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in the form of a man or a woman, etc., but the material, the
content within each is the same. The packing can be in any form;
it can even be rotten but a businessman is not really concerned
with the outer packing, he is only concerned with the material
within. Similarly, you should do the darshan of that material (the
Self, the Lord) within the packing (body).
Lord Krishna says, “The ‘material’ that is within is
precisely what I am; that verily is Krishna. Recognize Him and
you will find what you are looking for. Otherwise, even if you
sing the verses of the Gita for millions of lifetimes, you will not
make any progresses.” Whatever Lord Krishna is saying is
conveyed in these two words: ‘packing’ and ‘material’, but
these so called smart people try to find the meaning in the Gita
and publish books in the process. They do not know how to
extract the essence of His message and then they write volumes
of commentaries and criticisms in trying to extract the essence.
They do this out of their own intellectually driven agendas
(swachhand) in order to gain recognition and fame. But the
entire inner intent of Lord Krishna is within these two words.
When a young man is in college, his father writes him a
strong letter, “You do not study and waste my money. All you
do is watch movies and plays.” The son shows the letter to his
friend and says, “See what my father is like? He is an animal.
He is an angry man. He is an angry, greedy and a tight fisted
man.” The young man says that because he does not understand
what his father is saying. He cannot understand his father’s inner
intent. The age difference between him and his father is only 25
years and yet he does not understand his father’s intention, so
who can understand Lord Krishna’s intention after five
thousand years? Who can expose Lord Krishna’s intention?
Only the one who is Lord Krishna himself can do so. Who can
expose Lord Mahavir’s intent? Only Lord Mahavir himself! And
the time difference between Lord Mahavir and now is 2500
years!