TEXT 35

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yaj jñātvā na punar moham
evaṁ yāsyasi pāṇḍava
yena bhūtāny aśeṣāṇi
drakṣyasy ātmany atho mayi

Synonyms

yat — hvilket; jñātvā — efter at have forstået; na — aldrig; punaḥ — igen; moham — til illusion; evam — således; yāsyasi — du vil gå; pāṇḍava — O Pāṇḍus søn; yena — hvorigennem; bhūtāni — levende væsener; aśeṣāṇi — alle; drakṣyasi — du vil se; ātmani — i den Højeste Sjæl; atha u — eller med andre ord; mayi — i Mig.

yat — which; jñātvā — knowing; na — never; punaḥ — again; moham — to illusion; evam — like this; yāsyasi — you shall go; pāṇḍava — O son of Pāṇḍu; yena — by which; bhūtāni — living entities; aśeṣāṇi — all; drakṣyasi — you will see; ātmani — in the Supreme Soul; atha u — or in other words; mayi — in Me.

Translation

Efter at have fået virkelig viden fra en selvrealiseret sjæl vil du aldrig mere falde under for en sådan illusion, for gennem denne viden vil du forstå, at alle levende væsener ikke er andet end dele af den Højeste, eller at de med andre ord er Mine.

Having obtained real knowledge from a self-realized soul, you will never fall again into such illusion, for by this knowledge you will see that all living beings are but part of the Supreme, or, in other words, that they are Mine.

Purport

FORKLARING: Resultatet af at få viden fra en selvrealiseret sjæl eller den, der kender til tingene, som de er, er at lære, at alle levende væsener er uadskillelige dele af Guddommens Højeste Personlighed, Herren Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Fornemmelsen af en eksistens adskilt fra Kṛṣṇa kaldes māyā (mā – ikke, yā – dette). Nogle tror, at vi intet har at gøre med Kṛṣṇa, at Kṛṣṇa kun er en stor historisk personlighed, og at det Absolutte er den Upersonlige Brahman. I virkeligheden er den upersonlige Brahman Kṛṣṇas personlige stråleglans, som det fastslås i Bhagavad-gītā. Kṛṣṇa er som Guddommens Højeste Personlighed altings årsag. Der står klart i Brahma-saṁhitā, at Kṛṣṇa er Guddommens Højeste Personlighed, alle årsagers årsag. Selv de mange millioner af inkarnationer er intet andet end Hans forskellige ekspansioner. De levende væsener er ligeledes Kṛṣṇas ekspansioner. Māyāvādī-filosofferne tror fejlagtigt, at Kṛṣṇa mister Sin egen separate eksistens i Sine mange ekspansioner. Den opfattelse er materiel af natur. I den materielle verden har vi erfaring af, at en ting mister sin oprindelige identitet, når den bliver delt op i mindre stykker. Hvad māyāvādī-filosofferne dog ikke forstår, er, at absolut betyder, at én plus én er lig med én, og at én minus én også er lig med én. Sådan er det i den absolutte verden.

The result of receiving knowledge from a self-realized soul, or one who knows things as they are, is learning that all living beings are parts and parcels of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The sense of an existence separate from Kṛṣṇa is called māyā (mā – not, yā – this). Some think that we have nothing to do with Kṛṣṇa, that Kṛṣṇa is only a great historical personality and that the Absolute is the impersonal Brahman. Factually, as it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, this impersonal Brahman is the personal effulgence of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the cause of everything. In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is clearly stated that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of all causes. Even the millions of incarnations are only His different expansions. Similarly, the living entities are also expansions of Kṛṣṇa. The Māyāvādī philosophers wrongly think that Kṛṣṇa loses His own separate existence in His many expansions. This thought is material in nature. We have experience in the material world that a thing, when fragmentally distributed, loses its own original identity. But the Māyāvādī philosophers fail to understand that absolute means that one plus one is equal to one, and that one minus one is also equal to one. This is the case in the absolute world.

Vi er nu dækket af illusion på grund af utilstrækkelig viden om den absolutte videnskab, og derfor tror vi, at vi er forskellige fra Kṛṣṇa. Selv om vi er adskilte dele af Kṛṣṇa, er vi ikke desto mindre ikke forskellige fra Ham. De levende væseners legemlige forskelligheder er māyā eller ikke et virkeligt faktum. Vi er alle til for at tilfredsstille Kṛṣṇa. Udelukkende på grund af māyā troede Arjuna, at hans midlertidige kropslige forhold til hans slægtninge var vigtigere end hans evige åndelige forhold til Kṛṣṇa. Hele Bhagavad-gītās lære sigter mod dette: Et levende væsen kan som Kṛṣṇas evige tjener ikke skilles fra Kṛṣṇa, og hans følelse af at være en identitet, der er forskellig fra Kṛṣṇa, kaldes māyā. De levende væsener har som uadskillelige dele af den Højeste et formål at tjene. Eftersom de fra tidernes morgen har glemt dette formål, befinder de sig i forskellige kroppe som mennesker, dyr, halvguder osv. Sådanne kropslige forskelle opstår, når man glemmer Herrens transcendentale tjeneste. Men når man er engageret i transcendental tjeneste gennem Kṛṣṇa- bevidsthed, bliver man omgående befriet fra denne illusion. En sådan ren kundskab kan man kun få fra den ægte åndelige mester, og derved kan man undgå den vildfarelse, at det levende væsen kan måle sig med Kṛṣṇa. Fuldendt viden er, at den Højeste Sjæl, Kṛṣṇa, er det endelige tilflugtssted for alle levende væsener, og når de levende væsener afskriver dette tilflugtssted, bliver de vildledte af den materielle energi og tror om sig selv, at de har en separat identitet. Under forskellige materielle identiteter glemmer de således Kṛṣṇa. Når sådanne vildledte levende væsener imidlertid bliver situeret i Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed, må det forstås, at de befinder sig på befrielsens vej, hvilket bliver bekræftet i Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.10.6) med ordene muktir hitvānyathā-rūpaṁ, svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ. Befrielse vil sige at befinde sig i sin naturlige position som Kṛṣṇas evige tjener (Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed).

For want of sufficient knowledge in the absolute science, we are now covered with illusion, and therefore we think that we are separate from Kṛṣṇa. Although we are separated parts of Kṛṣṇa, we are nevertheless not different from Him. The bodily difference of the living entities is māyā, or not actual fact. We are all meant to satisfy Kṛṣṇa. By māyā alone Arjuna thought that the temporary bodily relationship with his kinsmen was more important than his eternal spiritual relationship with Kṛṣṇa. The whole teaching of the Gītā is targeted toward this end: that a living being, as Kṛṣṇa’s eternal servitor, cannot be separated from Kṛṣṇa, and his sense of being an identity apart from Kṛṣṇa is called māyā. The living entities, as separate parts and parcels of the Supreme, have a purpose to fulfill. Having forgotten that purpose since time immemorial, they are situated in different bodies, as men, animals, demigods, etc. Such bodily differences arise from forgetfulness of the transcendental service of the Lord. But when one is engaged in transcendental service through Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one becomes at once liberated from this illusion. One can acquire such pure knowledge only from the bona fide spiritual master and thereby avoid the delusion that the living entity is equal to Kṛṣṇa. Perfect knowledge is that the Supreme Soul, Kṛṣṇa, is the supreme shelter for all living entities, and giving up such shelter, the living entities are deluded by the material energy, imagining themselves to have a separate identity. Thus, under different standards of material identity, they become forgetful of Kṛṣṇa. When, however, such deluded living entities become situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, it is to be understood that they are on the path of liberation, as confirmed in the Bhāgavatam (2.10.6): muktir hitvānyathā-rūpaṁ svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ. Liberation means to be situated in one’s constitutional position as an eternal servitor of Kṛṣṇa (Kṛṣṇa consciousness).