Bg-science Of Self Realization - Part3

Who is God?

LORD SRI KRISHNA The Supreme Personality of Godhead • No one equal to or above Him

In BG 7.7

Mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya mayi sarvam idam protam

“O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are

• Source of everything.

BG 10.8

I am the source of all spiritual and material aham sarvasya worlds. Everything prabhavo emanates from Me. The mattah sarvam pravartate wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional iti matva bhajante mam service and worship Me with budha bhava-samanvitah all their hearts.

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He is Bhagvan - all opulent.

SB 1.3.28

Krishna is the original

ete camsah-kalah pumsah

supreme personality

krsnas tu bhagavan

of Godhead

svayam

• Krishna possess all the 6 opulences in full. Aishwarya Wealth yash - fame

virya - strength

jnana Knowledge

vairagya renunciation

sriya - beauty

• Supreme proprietor, controller, enjoyer and well-wisher. BG 5.29 bhoktaram yajnatapasam sarva-lokamahesvaram suhrdam sarva-bhutanam A person in fullmam consciousness of Me, knowing jnatva santim Me to rcchati be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material

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Krishna is a person. Impersonal brahmajyoti

is His bodily effulgence. BG 14.27 brahmano hi

And I am the basis of the impersonal pratishaham Brahman, which is amrtasyavyayasya ca immortal, imperishable and eternal and is the sasvatasya ca constitutional position of dharmasya BG ultimate happiness. 9.11 Fools deride Me when I sukhasyaikantikasya ca avajananti mam mudha descend in the human manusim tanum asritam form. They do not know My transcendental nature as param bhavam ajananto the Supreme Lord of all that mama bhuta mahesvaram be

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Krishna can never be immoral

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Krishna and the demigods.

Neither the hosts of demigods nor the ne me viduh sura-ganah great sages know My prabhavam na maharsayah origin or opulences, aham adir hi devanam for, in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and maharsinam ca sarvasah sages

BG 10.2

In charge of the various necessities of istan bhogan hi vo deva life, the demigods, dasyante yajna-bhavitah being satisfied by the tair dattan apradayaibhyo performance of yajna yo bhunkte stena eva sah [sacrifice], will supply all necessities to you. But he who enjoys such gifts without offering them to the demigods in return is

BG 3.12

Demigod s

God

Many

One

Parts and parcel

Supreme Whole

Always worship the supreme as obedient servant

Supreme worshipable

Created by the supreme

Supreme creator

Exist within material creation Delegated with various grades of power to manage the affairs of the material

Beyond material creation Supreme controller

Demigod s

Subordinate to the will of Supreme

God Supremely independent

Have material bodies, hence subjected to birth, old age, disease &death

Completely spiritual body, no birth, no old age, no disease and no death.

Come under the influence of the three material modes to different extents

Come under the influence of the three material modes to different extents

Temporary posts

Eternally the same Supreme Lord

Worship of Demigods/GOD Less intelligent BG 7.23 tu phalam tesam antavat

Broad intelligence

SB Akamah sarva kamova

tad bhavaty alpamedhasam

Moksha kamah udardhih

devan deva-yajo yanti

Tivrena bhakti yogena

mad-bhakta yanti mam api

Yajeta purusah param

Benefits are material and temporary antavat tu phalam tesam

Benefits are eternal BG 2.40

nehabhikrama-naso 'sti pratyavayo na vidyate sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya

Worship of Demigods/GOD Cannot award benediction without the sanction of the lord BG 7.22 sa taya sraddhaya yuktas tasyaradhanam ihate

All benedictions are bestowed by him alone

Endowed with such a faith, he endeavors to worship a particular

labhate ca tatah kaman

demigod and obtains his

mayaiva vihitan hi tan

desires. But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me alone

Worship of Demigods/GODDestination Destination planets of the demigods. BG

-The spiritual world

9.25

BG 8.21

pitrn yanti pitr-vratah

tam ahuh paramam gatim

bhutani yanti bhutejya

yam prapya na nivartante

yanti deva-vrata devan

avyakto 'ksara ity uktas

tad dhama paramam mama yanti mad-yajino ‘pi mam Those who worship the That which the Vedantists demigods will take birth describe as unmanifest among the demigods; and infallible, that which is those who worship the known as the supreme ancestors go to the destination, that place ancestors; those who from which, having worship ghosts and spirits attained it, one never will take birth among such returns -- that is My beings; and those who supreme abode

Worship of Demigods/GODProper Way Improper way BG 9.23 ye’py anya-devatabhakta yajante sraddhayanvitah te ‘pi mam eva kaunteya

BG 18.66 sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami ma sucah

yajanty avidhi-purvakam Those who are devotees of

Abandon all varieties of

other gods and who

religion and just surrender

worship them with faith

unto Me. I shall deliver you

actually worship only Me, O son of Kunti, but they do so in a wrong way

from all sinful reactions. Do not fear

Worship of Demigods/GOD Mostly taken up by demons (asuras)

Mostly taken up by devotees (suras)

Cannot award Supreme liberation

Awards true liberation

Gives one what he wants

Gives one what he needs

Material

Devotional service to the Supreme is completely spiritual.

Living entities

GOD

Part and parcel of GOD

Complete whole

Many

One

Subordinate controllers

Supreme controller

Dependent on the Lord

Supremely independent