Bhagwan, the supreme Person, said. My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting to a human being who knows the progressive values of life. They don’t lead to greater worlds, but to infamy. Lord Krishna is Bhagavan Sri Bhagavan is a very important word to use here. What is Bhagavan? Why is God called Bhagavan? A lot of people may be wondering about this question.

            Hence in the Vedic system of education, a man is taught to have Brahma jigyasa. We have heard that Brahma jigyasa means to know the spiritual existence. What is the ultimate reality? Why am I existing? Who am I within this body? Who has designed this body, this great supercomputer, who has constructed this wonderful brain, who has constructed these great, amazing fantastic cameras known as eyes like this was manufactured this physique, during which each cell is more advanced than a metropolitan city. Who has gathered and why? What is the truth of life? This is referred to as Brahma jigyasa. Just as modern-day science has investigated, in fact, everything we see in the universe, subatomic physics says it is simply a mixture of protons, neutrons and electrons. Nothing else. We combine protons, neutrons, electrons together to make everything we see around us. Now the science has become even more advanced, even protons, neutrons, and electrons are not basic particles; they are a combination of some other energies. Like this. And if you continue to trace, in the end, what is truth? [How we produce it, Faber’s writing has made me think about substance. So, the woods event is definitely an illusion but even atoms, protons, neutrons and electrons are also not the ultimate reality. So, what is that ultimate reality? That is Brahm or the spirit, the same which is manifesting and being expressed in so many forms around us, as stated in the Vedas. The reality cannot be understood without this ultimate reality.

            Srimad Bhagvatam explains that absolute truth is discovered by them in three phases, those three phases are….

“Bramati Parmat Meti Bhagwan”

            The first phase of understanding the ultimate truth, absolute truth is called Brahm. Brahm means spiritual energy. When we keep on analysing and, go deeper, what is the fundamental energy? We’ll understand there is one energy that is all-pervading. When a person advances further, he actually realizes this energy, which is all-pervading. It comes from a person who is present in all of our hearts. That is called Paramatma. In this body there is Atma. That Krishna will explain in detail in thirteen chapters of the Bhagavad Gita. But along with Atma, there is another Atma and that is called Param Atma. So, the individual Atma is conscious of this body, but Paramatma is conscious of all the bodies. This is called the second phase of realization of absolute truth: that the energy which is there everywhere is coming from a person who is present in the hearts of all the living entities and then the third. And the final phase of realization of absolute truth is that, the most advanced transcendentalists are able to understand the Bhagwan features. So, this Bhagwan feature is the ultimate word in the realization of absolute truth. What is the meaning of Bhagwan? Some people ask whether Bhagwan is a person or simply an energy. Actually, if you understand the Sanskrit language and, the meaning of the root, then such a question will not arise. Bhagavan means ‘possessor’ and bhag means ‘opulence’s.’ The definition of Bhagwan has been given by Parashar, Muni, father of Vasudev, the author of the Mahabharata and Bhagavad Gita. He is the compiler of all the Vedas. His father, Parashar Muni, has given the definition in the Vishnu Puran.

            BBhaga means opulence. There are 6 kinds of opulence’s which make a person attractive. One opulence is beauty, beautiful people attract us. The, second opulence is wisdom, which attracts; the, third opulence is power and strength. If a person is very strong, fame and renunciation follow. Any person who has these opulence’s and riches becomes very attractive. So Parashar, Muni explains some of Gracia, there could be many rich people, but nobody can claim all the riches in the world belong to me. So, all the riches are owned by a person. That person is called Bhagwan. Any person who can claim that all the riches and, wealth of the world’s creation belong to me, that is bhaga. Any person who has all the opulence’s in completion is called Bhagwan Bhagwan means one who has all the riches, who is most beautiful, who has all the strength in this world, who is most wise, and who is most learned; he is called Bhagwan. Thus, these are the attributes of a person. So, Bhagwan means possessor of opulence, a person; ultimate truth cannot be simply dead energy or, impersonal energy, because we see beautiful designs around us. Energy cannot act automatically and create designs. There has to be a conscious designer. So, some people say God is only a person, ultimate truth is a person. Some people say ultimate truth is only all-pervading, impersonal energy. But actually, the all-pervading impersonal energy called Brahm and Bhagwan are non-different features of absolute truth. Absolute truth has a personal aspect as well as an impersonal aspect. But the impersonal aspect of energy is dependent on the person. So, there is no difference between the two, Brahma and Bhagwan. They are one and the same. An example given is like that of the sun and the sunlight. There is no difference between the sun and sunlight because it is not possible for the sun to exist without its light. And it is also not possible for light to exist without the sun. So, in that sense, the sun and sunlight are one and the same. But still there is a difference. If I am seeing the sunlight I am contacting the sunlight. It does not mean I am touching or have entered the sun. This is called ‘achintya bheda abheda’: oneness and difference at the same time. So, in this way, definitely the absolute truth is Brahm, the all-pervading energy which is not different from Bhagwan, but this all-pervading energy is emanating from Bhagwan, the Personality of Godhead, just like the sunlight is emanating from the sun. This is the perfect understanding of absolute truth. One powerful man is giving his opinion. Throughout the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna has been addressed. Whenever Lord Krishna speaks as “Shree Bhagvan Novaja,” Vedvyas wants to tell that please understand this knowledge is coming from Bhagavan, the supreme reality from whom all the living entities are coming. All the planets are coming. All the matter is coming. He is the creator; therefore, the knowledge given by him is perfect. So, people are having many confusions about this world. What is this world all about? What is the purpose, who we are and how we are going to get answers to all these questions by Bhagwan, the supreme person who created himself. How fortunate we are. So let us see how the Supreme Lord is going to give this wonderful wisdom to Arjuna and bring him out of lamentation.