Verse of the Day : Bhagavad-gita As It Is--6.9-10

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TRANSLATION

6.9 : A person is said to be still further advanced when he regards all-the honest well-wisher, friends and enemies, the envious, the pious, the sinner and those who are indifferent and impartial-with an equal mind.

6.10 : A transcendentalist should always try to concentrate his mind on the Supreme Self; he should live alone in a secluded place and should always carefully control his mind. He should be free from desires and feelings of possessiveness.

PURPORT

6.10 : K???a is realized in different degrees as Brahman, Paramātmā and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. K???a consciousness means, concisely, to be always engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. But those who are attached to the impersonal Brahman or the localized Supersoul are also partially K???a conscious, because impersonal Brahman is the spiritual ray of K???a and Supersoul is the all-pervading partial expansion of K???a. Thus the impersonalist and the meditator are also indirectly K???a conscious. A directly K???a conscious person is the topmost transcendentalist because such a devotee knows what is meant by Brahman or Paramātmā. His knowledge of the Absolute Truth is perfect, whereas the impersonalist and the meditative yogī are imperfectly K???a conscious.

Nevertheless, all of these are instructed herewith to be constantly engaged in their particular pursuits so that they may come to the highest perfection sooner or later. The first business of a transcendentalist is to keep the mind always on K???a. One should always think of K???a and not forget Him even for a moment. Concentration of the mind on the Supreme is called samādhi or trance. In order to concentrate the mind, one should always remain in seclusion and avoid disturbance by external objects. He should be very careful to accept favorable and reject unfavorable conditions that affect his realization. And, in perfect determination, he should not hanker after unnecessary material things that entangle him by feelings of possessiveness.

All these perfections and precautions are perfectly executed when one is directly in K???a consciousness because direct K???a consciousness means self-abnegation, wherein there is very little chance for material possessiveness. ?rīla Rūpa Gosvāmī characterizes K???a consciousness in this way:

anāsaktasya vi?ayān yathārham upayu?jata?nirbandha? k???a-sambandhe yukta? vairāgyam ucyateprāpa?cikatayā buddhyā hari-sambandhi-vastuna?mumuk?ubhi? parityāgo vairāgya? phalgu kathyate.

(Bhakti-rasām?ta-sindhu 2.255-256)

"When one is not attached to anything, but at the same time accepts everything in relation to K???a, one is rightly situated above possessiveness. On the other hand, one who rejects everything without knowledge of its relationship to K???a is not as complete in his renunciation."

A K???a conscious person well knows that everything belongs to K???a, and thus he is always free from feelings of personal possession. As such, he has no hankering for anything on his own personal account. He knows how to accept things in favor of K???a consciousness and how to reject things unfavorable to K???a consciousness. He is always aloof from material things because he is always transcendental, and he is always alone, having nothing to do with persons not in K???a consciousness. Therefore a person in K???a consciousness is the perfect yogī.

Question 1 : What are the three degrees of realizations of Lord Krisna ? What is the difference between them ?

Question 2 : What is K???a consciousness ? Why a person in K???a consciousness is called the perfect yogī ?