O Arjuna. Of all sciences I am the spiritual science of the self, and among logicians I am the conclusive truth.

BG 10.33: Of letters I am the letter A, and among compound words I am the dual compound. I am also inexhaustible time, and of creators I am Brahmā.

BG 10.34: I am all-devouring death, and I am the generating principle of all that is yet to be. Among women I am fame, fortune, fine speech, memory, intelligence, steadfastness and patience.

(purport of 10.34 read)

The beginning of Sanskrit letters- A is the beginning of the Vedas- that is Krsna.

Among killers, time is the greatest killer- time is nothing but energy of Krsna. Time is the ultimate killer in the material world. Everyone has to bow down to inexhaustable time regardless of how popular/ rich etc they are. ALexander the Great also could not conquer time- he left empty handed despite being so valiant.
Each moment wasted is wasted and cannot be brought back even by paying millions of $$$$

Time is so powerful, it is making everyone old, things are passing by before our very eyes. Time is Krsna's energy.

Krsna expalins the opulances are al Krsna. Fame is non different than Krsna. Fortunate is Krsna. Everything good or bad is coming from Krsna- it is Krsna, nothing is separate from Krsna- the reason to separate is maya- and so the living entity can claim propreitorship and further propells the living entity into the cycle of suffering. But Krsna is so merciful that he wants to help the living entity out of this illusory cycle and remember Krsna everywhere. Therefore Krsna is also called as Jaganath.
Yesterday the Puri rath yathra took place- it is the most populated and attended festival in the world.
The dieties are placed on thier chariots and brought to the Gaundicha temple.
Krsna performed this pastime, when everyone (Brajvasis) gathered on the banks of Ganga- Brajvasis put Krsna on the chariot and wanted to bring Krsna back to Vrindavan from Kurukshetra.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu's lilas He demonstrated a pastime of Gaundicha - Mahaprabhu took all the devotees to the Gaundicha temple as the Rath Yathra was approaching- he begged to be allowed to clean the temple as the Lord was about to enter his temple. Mahaprabhu was esctatically cleaning the temple and the dust accumulated by Mahaprabhu was much more than any other devotee- thus showing his enthusiasm to clean the temple of the Lord.

(first verse of Sikshashtikam)
Before Lord can come into our heart- we should clean our heart- through chanting His Holy Name.

Enthusiasm, Patience and Cleanliness- qualities essential in excelling in devotional service.

Entire progress in our devotional service depends on our enthusiasm to perform.

After dusting the Temple, the Temple was cleansed with water. Thus our hearts should be completely cleansed before being able to make progress in devotional service.

The rath yathra demonstrates how we bring the Lord to his temple- thus through devotional service we bring the Lord into our hearts.

DUring the Rasa Lila Krsna performed rasa with each Gopi, and Caitanya Mahaprabhu was seen dancing in all circles during the Rath Yathra festival.

Krsna- Caitanya Mahaprabhu- Jaganath: all the same - Jaganath is 'drunk' because of the love that Radha Rani has for Krsna encompassed in Caitanya Mahaprabhu.He is intoxicated by the love of Srimati Radharani.


Glories of Krnsa and Balaram was narrated by Yashoda- Krsna and Balaram became esctatic- hence the Jaganath form of Krsna- is most merciful.
He comes out of his temple to give darshan to everyone- he is in esctasy- does not discriminate in his devotees- he is most merciful. 

BG 10.16,17 Summary

The lord's energy can't be concieved by our 3d brain. Just to show his devotees he came as Narasimha deva.

BG 10.16,17, - "Please tell me in detail of Your divine opulence by which You pervade all these worlds."
"O Krsna, O supreme mystic, how shall I constantly think of You, and how shall I know You? In what various forms are You to be remembered, O Supreme Personality of Godhead?"

We are looking for absolute shelter and when we see everyone around us is so frustrated and all can't give us that shelter and we understand that Krishna is our supreme shelter, it brings about a great sense of relief and peace in the mind of the agitated soul. After he has described his position, Arjuna is relieved, he's happy, he is completely peaceful. All the 9 dev processes helps us to touch Krishna's consciousness - hearing chanting, reading.... This brings about peace in our lives. So after this particular fact that Krishna has now given his position to Arjuna, Arjuna is now peaceful. But a sincere devotee on one hand is very satisfied but on the other hand he's very eager. A devotee who has chanted his rounds very sincerely, he is more eager to do more service for Krishna, not that oh I've done my 16 rounds now I'm done.

Greed is the price we actually have to pay to get Krishna. A devotee is very greedy for serving Krishna. He wants to increase the dev service for Krishna. He's very happy that Krishna is in control and he's taking care of me but at the same time he's very greedy to serve Krishna. This is what Arjuna is saying here. He says my dear Lord, I'm greedy to know about your opulence and how I can keep thinking of you and how will I know you. Here is another great phenomenon in the life of a devotee - that Krishna cannot be understood by our effort. Krishna has to himself reveal him to us. He has to unfold to us. Because Krishna is always covered by yoga maya. The foolish and unintelligent ppl can't understand me as I'm always covered by yoga maya. So we cannot know him unless Krishna himself shows himself to us.

So here Arjuna is saying please lift this curtain of yoga maya and show yourself to me. once you lift up this curtain of yoga maya, how can I see you in the material things, because I can't see your spiritual form as I'm still not there yet my Lord. Please help me see you because I'm not on the spiritual platform but on the material platform. These are the Qs Arjuna is asking for our benefit.

Actually Krishna is under the supreme control. Everything direct and indirect is happening under his control. Krishna is our best friend, when these 2 points are put together - because when something bad is happening we can understand how Krishna our best friend can cause this? We can then think that Krishna is actually helping me to see something in this situation so I can learn and become a better devotee and I can become closer to truth and reality. That pushes us to actually do the right thing.

Ex - Prisoner for stealing put in the prison is a good thing, because by punishment it is forcing us to come closer to the reality so we can become purified faster. So when we think of these 2 points - 1. Krishna is in full control 2. Krishna is our friend. When we know Krishna is in full control we become very peaceful and happy. When we understand that this is our status quo and we say we want to become KC and want to remember him 24*7 - HOW? That is where Arjuna is coming from and the next verses will tell us how...

For devotees they are always thinking of Krishna in the 2 handed Shyamsundar form of Krishna. When they close their eyes they are thinking of Krishna's personal form, when they open their eyes they see Krishna's form. Arjuna here is asking this question for the mercy of the common man so they can try to see Krishna in material plane as well.