Without A Doubt, He Comes Back To Me (18.67-18.72)🔗

These words are meant not merely for Arjuna, but for all of us. Kṛṣṇa says here that we should read, listen and understand this ultimate secret dialogue between Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa, between Nara and Nārāyaṇa. Nothing more needs to be read or listened to. Only one who is in deep devotion to Me should read this, bhaktiṁ mayi parāṁ kṛtvā (18.68). I have conveyed here that which is most beneficial, the secret of how to live and how to reach Me. One who understands this and drops his mind with his focus entirely upon Me, shall reach Me without a doubt, mām ev'aiṣyaty asaṁśayaḥ (18.68).

This is Kṛṣṇa's promise. He blesses the whole Universe with His grace and compassion. He showered His blessing on Arjuna and made him merge with Him. The same consciousness is being showered on the whole Universe.

He declares that whoever studies this sacred conversation will achieve His eternal consciousness. He blesses us with His grace and assures us that we can achieve Him through this jñāna yajña, sacrifice of intellect.

That is, by offering ourselves into that knowledge, by completely purifying ourselves in that knowledge, we can achieve Him. We can disappear into Him. When we put anything into the fire, it disappears. Same way, when we immerse ourselves in the study of Gītā, we will disappear into Him. Only He remains, only He exists.

The whole experience of the Truth has descended on Arjuna. May the grace and compassion of Kṛṣṇa that was showered on Arjuna, be showered on us.

This is the last time Śrī Kṛṣṇa speaks in the Bhagavad Gītā. He asks, 'Arjuna, have you listened to Me with attention? Has your delusion disappeared? (18.72).'

Until the end He is the Guru. He is full of compassion. 'Have you understood?' He asks. 'Have your doubts disappeared?' This is the greatness of Masters. Nothing concerns them except the deliverance of their disciples. This is Śrī Kṛṣṇa's promise: Listen to Me, understand Me and come to Me; then you are a part of Me.