Introduction
Arjuna is afraid again. Having seen what he has seen and understanding the unlimitedness of Krsna's form, he remembers that all this while he had treated Krsna like a friend, so casually. Instead of fear, guilt and remorse filed his being. 'I called You by Your caste name, Yadava, ' Arjuna cries out, 'I called You, 'Hey friend, Hey Krsna'. I knew not whom I was addressing, whom I was dealing with, please forgive me.' 'How could I have done this? Please forgive me for the love I had for You that made me careless in addressing You. Bear with me; forgive me as a father would a son, a lover his beloved and a friend, his mate.
A small story: With great sincerity and seriousness a devotee of Siva offered prayers to Siva's idol at his home altar every day for many years. He had no thought other than Siva, and all he desired was to have Siva's vision, His darsan, one day or the other.
Since nothing happened year after year and he was getting old, the devotee gave Siva an ultimatum, 'Either you appear before me, or I will seek an alternative. Before I die I need to have the Lord's darsan, so that I may be liberated.' Siva still made no appearance. After a few days the devotee bought and installed an idol of Visnu at his altar, replacing Siva. But he did not have the heart to throw Siva away, and merely moved Him to one corner, telling Him, 'See, I waited all this while patiently; all this is Your fault.'
The devotee was overcome with deep guilt and overwhelming emotion. 'Lord!' he cried, 'All these years I prayed to You without fail and You never appeared to me. Today, when I cast You out and covered Your nose You gave me darsan. Why?'
Siva said: 'It is only today that I became real to you, when you covered My nose. That is why I came to you now.' As his friend, Krsna was the reality to Arjuna.
Fear concerns the future. Guilt and remorse plague us from the past. Every single thing that we did could have been done differently. One by one, these negativities pour out of Arjuna and he is getting cleansed in the presence of the master
To understand that guilt and fear only destroys our consciousness. GOALS: