Mantra Thirteen 67

When Lord Sri Krsna was present in this world, the bhakti-
yoga principles defined in the Bhagavad-gila had become
(listorted, and so the Lord had to re-establish the disciplic
system, beginning with Arjuna, who was the most confidential
friend and devotee of the Lord. The Lord clearly said to Arjuna
thal it was because he was His devotee and friend that the
principles of the Gita were understandable to him. In other
words, no one can understand the Gita who is not a devotec and
[riend of the Lord. This means that only one who follows the
path of Arjuna can understand the Gita.

At the present moment there are many interpreters of this
sublime dialogue who have nothing to do with Arjuna or Lord
Krsna. They interpret the verses of the Bhagavad-gita in their
own ways, and postulate all sorts of rubbish in the name of the
Gita. Such interpreters believe neither in Sri Krsna nor in His
clernal Abode. So, then, what can they explain about the
Bhagavad-gita?

The Gita clearly says that only those who have lost their senses
worship the demigods. Krsna ultimately advises that onc should
vive up all other ways and modes of worship, and fully surrender
unto Him only. Those persons who are cleansed of all sinful
reactions can have such unflinching faith in the Supreme Lord.
Others will continue hovering over the material sphere with their
pallry ways of worship, and thus will be misled from the real
path, under the false impression that all paths lead to the
same goal.

In this mantra the Sanskrit word sambhaval, worship of the
Supreme Cause, is very significant. Lord Krsna is the Original
Personality of Godhead, and everything that exists has emanated
from Ifim. In the Gita the Lord explains Ilimself. He says there
that He is the Creator of everyone, including Brahma, Visnu and
Siva. And because these three principal deities of the material
world are created by the Lord, Ile is the Creator of all that
exists in the material and spiritual worlds.

In the Atharva Veda it is similarly said that One Who existed
