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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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So Arjuna (Duryodhana) thought that, "What shall I do simply by taking Kṛṣṇa? And He says that, 'I'll not fight. If I go to any side, I'll not fight.' " So Arjuna (Duryodhana) thought it wise that, "Let me take His soldiers, eighteen divisions, many thousands of elephants, horses, chariot." There is estimate, very big number of elephants, horses. I don't remember exactly. But . . . so Duryodhana decided to take the soldiers of Kṛṣṇa. (child making noise) (aside:) That child may be . . . but Arjuna thought that, "If I get Kṛṣṇa in my side, that is sufficient. I don't want His soldiers." So Kṛṣṇa was so friendly and very loving friend, not ordinary friend. Therefore Kṛṣṇa said: "My dear Arjuna, don't be disappointed because you cannot execute this aṣṭāṅga-yoga. The first-class yogī is he who always thinks of Me." Yoginām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā (BG 6.47).
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[[Vanisource:741201 - Lecture SB 03.25.31 - Bombay|741201 - Lecture SB 03.25.31 - Bombay]]
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So now just try to understand the . . . a personality like Arjuna is not ordinary man. He was advised by Kṛṣṇa to practice this yoga system, meditation, generally. Actually yoga system means meditation. Dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yaṁ yoginaḥ. The yogīs, they, dhyānāvasthita manasā, mind being absorbed in meditation and concentrates the mind on Viṣṇu form of the Lord, four-handed Viṣṇu. That is dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yaṁ yoginaḥ.

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:yaṁ brahmā varuṇendra-rudra-marutaḥ stunvanti divyaiḥ stavair
:vedaiḥ sāṅga-pada-kramopaniṣadair gāyanti yaṁ sāma-gāḥ
:dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yaṁ yogina
:yasyāntaṁ na viduḥ surāsura-gaṇā devāya tasmai namaḥ 
:([[Vanisource:SB 12.13.1|SB 12.13.1]])
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So this yoga system is meant for persons who are too much bodily attached, this haṭha-yoga system. And otherwise, real yoga system is the sāṅkhya-yoga, or bhakti-yoga, real yoga system. This is preliminary. Therefore when Arjuna declined that, "I cannot execute this yoga system," so Kṛṣṇa, in order to pacify Arjuna . . . because he was friend—Kṛṣṇa thought that Arjuna is thinking unable to execute this yoga—He pacified him by saying ultimately, "My dear Arjuna, don't be agitated." Indirectly He said that, "You are a first-class yogī." "How is that, I am first-class yogī?" "Now, because you are always thinking of Me." Arjuna, he did not know anything but Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa, when He placed Himself divided into two in the battlefield . . . because it was a family fight, so Kṛṣṇa said that, "I can divide Myself." Both of them approached. Duryodhana approached and Arjuna also approached, "Kṛṣṇa, You become my side." So Kṛṣṇa said that, "I have got eighteen akṣauhiṇī, division of soldiers. That is one side. And I personally, one side." So Arjuna (Duryodhana) thought that, "What shall I do simply by taking Kṛṣṇa? And He says that, 'I'll not fight. If I go to any side, I'll not fight.' " So Arjuna (Duryodhana) thought it wise that, "Let me take His soldiers, eighteen divisions, many thousands of elephants, horses, chariot." There is estimate, very big number of elephants, horses. I don't remember exactly. But . . . so Duryodhana decided to take the soldiers of Kṛṣṇa. (child making noise) (aside:) That child may be . . . but Arjuna thought that, "If I get Kṛṣṇa in my side, that is sufficient. I don't want His soldiers."

So Kṛṣṇa was so friendly and very loving friend, not ordinary friend. Therefore Kṛṣṇa said: "My dear Arjuna, don't be disappointed because you cannot execute this aṣṭāṅga-yoga. The first-class yogī is he who always thinks of Me." Yoginām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā ([[Vanisource:BG 6.47 (1972)|BG 6.47]]). One who has taken Kṛṣṇa within his heart and always thinking of Kṛṣṇa, satataṁ smartavyaḥ viṣṇuḥ ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 22.113|CC Madhya 22.113]]), this is the system. This is meditation. If one is thinking of Kṛṣṇa twenty-four hours, that is the first-class meditation. You are seeing Kṛṣṇa here, standing with Rādhārāṇī. And if you see always, then you naturally you get impression of Kṛṣṇa within the heart. And if you serve Kṛṣṇa . . . those who are engaged in service, just like they are offering this foodstuff, Kṛṣṇa. They have prepared this foodstuff very nicely, thinking that "Kṛṣṇa will eat. Let us do it very cleanly and attentively." And whatever they can offer, first-class thing . . . that is meditation, because they are thinking of Kṛṣṇa, "This foodstuff will be taken by Kṛṣṇa. This dress will be used by Kṛṣṇa. These flowers will be offered to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa." Real meditation is this. And that is the first-class yoga. Therefore Kṛṣṇa is advising in the Seventh Chapter that, "If you cannot think of Me, then you can think of Me in your ordinary dealings." Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya ([[Vanisource:BG 7.8 (1972)|BG 7.8]]): "I am the taste of the water."

So that . . . this yoga system we have to practice, this yoga system. This is called sāṅkhya-yoga. That is explained here, provāca vai bhakti-vitāna-yogam. The more you think of Kṛṣṇa . . . satataṁ cintayanto mām, satataṁ kīrtayanto mām ([[Vanisource:BG 9.14 (1972)|BG 9.14]]). These are advised in the Bhagavad-gītā. If you always chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, then you remember Kṛṣṇa. Immediately the form of Kṛṣṇa is awakened within your heart. And Kṛṣṇa says, yoginām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā: "Always within the heart . . ." That is the sāṅkhya-yoga system, or perfect yoga system, bhakti-yoga-vitānam. And Kṛṣṇa says personally:

:yoginām api sarveṣāṁ
:mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā
:śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ
:sa me yuktatamo mataḥ
:([[Vanisource:BG 6.47 (1972)|BG 6.47]])
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