4 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness
was lost; therefore Krsna re-established the teachings
by giving them to Arjuna.
evam parampara-praptam
imam rajarsayo viduh
sa kaleneha mahata
yogo nastah parantapa
sa evayam maya te ‘dya
yogah proktah puratanah
bhakto ’si me sakha ceti
rahasyam hy etad uttamam
“This supreme science was thus received through
the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly
kings understood it in that way. But in course of
time the succession was broken, and therefore the
science as it is appears to be lost. That very ancient
science of the relationship with the Supreme is today
told by Me to you because you are My devotee as
well as My friend; therefore, you can understand the
transcendental mystery of this science.” (Bg. 4.2,3)

Thus whoever follows in the footsteps. of Arjuna,
approaching Krsna in a spirit of devotion, can
understand the purpose of Bhagavad-gita as well as
all other Vedic literatures.

There are four Vedas—Sama, Rk, Yajur and
Atharva, and there are 108 Upanisads, including the
Igopanisad, Katha Upanisad and Taittiriya Upanisad,
as well as the Vedanta-sutra, Srimad-Bhagavatam and
Bhagavad-gita. These literatures are not meant for
any particular class of men but for the totality of
