Bhagavad Gita 2.32 fighting for Srila Prabhupada...

[Paramananda das]

TEXT 32

yadrcchaya copapannam svarga-dvaram apavrtam sukhinah ksatriyah partha labhante yuddham idrsam

SYNONYMS

yadrcchaya--by its own  accord; ca--also; upapannam--arrived at; svarga--heavenly  planet; dvaram--door; apavrtam--wide open; sukhinah--very  happy; ksatriyah--the members of the royal order; partha--O son of  Prtha; labhante--do achieve; yuddham--war; idrsam--like  this.

TRANSLATION

O Partha, happy are the  ksatriyas to whom such fighting opportunities come unsought, opening for them  the doors of the heavenly planets.

PURPORT

As supreme teacher of the world, Lord  Krsna condemns the attitude of Arjuna who said, "I do not find any good in this  fighting. It will cause perpetual habitation in hell." Such statements by Arjuna  were due to ignorance only. He wanted to become nonviolent in the discharge of  his specific duty. For a ksatriya to be in the battlefield and to become  nonviolent is the philosophy of fools. In the Parasara-smrtior religious  codes made by Parasara, the great sage and father of Vyasadeva, it is stated:

ksatriyo hi praja raksan sastra-panih pradandayan nirjitya  para-sainyadi ksitim dharmena palayet

"The ksatriya's duty is to protect the citizens from all kinds of  difficulties, and for that reason he has to apply violence in suitable cases for  law and order. Therefore he has to conquer the soldiers of inimical kings, and  thus, with religious principles, he should rule over the world." Considering all aspects, Arjuna  had no reason to refrain from fighting. If he should conquer his enemies, he  would enjoy the kingdom; and if he should die in the battle, he would be  elevated to the heavenly planets whose doors were wide open to him. Fighting  would be for his benefit in either case.

Never BBT edited version is the same:

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 2.32

yadṛcchayā copapannaḿ

svarga-dvāram apāvṛtam

sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha

labhante yuddham īdṛśam

SYNONYMS

yadṛcchayā — by its own accord; ca — also; upapannam — arrived at; svarga — of the heavenly planets; dvāram — door; apāvṛtam — wide open; sukhinaḥ — very happy; kṣatriyāḥ — the members of the royal order; pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; labhante — do achieve; yuddham — war; īdṛśam — like this.

TRANSLATION

O Pārtha, happy are the kṣatriyas to whom such fighting opportunities come unsought, opening for them the doors of the heavenly planets.

PURPORT

As supreme teacher of the world, Lord Kṛṣṇa condemns the attitude of Arjuna, who said, "I do not find any good in this fighting. It will cause perpetual habitation in hell." Such statements by Arjuna were due to ignorance only. He wanted to become nonviolent in the discharge of his specific duty. For a kṣatriya to be on the battlefield and to become nonviolent is the philosophy of fools. In the Parāśara-smṛti, or religious codes made by Parāśara, the great sage and father of Vyāsadeva, it is stated:

kṣatriyo hi prajā rakṣan

śastra-pāṇiḥ pradaṇḍayan

nirjitya para-sainyādi

kṣitiḿ dharmeṇa pālayet

"The kṣatriya's duty is to protect the citizens from all kinds of difficulties, and for that reason he has to apply violence in suitable cases for law and order. Therefore he has to conquer the soldiers of inimical kings, and thus, with religious principles, he should rule over the world."

Considering all aspects, Arjuna had no reason to refrain from fighting. If he should conquer his enemies, he would enjoy the kingdom; and if he should die in the battle, he would be elevated to the heavenly planets, whose doors were wide open to him. Fighting would be for his benefit in either case.

Commentary by Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur

Moreover, more than even the victors, those who die in a just battle attain happiness. By killing Bhisma and others, you make them happier. Even without doing karma yoga, one can attain svarga through the battle, without any obstructions (apavrtam).

Rudra Vaisnava Sampradaya: Visnuswami Sridhara Swami's Commentary Moreover why should there be hesitation when such great good fortune has come  unsolicited. Only those who are greatly fortunate get the opportunity to fight  such a battle which has manifested unsought of its own accord which is verily a  direct gateway to the heavenly spheres. Another interpretation can be that only  those warriors who have the opportunity to fight such a battle are happy  refuting Arjuna's earlier statement in chapter one, verse thrity-seven of how  can one be happy by in slaying meaning slaying the warriors on the opposite side  determined to slay him.

Brahma Vaisnava Sampradaya: Madhvacarya There is no commentary for this verse.

Sri Vaisnava Sampradaya: Ramanuja Ramanuja's Commentary The impending war is happening by itself, on its own, without any  solicitation on the part of Arjuna. Thus when it happens he and his brothers  will be fighting on the side of righteousness which constitutes the means for  acquiring heavenly happiness without obstacles. Such a war can only be fought by  the most fortunate of ksatriyas and Arjuna should understand his good  fortune.

Kumara Vaisnava Sampradaya: Nimbaditya Kesava Kasmiri's Commentary Normally one achieves well being after great effort whereas Arjuna is able to  achieve it without any effort. This is indicated by the words yadrcchaya  upapannam arrived at on its own accord. It is only the most fortunate among  ksatriyas who get such unsolicited opportunities without effort. For a ksatriya  who fights bravely war brings fame and opulence in this life and the next. By  engaging in battle for a righteous cause exhibiting outstanding valour one's  glory is guaranteed. But what happens to those who are slain? Here Lord Krishna  confirms that for the valorous who fall in battle there is an open door directly  to the heavenly planets the same as for the yogis who fall short of achieving  liberation.

Comment: Srila Prabhupada has  given such a wonderful lecture to this sloka

http://bhagavad-gitaasitis.com/?g=157163  ,the ksatriyas in general will go to Svarga if it is a religious war based on real dharma, but why is Krsna telling Arjuna you will go to Svarga? svarga--heavenly  planet; dvaram--door;

As a matter of fact Arjuna had already been to Indra loka , there he got cursed by Urvasi ,so why would Krsna tell Arjuna that Ksatriyas go to Svarga when fighting religious battle? Because that is the destination of  the religious  ksatriyas , but Arjuna would be willing to even go to hell for Krsna's sake.

Actually to understand the mind of a pure vaisnava we have to look at the example of Citraketu Maharaja that was cursed by Parvati and he stated:

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.17.20

guṇa-pravāha etasmin

kaḥ śāpaḥ ko nv anugrahaḥ

kaḥ svargo narakaḥ ko vā

kiḿ sukhaḿ duḥkham eva vā

SYNONYMS

guṇa-pravāhe — in the current of the modes of material nature; etasmin — this; kaḥ — what; śāpaḥ — a curse; kaḥ — what; nu — indeed; anugrahaḥ — a favor; kaḥ — what; svargaḥ — elevation to heavenly planets; narakaḥ — hell; kaḥ — what; vā — or; kim — what; sukham — happiness; duḥkham — distress; eva — indeed; vā — or.

TRANSLATION

This material world resembles the waves of a constantly flowing river. Therefore, what is a curse and what is a favor? What are the heavenly planets, and what are the hellish planets? What is actually happiness, and what is actually distress? Because the waves flow constantly, none of them has an eternal effect.

PURPORT

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura sings, (miche) māyāra vaśe, yāccha bhese', khāccha hābuḍubu, bhāi: "My dear living entities within this material world, why are you being carried away by the waves of the modes of material nature?" (Jīva) kṛṣṇa-dāsa, ei viśvāsa, karle ta' āra duḥkha nāi: "If the living entity tries to understand that he is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, there will no longer be misery for him." Kṛṣṇa wants us to give up all other engagements and surrender unto Him. If we do so, where will the cause and effect of this material world be? There is nothing like cause and effect for the surrendered soul. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says in this regard that being put into this material world is like being thrown into a mine of salt. If one falls into a mine of salt, he tastes only salt wherever he goes. Similarly, this material world is full of miseries. The so-called temporary happiness of the world is also misery, but in ignorance we cannot understand this. That is the actual position. When one comes to his senses — when he becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious — he is no longer concerned with the various conditions of this material world. He is not concerned with happiness or distress, curses or favors, or heavenly or hellish planets. He sees no distinction between them.(end)

     So what business does Arjuna have to go to the heavenly planets he has no such interest Krsna says in Bhagavad Gita : Abrahma Bhuvanal loka..even in Brahma loka there is unhappiness and it is temporary though life there goes on for an eternity in our tiny vision.

After Parvati had cursed Citraketu Maharaja Lord Siva spoke a very important vers:

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.17.28

nārāyaṇa-parāḥ sarve

na kutaścana bibhyati

svargāpavarga-narakeṣv

api tulyārtha-darśinaḥ

SYNONYMS

nārāyaṇa-parāḥ — pure devotees, who are interested only in the service of Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sarve — all; na — not; kutaścana — anywhere; bibhyati — are afraid; svarga — in the higher planetary systems; apavarga — in liberation; narakeṣu — and in hell; api — even; tulya — equal; artha — value; darśinaḥ — who see.

TRANSLATION

Devotees solely engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, never fear any condition of life. For them the heavenly planets, liberation and the hellish planets are all the same, for such devotees are interested only in the service of the Lord.

PURPORT

Pārvatī might naturally have inquired how devotees become so exalted. Therefore this verse explains that they are nārāyaṇa-para, simply dependent on Nārāyaṇa. They do not mind reverses in life because in the service of Nārāyaṇa they have learned to tolerate whatever hardships there may be. They do not care whether they are in heaven or in hell: they simply engage in the service of the Lord. This is their excellence. Ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānuśīlanam: they are liberally engaged in the service of the Lord, and therefore they are excellent. By using the word bhṛtya-bhṛtyānām, Lord Śiva pointed out that although Citraketu provided one example of tolerance and excellence, all the devotees who have taken shelter of the Lord as eternal servants are glorious. They have no eagerness to be happy by being placed in the heavenly planets, becoming liberated or becoming one with Brahman, the supreme effulgence. These benefits do not appeal to their minds. They are simply interested in giving direct service to the Lord.

I am posting the teachings of Maharaja Citraketu and the instructiones of Lord Siva, the purports of Srila Prabhupada to these verses are a must read, and the blessings given by Sukadeva Goswami is as follows:

SB 6.17.41: One who rises from bed early in the morning and recites this history of Citraketu, controlling his words and mind and remembering the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will return home, back to Godhead, without difficulty.

SB 6.17.16: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King Parīkṣit, when Citraketu was cursed by Pārvatī, he descended from his airplane, bowed before her with great humility and pleased her completely.

SB 6.17.17: Citraketu said: My dear mother, with my own hands folded together I accept the curse upon me. I do not mind the curse, for happiness and distress are given by the demigods as a result of one's past deeds.

SB 6.17.18: Deluded by ignorance, the living entity wanders in the forest of this material world, enjoying the happiness and distress resulting from his past deeds, everywhere and at all times. [Therefore, my dear mother, neither you nor I am to be blamed for this incident.]

SB 6.17.19: In this material world, neither the living entity himself nor others [friends and enemies] are the cause of material happiness and distress. But because of gross ignorance, the living entity thinks that he and others are the cause.

SB 6.17.20: This material world resembles the waves of a constantly flowing river. Therefore, what is a curse and what is a favor? What are the heavenly planets, and what are the hellish planets? What is actually happiness, and what is actually distress? Because the waves flow constantly, none of them has an eternal effect.

SB 6.17.21: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is one. Unaffected by the conditions of the material world, He creates all the conditioned souls by His own personal potency. Because of being contaminated by the material energy, the living entity is put into ignorance and thus into different conditions of bondage. Sometimes, by knowledge, the living entity is given liberation. In sattva-guṇa and rajo-guṇa, he is subjected to happiness and distress.

SB 6.17.22: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is equally disposed toward all living entities. Therefore no one is very dear to Him, and no one is a great enemy for Him; no one is His friend, and no one is His relative. Being unattached to the material world, He has no affection for so-called happiness or hatred for so-called distress. The two terms happiness and distress are relative. Since the Lord is always happy, for Him there is no question of distress.

SB 6.17.23: Although the Supreme Lord is unattached to our happiness and distress according to karma, and although no one is His enemy or favorite, He creates pious and impious activities through the agency of His material potency. Thus for the continuation of the materialistic way of life He creates happiness and distress, good fortune and bad, bondage and liberation, birth and death.

SB 6.17.24: O mother, you are now unnecessarily angry, but since all my happiness and distress are destined by my past activities, I do not plead to be excused or relieved from your curse. Although what I have said is not wrong, please let whatever you think is wrong be pardoned.

SB 6.17.25: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O King Parīkṣit, subduer of the enemy, after Citraketu satisfied Lord Śiva and his wife, Pārvatī, he boarded his airplane and left as they looked on. When Lord Śiva and Pārvatī saw that Citraketu, although informed of the curse, was unafraid, they smiled, being fully astonished by his behavior.

SB 6.17.26: Thereafter, in the presence of the great sage Nārada, the demons, the inhabitants of Siddhaloka, and his personal associates, Lord Śiva, who is most powerful, spoke to his wife, Pārvatī, while they all listened.

SB 6.17.27: Lord Śiva said: My dear beautiful Pārvatī, have you seen the greatness of the Vaiṣṇavas? Being servants of the servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, they are great souls and are not interested in any kind of material happiness.

SB 6.17.28: Devotees solely engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, never fear any condition of life. For them the heavenly planets, liberation and the hellish planets are all the same, for such devotees are interested only in the service of the Lord.

SB 6.17.29: Because of the actions of the Supreme Lord's external energy, the living entities are conditioned in contact with material bodies. The dualities of happiness and distress, birth and death, curses and favors, are natural by-products of this contact in the material world.

SB 6.17.30: As one mistakenly considers a flower garland to be a snake or experiences happiness and distress in a dream, so, in the material world, by a lack of careful consideration, we differentiate between happiness and distress, considering one good and the other bad.

SB 6.17.31: Persons engaged in devotional service to Lord Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, have naturally perfect knowledge and detachment from this material world. Therefore such devotees are not interested in the so-called happiness or so-called distress of this world.

SB 6.17.32: Neither I [Lord Śiva], nor Brahmā, nor the Aśvinī-kumāras, nor Nārada or the other great sages who are Brahmā's sons, nor even the demigods can understand the pastimes and personality of the Supreme Lord. Although we are part of the Supreme Lord, we consider ourselves independent, separate controllers, and thus we cannot understand His identity.

SB 6.17.33: He holds no one as very dear and no one as inimical. He has no one for His own relative, and no one is alien to Him. He is actually the soul of the soul of all living entities. Thus He is the auspicious friend of all living beings and is very near and dear to all of them.

SB 6.17.34-35: This magnanimous Citraketu is a dear devotee of the Lord. He is equal to all living entities and is free from attachment and hatred. Similarly, I am also very dear to Lord Nārāyaṇa. Therefore, no one should be astonished to see the activities of the most exalted devotees of Nārāyaṇa, for they are free from attachment and envy. They are always peaceful, and they are equal to everyone.

SB 6.17.36: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, after hearing this speech by her husband, the demigoddess [Umā, the wife of Lord Śiva] gave up her astonishment at the behavior of King Citraketu and became steady in intelligence.

SB 6.17.37: The great devotee Citraketu was so powerful that he was quite competent to curse mother Pārvatī in retaliation, but instead of doing so he very humbly accepted the curse and bowed his head before Lord Śiva and his wife. This is very much to be appreciated as the standard behavior of a Vaiṣṇava.

SB 6.17.38: Being cursed by mother Durgā [Bhavānī, the wife of Lord Śiva], that same Citraketu accepted birth in a demoniac species of life. Although still fully equipped with transcendental knowledge and practical application of that knowledge in life, he appeared as a demon at the fire sacrifice performed by Tvaṣṭā, and thus he became famous as Vṛtrāsura.

SB 6.17.39: My dear King Parīkṣit, you inquired from me how Vṛtrāsura, a great devotee, took birth in a demoniac family. Thus I have tried to explain to you everything about this.

SB 6.17.40: Citraketu was a great devotee [mahātmā]. If one hears this history of Citraketu from a pure devotee, the listener also is freed from the conditional life of material existence.

SB 6.17.41: One who rises from bed early in the morning and recites this history of Citraketu, controlling his words and mind and remembering the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will return home, back to Godhead, without difficulty.

Recently I was cursed by Jayadvaita Swami for being part of distributing 5000 On chanting Hare Krishna, well what to do.

Srila Prabhupada wanted us to distribute his books this is how we will go back to Godhead by pleasing Srila Prabhupada:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV_lI2GsCOQ

Srila Prabhupada begged that we kindly help him in this bookdistribution, so I know if I keep doing this I will go back to Godhead, and the curses of Jayadvaita Swami and others have no value.If one is distributing lots of books in ISKCON like I have one is envied or if you distribute books printed by KBI also you are envied, so damn if you do damn if you do not.

To reduce the many offences of Jayadvaita Swami ,I also distributed books for Janmastami at ISKCON Potomac with the edited versiones he thinks the older versiones can not bring people back to Godhead because of a few spelling mistakes and so on ,this is his pure ignorance. Milliones was sold before the editing. Anyhow I am trying to please Srila Prabhupada, not Jayadvaita Swami and other ungrateful godbrothers of his that simply want to use and abuse and never give me any credit for my devotional service.Simply all they can do is to be envious. I was the only bookdistributor for ISKCON Potomac and distributed 200 medium books a day , no one has ever done this after me in 1995, all he can do is find faults....Anyway I do not care about such envious persons, I will distribute Srila Prabhupadas books , in any shape and form I get them, yesterday one devotee gave me 3000  of Srila Prabhupadas books.So ...At ISKCON Potomac recently I disliked when one indian devotee stuck all the laxmi being collected in his own pocket ...I do not trust these indian devotees they are to money minded and not honest often. But I will try to cooporate more with ISKCON efforts to distribute books and also meet Vaisesika Prabhu when he comes to this area.We distributed many books for Janmastami at ISKCON Potomac and some Bhagavatam sets was also sold... anyway I keep fighting for Srila Prabhupada and I know I will go back to Godhead,I have no doubts...

vaisnava das anu das

Paramananda das

PS and then on July 4th the temple distributed 5000 books and we all distributed around 3000 copies of On Chanting Hare Krishna , now why would   Jayadvaita Swami be angry with this? He should be happy Srila Prabhupada books are going out ,,,,I find this kind of behavior strange weird and absurd...I hope next time when Jayadvaita Swami comes to town he can give a lending hand at the book tabel set a better example Maharaja and find less faults, and distribute   books yourself...I can not send this to him as he does not accept email from anyone that is not a "bigshot" in ISKCON .

Srila Prabhupada said you americans think you are so great now do some thing great. STOP FAULTFINDING AND DISTRIBUTE SRILA PRABHUPADAS BOOKS....JAYADVAITA SWAMI...lets see how great you really are ...lips service does not count in my book...maybe in yours....I distributed over half a million books in my life and you Jayadvaita Swami?

How many have you distributed? I am Srila Prabhupadas servant not Jayadvaita Swamis servant....or  many of his lazy godbrothers that never distribute Srila Prabhupadas books..they secretly faultfind bookdistribution and only use it to glorifie themselves and will not participate...simply rascals