TEXT 55

VERZ 55

Devanagari

भक्त्य‍ा मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वत: ।
ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम् ॥ ५५ ॥

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Besedilo

bhaktyā mām abhijānāti
yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ
tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā
viśate tad-anantaram

Synonyms

bhaktyā — by pure devotional service; mām — Me; abhijānāti — one can know; yāvān — as much as; yaḥ ca asmi — as I am; tattvataḥ — in truth; tataḥ — thereafter; mām — Me; tattvataḥ — in truth; jñātvā — knowing; viśate — he enters; tat-anantaram — thereafter.

bhaktyā – s čistim vdanim služenjem; mām – Mene; abhijānāti – lahko spozna; yāvān – takega; yaḥ ca asmi – kakršen sem; tattvataḥ – v resnici; tataḥ – zatem; mām – Mene; tattvataḥ – v resnici; jñātvā – ko pozna; viśate – vstopi; tat-anantaram – potem.

Translation

One can understand Me as I am, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of Me by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God.

Človek Me lahko spozna takega, kakršen sem, kot Vsevišnjo Božansko Osebnost, samo z vdanim služenjem. Ko po zaslugi svoje vdanosti postane popolnoma zavesten Mene, lahko vstopi v Božje kraljestvo.

Purport

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, and His plenary portions cannot be understood by mental speculation nor by the nondevotees. If anyone wants to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he has to take to pure devotional service under the guidance of a pure devotee. Otherwise, the truth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead will always be hidden. As already stated in Bhagavad-gītā (7.25), nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya: He is not revealed to everyone. No one can understand God simply by erudite scholarship or mental speculation. Only one who is actually engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and devotional service can understand what Kṛṣṇa is. University degrees are not helpful.

Spekulativni filozofi in brezbožneži ne morejo doumeti Kṛṣṇe, Vsevišnje Božanske Osebnosti, in Njegovih popolnih emanacij. Vsevišnjega Gospoda lahko spozna le, kdor Mu pod vodstvom čistega bhakte služi s čisto ljubeznijo in vdanostjo. Za vse druge ostane resnica o Vsevišnji Božanski Osebnosti skrivnost. Kot že rečeno, se Gospod ne razodene vsakomur: nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya (Bhagavad-gītā 7.25). Velika učenost in abstraktno umovanje nikomur ne omogočita razumeti Boga. Kṛṣṇo lahko dejansko spozna samo tisti, ki je zavesten Kṛṣṇe in Mu vdano služi. Univerzitetne diplome nam pri tem ne bodo v pomoč.

One who is fully conversant with the Kṛṣṇa science becomes eligible to enter into the spiritual kingdom, the abode of Kṛṣṇa. Becoming Brahman does not mean that one loses his identity. Devotional service is there, and as long as devotional service exists, there must be God, the devotee, and the process of devotional service. Such knowledge is never vanquished, even after liberation. Liberation involves getting free from the concept of material life; in spiritual life the same distinction is there, the same individuality is there, but in pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One should not mistakenly think that the word viśate, “enters into Me,” supports the monist theory that one becomes homogeneous with the impersonal Brahman. No. Viśate means that one can enter into the abode of the Supreme Lord in one’s individuality to engage in His association and render service unto Him. For instance, a green bird enters a green tree not to become one with the tree but to enjoy the fruits of the tree. Impersonalists generally give the example of a river flowing into the ocean and merging. This may be a source of happiness for the impersonalist, but the personalist keeps his personal individuality like an aquatic in the ocean. We find so many living entities within the ocean, if we go deep. Surface acquaintance with the ocean is not sufficient; one must have complete knowledge of the aquatics living in the ocean depths.

Kdor je v celoti doumel znanost o Kṛṣṇi, lahko vstopi v duhovno kraljestvo, v Kṛṣṇovo prebivališče. Kadar pravimo, da kdo postane Brahman, to ne pomeni, da izgubi individualnost. Še naprej vdano služi in dokler govorimo o vdanem služenju, morajo obstajati Bog, bhakta in metoda vdanega služenja. Bhakta se tega nikoli ne preneha zavedati, niti po osvoboditvi ne. Z osvoboditvijo se živo bitje reši materialnega pojmovanja življenja. V duhovnem življenju še zmeraj obstaja razlika med njim in Bogom. Živo bitje ohrani individualnost, le da ima na tej stopnji čisto zavest Kṛṣṇe. Beseda viśate, „vstopi Vame“, nikakor ne govori v prid teoriji monizma, po kateri se duša zlije z brezosebnim Brahmanom. To ni res. Viśate pomeni, da živo bitje kot individualna oseba vstopi v prebivališče Vsevišnjega Gospoda, kjer se druži z Gospodom in Mu služi. Zelena ptica na primer ne zleti v zeleno krošnjo zato, da bi postala eno z drevesom, temveč zato, da bi uživala njegove plodove. Impersonalisti pogosto navajajo primer reke, ki teče v ocean in se združi z njim. Združenje z brezosebnim Brahmanom lahko prinese srečo impersonalistom, personalist pa ohrani individualnost, kakor ribe, ki živijo v oceanu. Če se spustimo v globino oceana, bomo našli množico živih bitij. Kdor pozna samo površino oceana, nima prave predstave o njem. Da bi ga dejansko poznali, moramo poznati živa bitja, ki živijo v njegovih globinah.

Because of his pure devotional service, a devotee can understand the transcendental qualities and the opulences of the Supreme Lord in truth. As it is stated in the Eleventh Chapter, only by devotional service can one understand. The same is confirmed here; one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead by devotional service and enter into His kingdom.

Ker bhakta s čisto vdanostjo služi Vsevišnjemu Gospodu, resnično razume Njegove transcendentalne odlike in Njegovo veličino. Kot je rečeno v enajstem poglavju, je Gospoda mogoče doumeti samo z vdanim služenjem. To pravi tudi ta verz: da bi lahko razumeli Vsevišnjega Gospoda in vstopili v Njegovo kraljestvo, Mu moramo služiti z ljubeznijo in vdanostjo.

After attainment of the brahma-bhūta stage of freedom from material conceptions, devotional service begins by one’s hearing about the Lord. When one hears about the Supreme Lord, automatically the brahma-bhūta stage develops, and material contamination – greediness and lust for sense enjoyment – disappears. As lust and desires disappear from the heart of a devotee, he becomes more attached to the service of the Lord, and by such attachment he becomes free from material contamination. In that state of life he can understand the Supreme Lord. This is the statement of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also. After liberation the process of bhakti, or transcendental service, continues. The Vedānta-sūtra (4.1.12) confirms this: ā-prāyaṇāt tatrāpi hi dṛṣṭam. This means that after liberation the process of devotional service continues. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, real devotional liberation is defined as the reinstatement of the living entity in his own identity, his own constitutional position. The constitutional position is already explained: every living entity is a part-and-parcel fragmental portion of the Supreme Lord. Therefore his constitutional position is to serve. After liberation, this service is never stopped. Actual liberation is getting free from misconceptions of life.

Ko človek doseže raven brahma-bhūta in se tako osvobodi materialnih nazorov, začne vdano služiti Gospodu, tako da posluša o Njem. Kdor posluša pripovedi o Vsevišnjem Gospodu, se dvigne na raven brahma-bhūta in se znebi materialnih nečistoč, kot sta pohlep in neobrzdana želja po čutnem uživanju. Ko pohlep in poželenje izgineta iz srca bhakte, se njegova navezanost na služenje Gospodu okrepi, kar mu omogoči, da se reši še vseh ostalih materialnih nečistoč. Tedaj lahko razume Vsevišnjega Gospoda. To je rečeno tudi v Śrīmad-Bhāgavatamu. Bhakti ali transcendentalno služenje Gospodu se po osvoboditvi nadaljuje. Vedānta-sūtra (4.1.12) potrjuje to z besedami ā-prāyaṇāt tatrāpi hi dṛṣṭam. To pomeni, da bhakta po osvoboditvi še naprej vdano služi Gospodu. Po besedah Śrīmad-Bhāgavatama je osvoboditev, ki je rezultat vdanega služenja, stanje, v katerem se živo bitje znova zaveda svoje prave identitete, svojega izvornega položaja. Kot je bilo že pojasnjeno, je vsako živo bitje izvorno sestavni delec Vsevišnjega Gospoda. Zato je njegovo naravno opravilo, da služi Gospodu. To služenje se nadaljuje tudi po osvoboditvi. Doseči pravo osvoboditev pomeni znebiti se napačnega pojmovanja življenja.