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Just like we have got now mechanical arrangement, similarly, at that time (Sanjaya describing BG to Dhrtarastra), maybe the same arrangement, but there was no machine

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"Just like we have got now mechanical arrangement, similarly, at that time, maybe the same arrangement, but there was no machine"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

At the conclusion of the Bhagavad-gītā it is said by Sañjaya, yatra yogeśvaraḥ hariḥ (BG 18.78). The place where Yogeśvara, the supreme master of all yoga systems, Kṛṣṇa, is there . . . and yatra pārtho dhanañjaya, and where there is Arjuna, the greatest fighter, there is undoubtedly victory there. Because Bhagavad-gītā was spoken . . . the narration which we are reading, it is the description of Sañjaya as secretary of Mahārāja Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Just like running from a radio. The play is going on in the auditorium, but you can hear from the room. Just like we have got now mechanical arrangement, similarly, at that time, maybe the same arrangement, but there was no machine.

Prabhupāda:

mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha
yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ
asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ
yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu
(BG 7.1)

So Kṛṣṇa is describing personally. Kṛṣṇa's name is Yogeśvara, and Lord Śiva's name is Yogīśvara. Yogeśvara means . . . yoga, the connecting link between the soul and the Supersoul, or the Supreme and the minute living creatures—that is called yoga. Connecting. So the . . . who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead? Yogeśvara. The ultimate object of yoga is Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa's name is Yogeśvara. Yatra yogeśvaraḥ hariḥ. At the conclusion of the Bhagavad-gītā it is said by Sañjaya, yatra yogeśvaraḥ hariḥ (BG 18.78). The place where Yogeśvara, the supreme master of all yoga systems, Kṛṣṇa, is there . . . and yatra pārtho dhanañjaya, and where there is Arjuna, the greatest fighter, there is undoubtedly victory there.

Because Bhagavad-gītā was spoken . . . the narration which we are reading, it is the description of Sañjaya as secretary of Mahārāja Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Just like running from a radio. The play is going on in the auditorium, but you can hear from the room. Just like we have got now mechanical arrangement, similarly, at that time, maybe the same arrangement, but there was no machine.

Still, the secretary of Dhṛtarāṣṭra could see what was going on in the battlefield, and he was just narrating to Mahārāja Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who was blind. In other sense it may be said that there was television, and Dhṛtarāṣṭra, being blind, he could not see, and Sañjaya, his secretary, was explaining what was seen in the television. But this is the position.

Page Title:Just like we have got now mechanical arrangement, similarly, at that time (Sanjaya describing BG to Dhrtarastra), maybe the same arrangement, but there was no machine
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-04-17, 23:39:10
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1