07 May 2014
[Shri Pavan asked: “It is said that if Narayana and Nara exist in a place, all good fruits result (Yatra yogeswarah…). Please clarify this point. This point was raised by my friend.” Given below is Shri Swami’s response.]
If Lord Krishna alone is with you, all good fruits will come there and there is no necessity of existence of Arjuna (Nara). Wherever Narayana exists in human form, such human incarnation is a mixture of Nara and Narayana. The external medium is Nara and the internal God is Narayana. The Veda says that two birds exist on the single tree (Dvaasuparna…). The two birds are the human soul and God and the single tree is the human body. Nara represents Prakruti or Creation and Narayana represents the Purusha or God. God enters the human being and remains in His own nature and also becomes the other nature of the medium as said by the Veda (Satcha tyatcha abhavat…). When current enters the wire, the current remains in its own form, which is the stream of electrons. At the same time, the wire or medium, which is a chain of metallic crystals also becomes current because it gives the shock anywhere on touch. Therefore, by seeing the external human form only, you need not doubt that He is a human being only. God pervades all over the human body (Antarbahishcha…). The tender finger of Krishna cannot raise the huge mountain if God did not pervade all over the finger. Therefore, you need not worry about the presence of Arjuna or Nara or Prakruti. Lakshmi or Prakruti is in the heart of Narayana. If Narayana stays with you, Lakshmi also stays there permanently. If you invite only Lakshmi without Narayana, she will stay for five minutes only and go away towards Narayana since no wife stays anywhere permanently without her husband. Therefore, any human incarnation is a mixture of Nara and Narayana and hence, the presence of the human incarnation will bring all the good fruits. This is the internal essence of the statement.
Lord Krishna preached extremely in two occasions in His life. One occasion was the court of Kauravas in which He preached extensively about the justice and there is no use in preaching about God to a demon. The second occasion was the battlefield in which He preached Arjuna about not only justice (Pravrutti) but also about God (Nivrutti). In the first occasion, He invited several sages also to preach in support of His preaching. In spite of such extensive effort, Kauravas did not listen to even a trace of His preaching. The reason was that Duryodhana is a demon into whose mind no ray of knowledge can enter since such brain is a bolted house into which no ray of light can enter. Of course, Ravana, Hiranyakashipu, Shishupala etc., also did not listen His preaching. In their case, there is a different background, which is that they have to behave like that based on a previous curse. They were the gatekeepers of the Lord. Except these three sets of demons, the other demons are different; whose background is total rigid ignorance. Arjuna also slipped a little in refusing the war and in not recognizing the Lord. But, Arjuna could immediately transform his mind after getting all his doubts clarified by the Lord. It is the duty of Satguru, who is God appearing in human form, to clarify every doubt (Chidyante sarvasamshayah...). When all the doubts get clarified, the consciousness, which is the inner core of the soul, gets full satisfaction and the next step is practical implementation of the preaching given by the Lord.
Only knowledge can transform the soul. No other means of Bhakti (devotion) and Karma (practice) can bring this transformation. You may sing hundred songs and get pain in throat and by this even a trace of transformation cannot result. You may do hundred worships by which you are only strained in the body, but no transformation is possible. If you hear the knowledge from Satguru and get all your doubts clarified, transformation will take place immediately. After getting knowledge only, Bhakti and Karma are meaningful since Bhakti means the force that implements the knowledge in practice. Hence, Bhakti and Karma without knowledge are useless. If you are transformed, no further punishments of the past remaining sins are needed and hence, get cancelled. The reason is that the aim of the punishment is only transformation by which further sins will not be done. If already the transformation is obtained through knowledge, all your past sins also get cancelled and hence, no further punishments are required. Arjuna is a human being, which is a mixture of natures of angel and demon as said in the Gita (Anishtamishtam mishramcha…). Arjuna slipped due to the partial nature of demon. But, when all his doubts were cleared, he changed immediately because his divine nature overcame the devil nature as said by Lord (Sampadam daivim abhijatosi…).
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