Chapters: | | Chapter 12 | The Path of Devotion | Verse 10 | | |
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Sanskrit:
Sanskrit Vocals
Transliteration:
Anvaya:
Translation:
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Rudra Vaisnava Sampradaya: Visnuswami |
Sridhara Swami's Commentary
If one is not able to perform steady practice in attempting to remember Him
with regularity then one should be solely dedicated to rituals and
ceremonies that please the Supreme Lord Krishna such as fasting from all
grains on ekadasi which is the 11th day of the waxing moon and the 11th day
of the waning moon. Celebrating on His appearance day of Janmastami in the
month of Kanya or Augest -September with pomp and splendour and
celebrating the appearance days of all of His avat?rs or authorised
incarnations and expansions such as Rama or Narasimhadeva or Vamana which
occur throughout the year. By going on pilgrimage to the holy places in
India where the Supreme Lord and His avat?rs exclusively performed Their
pastimes on Earth. Also by performing sankirtana or the congregational
chanting of Lord Krishna's holy names. All these activities please the
Supreme Lord very much and by performing them for His satisfaction will
award liberation to the sincere aspirant if they have accepted a spiritual
master in disciplic succession from one of the four authorised samprad?ya's
as revealed in Vedic scriptures.
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| Brahma Vaisnava Sampradaya: Madhvacarya | There is no commentary for this verse.
| Sri Vaisnava Sampradaya: Ramanuja |
Ramanuja's Commentary
If one is still unable to constantly endeavour to perform repeated
concentration upon Lord Krishna then one should at least try to perform
activities in His service whenever possible such as cow protection,
construction of Vedic temples to house His deity forms, maintaining flower
gardens for His worship, cultivation of fruit and vegetable gardens for His
service, etc. Also in included in these activities is visiting His holy
pastime places and hearing about them, perambulating His holy dhama or
abodes in India, prostrating before Him, singing and dancing in glory to
Him, etc. All these activities for Lord Krishna should be performed with
causeless, ardent affection in bhakti or exclusive loving devotion.
Performing such activities exclusively for the satisfaction of the Supreme
Lord prepares the mind for constant remembrance and subsequent fixed focus
on Him without deviation.
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| Kumara Vaisnava Sampradaya: Nimbaditya |
Kesava Kasmiri's Commentary
If one is unable to even consistently endeavour to remember Lord Krishna
while restraining the mind from pursuing the objects of the senses then He
offers an easier method which is to perform activities dedicated to Him
such as chanting His holy names, singing hymns of praise to Him alone and
with others, constructing temples for His deity forms, cultivating Tulasi
gardens for His worship, growing flowers and vegetables for His service,
cow protection, offering dhupa or incense, dhipa or ghee lamps, puspa or
flowers, circumambulation of His holy pastime places and dhama's or abodes,
etc. By perfoming such actions for the exclusive satisfaction of the
Supreme Lord Krishna one's mind will become steady and soon be able to fix
its focus exclusively upon the Supreme Lord and subsequent realisation of
Him will manifest within the heart.
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| Thus ends commentaries of chapter 12, verse 10 of the Srimad Bhagavad-Gita.
Verse 10
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