POWERFUL COGNITION
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he instinct to survive arises out of fear, from the svādiṣṭhāna cakra (fear energy center in your body), and the instinct to possess comes out of greed, from the mūlādhāra cakra (greed energy center in your body).
अमी च त्वां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राःसर्वे सहैवावनिपालसङ्घैः ।
भीष्मो द्रोणः सूतपुत्रस्तथासौसहास्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः
॥ ११=२६॥
amī ca tvāṁ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ
sarve sahaivāvanipālasaṅghaiḥ |
bhīṣmo droṇaḥ sūtaputrastathāsau
sahāsmadīyairapi yodhamukhyaiḥ
All the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra with many
kings of the earth, Bhīṣma, Droṇa, the
son of the charioteer, Karṇa, with our
warrior chieftains
POWERFUL COGNITION
Whatever You are is divine energy.
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकनि ।
केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु सन्दृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः
॥ ११=२७॥
vaktrāṇi te tvaramāṇā viśanti
daṁṣṭrā-karālāni bhayānakāni |
kecidvilagnā daśanāntareṣu
sandṛśyante cūrṇitair uttamāṅgaiḥ
Into Your mouths with terrible tusks,
fearful to behold, they enter. Some
are seen caught in the gaps between
the tusks and their heads crushed
POWERFUL COGNITION
It is only your fear that separates you from cosmic consciousness.
यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति ।
तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति
॥ ११=२८ ॥
yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo'mbuvegāḥ
samudram evābhimukhā dravanti
| tathā tavāmī naralokavīrā viśanti
vaktrāṇy abhivijvalanti
Even as many torrents of rivers
flow towards the ocean, so too
these warriors in the world of
men enter Your flaming mouths
POWERFUL COGNITION
When we drop the instinct to survive, we become Krsna; we exist forever. We become Bhagavan, the universal consciousness.
INTRODUCTION
In these verses Arjuna expresses his discomfort. Arjuna had earlier said that he beheld all the celestial beings in the cosmic vision of Krsna. Then he started feeling disturbed by the terrifying form that this vision changed into. From the high, when his hair stood on end, he slowly comes down. From this verse we should say, ‘Arjuna uvaca!’ meaning Arjuna says... It is no longer the divine state that Arjuna talks from. The moment he started feeling fear he descended to his normal state. You should understand that it is only your fear that separates you from cosmic consciousness.