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Arjuna enquired from Lord Sri Krishna

 

Arjuna inquired: Which is considered to be more perfect, those who are properly

engaged in Your devotional service, or those who worship the impersonal Brahman,

the unmanifested?

 

Krsna has now explained about the personal, the impersonal and the universal and

has described all kinds of devotees and yogis. Generally, the transcendentalists

can be divided into two classes. One is the impersonalist, and the other is the

personalist. The personalist devotee engages himself with all energy in the

service of the Supreme Lord. The impersonalist engages himself not directly in

the service of Krsna but in meditation on the impersonal Brahman, the

unmanifested.

We find in this chapter that of the different processes for realization of the

Absolute Truth, bhakti-yoga, devotional service, is the highest. If one at all

desires to have the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then he

must take to devotional service.

Those who worship the Supreme Lord directly by devotional service are called

personalists. Those who engage themselves in meditation on the impersonal

Brahman are called impersonalists. Arjuna is here questioning which position is

better. There are different ways to realize the Absolute Truth, but Krsna

indicates in this chapter that bhakti-yoga, or devotional service to Him, is

highest of all. It is the most direct, and it is the easiest means for

association with the Godhead.

In the Second Chapter the Lord explains that a living entity is not the material

body but is a spiritual spark, a part of the Absolute Truth. In the Seventh

Chapter He speaks of the living entity as part and parcel of the supreme whole

and recommends that he transfer his attention fully to the whole. In the Eighth

Chapter it is stated that whoever thinks of Krsna at the moment of death is at

once transferred to the spiritual sky, Krsna's abode. And at the end of the

Sixth Chapter the Lord says that out of all the yogis, he who thinks of Krsna

within himself is considered to be the most perfect. So throughout the Gita

personal devotion to Krsna is recommended as the highest form of spiritual

realization. Yet there are those who are still attracted to Krsna's impersonal

brahmajyoti effulgence, which is the all-pervasive aspect of the Absolute Truth

and which is unmanifest and beyond the reach of the senses. Arjuna would like to

know which of these two types of transcendentalists is

more perfect in knowledge. In other words, he is clarifying his own position

because he is attached to the personal form of Krsna. He is not attached to the

impersonal Brahman. He wants to know whether his position is secure. The

impersonal manifestation, either in this material world or in the spiritual

world of the Supreme Lord, is a problem for meditation. Actually one cannot

perfectly conceive of the impersonal feature of the Absolute Truth. Therefore

Arjuna wants to say, "What is the use of such a waste of time?" Arjuna

experienced in the Eleventh Chapter that to be attached to the personal form of

Krsna is best because he could thus understand all other forms at the same time

and there was no disturbance to his love for Krsna. This important question

asked of Krsna by Arjuna will clarify the distinction between the impersonal and

personal conceptions of the Absolute Truth.

 

Always chant these names of the Supreme Lord and be happy.

 

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

 

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama

 

Rama Rama Hare Hare