So five thousand years ago this philosophy was spoken to Arjuna, and we are having the instruction. Unfortunately that is again being distorted. Because we do not receive through the parampara system, we inference, we make inferences in our own way, and therefore it is also again broken. Therefore again, five hundred years ago, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructed this Bhagavad-gita as a devotee. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is supposed to be incarnation of Krsna. As Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He instructed as the order-giving master, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66], but still, people misunderstood. Therefore this time, five hundred years ago, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Krsna Himself, appeared as a devotee of Krsna. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna. That is described in the authentic sastra:

So Krsna, when... The instruction of Krsna begins when Arjuna was very much perplexed, very much perplexed whether to fight. Because the other side was his brother, his nephews, his son-in-law, his grandfather, his teacher. So when he saw in the battlefield all relatives, friends, and kinsmen, so he was perplexed. So Arjuna was very much compassionate that he practically said, "Krsna, I am not going to fight." Then Arjuna also knew that "Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So my perplexity can be eradicated only by Krsna." Therefore he submitted to Krsna, sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam prapannam: [Bg. 2.7] "I am in great perplexity." Everyone is in great perplexity. There is no doubt. Anyone in this material world is full of anxiety and perplexity. So it is not only Arjuna's, I mean to say, problem. It is the problem of everyone. So if we want to solve the problems of life, we should accept Krsna as the supreme teacher. This is the instruction of Bhagavad-gita and Arjuna. Sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam prapannam: "My dear Krsna, now I am asking You to become my teacher." (aside:) Don't disturb. "I am asking You to become my teacher and solve my problem."

So Krsna, first of all He says that... Sanjaya uvaca. Sanjaya was explaining Bhagavad-gita before Dhrtarastra.

Now, just like Arjuna. What is the instruction of Bhagavad-gita? Arjuna is a fighter. Why? He's a soldier. He knew how to fight. That's all. He's not a Vedantist; he is not a brahmana; he is not a sannyasi. He is grhastha, householder. He appeared on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra for fighting on political reasons. So he knew all this business. But he utilized his talent in fighting art for Krsna. He did not want to fight. As a Vaisnava, he is very kind. He said that "My brothers, my cousins, certainly they have insulted my wife. They have taken my kingdom by gambling and so many devices. I know that. Still, because they are my brothers, I don't wish to kill them." This is Vaisnava's attitude. But Krsna, His business is yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati [Bg. 4.7]. When there is injustice, it must be faced with fighting. That is Krsna's version. So Arjuna, as a Vaisnava, did not like to fight. But Krsna, as the supreme mediator... That is also good for everything. Whatever Krsna does, that is..., "God is good." There is nothing bad. So anyway, Arjuna, when he heard Bhagavad-gita very minutely, he was asked by Krsna, "Now I have explained to you the Bhagavad-gita, the knowledge, the spiritual knowledge. Now whatever you like, you can do." Yathecchasi tatha kuru: [Bg. 18.63] "Whatever you like... Now it is up to you. If you don't fight, that you can decide. I have no objection because you have little independence. But My advice is that you should fight. Now I ask you what you are going to do." So Arjuna replied that, nasto mohah smrtir labdha tvat-prasadan madhusudana, karisye vacanam tava [Bg. 18.73]. "Now I shall do it." This is Bhagavad-gita. This is bhakti, that we have to act according to the advice of the Supreme Lord. That is bhakti. Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate [Cc. Madhya 19.170].

So therefore we have to first of all establish our relationship with God. Your establish..., is already
established. Just like the father and the sonthe relationship is already there. It is not... But still, sometimes the son goes out of home and may be forgetting his father. Similarly, we are out of home. We have come from the spiritual world in this material world. We have forgotten our father. So we have to revive this relationship with our father, or God, or Krsna. That is the main business of human life. In other species of life lower than the human being it is not possible to revive our old relationship with God. But in this life... Therefore this is the greatest opportunity. After all, we are under the grip of material nature's law. That is explained in there. Tatha dehantara-praptih [Bg. 2.13]. According to our desire, we are creating a different type of body, and after death, tatha dehantara-praptih. Just like the child is become a boy, the boy is becoming young man, the young man is becoming middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man is becoming old man. So what is next after the old body? The next is tatha dehantara-praptih: you have to accept another body. This is called chain or cycle of birth and death, or transmigration of the soul. This is going on. So if you want to... But nobody wants to die. Nobody wants to change this body. But this is a problem. One should know it. That is the first instruction given by Krsna... [break] ...Arjuna, that we are changing. Tatha dehantara-praptih. So this is the opportunity, human life. If we want to stop this repetition of birth and death under different obligation and different circumstances, we should take instruction from Krsna, try to understand Krsnathat is Bhagavad-gitaand make our life successful so that... Understanding Krsna means, as it is stated, tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti kaunteya [Bg. 4.9]. We have come from God; we again go back to God if we simply understand Krsna, or God. This is the whole instruction of the Bhagavad-gita. And when Arjuna was perplexed that "How shall I kill the other side?" then Krsna informed him in the beginning,

So because Krsna was accepted as the teacher, as the master, so He is chastising Arjuna.

"My dear Arjuna, you talk very much just like a learned man." Prajna-vadams ca bhasase. Prajna-vadams means talking just like a learned man. "Unfortunately, you are not a learned man because you are lamenting on this body." He said, gatasun agatasums ca nanusocanti panditah: "Anyone who is learned, he does not lament over this body whether in living position or dead position. So you are talking like a learned man, but you are not a learned man." This is the first instruction. Because Arjuna accepted Krsna, He chastised him with little hard words, that "You are not a pandita." Now, you just consider what is the position of this world. Everyone is taking care of this body. But Krsna said, gatasun agatasums ca nanusocanti panditah. The panditah, one who is learned, he knows that he is not this body. He is soul. So our first business is to take care of the soul. And this is the opportunity, this human form of body. In the human form of body we can understand Bhagavad-gita, not in the dog's body. That is not possible. So by evolution, jalaja nava-laksani sthavara laksa-vimsati, from aquatics to trees, plants, then insects, then birds, then beast, then human being, then civilized human being... In this civilized form of human being, if we do not take this knowledge of Bhagavad-gita personally given by the Lord Himself, then we are missing the point. This is the whole Vedic literature's lesson, that human form of life is meant for self-realization: "I am not this body. I am soul. I am spirit soul. My business is different from simply taking care of the body." This is human civilization. So therefore our Krsna consciousness movement is very important movement. We request everyone to study this movement very seriously and make one's life successful. And what is that success? Simply try to understand Krsna. If you simply try to understand Krsna... And Krsna is explaining Himself. When I speak of Krsna, everyone should know that Krsna means God. So if we try to understand simply Krsna, or God, in this life, then we become liberated. We become free from this material bondage. Tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti kaunteya [Bg. 4.9]. This is the assurance given in the Bhagavad-gita. If you simply try to understand Krsna... Janma karma ca me divyam yo janati tattvatah [Bg. 4.9]. Now, in truth you should understand Krsna, what is Krsna. And there is no difficulty. Krsna is explaining Himself in the Bhagavad-gita.

So our only request is that you, all of you, you try to understand Bhagavad-gita as it is. Don't interpret in a different way. Then you will understand Krsna. And as soon as you understand Krsna, you become free from this material bondage, no more accepting... Tyaktva deham. We have to give up this body, that is certain. The cats and dogs will also give up their body, we'll have also give... But before giving up this body, if we simply understand Krsna, then our life becomes successful. What is that success? That after giving up this body we are not going to accept anything, our material body. Then we stand in our original, spiritual body. The spiritual body is there within the body. That will be explained very nicely. So we... Our mission is to come to the platform of our spiritual body. It is very simple, simply by understanding the instruction of Krsna. And Caitanya Mahaprabhu has made it still simplified. What is that? He advises, "Chant Hare Krsna mantra."

Thank you very much. Hare Krsna. [break]