landlord with many houses

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In Bhagavad-gita it is said, ksetra-jnam capi mam viddhi sarva-ksetresu bharata [Bg 13.3]. Everything is there. The ksetra-jna means the possessor of this ksetra, body, the owner or occupier. So you, me, and every one of us, we are occupying each one body. But I have no business with your body, but Krsna has got business with your body, my body, his body, everyone's body. Therefore Krsna says, ksetra-jnam capi mam viddhi. Just like a landlord. He has got many houses. The occupier is there-or apartment. He is concerned with that apartment or the house he is occupying, but the landlord has concern with so many houses. Similarly, this body, I am the occupier. God has given me this body, this machine, but proprietor is Lord, the Supreme Lord. Therefore both of us has got the concern with this body. Atma, Paramatma. Soul, Supersoul. So in this way we have to understand Krsna. Therefore Krsna says, yatatam api siddhanam kascid vetti mam tattvataḥ [Bg 7.3]. (More...)

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