Shloka 30
Arjuna’s Lament, the End of the Yadus, and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure
गीतं भगवता ज्ञानं यत् तत् सङ्ग्राममूर्धनि । कालकर्मतमोरुद्धं पुनरध्यगमत् प्रभु: ॥ ३० ॥
gītaṁ bhagavatā jñānaṁ yat tat saṅgrāma-mūrdhani kāla-karma-tamo-ruddhaṁ punar adhyagamat prabhuḥ
میدانِ جنگ میں بھگوان نے جو گیان گایا تھا، لیلا اور فراق کے سبب وہ گویا کال اور کرم کے اندھیرے میں ڈھک کر ارجن کو بھولا ہوا سا لگا؛ مگر حقیقت میں ایسا نہ تھا—وہ پھر اپنے حواس کا مالک بن گیا۔
A conditioned soul is enwrapped in his fruitive activities by the force of eternal time. But the Supreme Lord, when He incarnates on the earth, is not influenced by kāla, or the material conception of past, present and future. The activities of the Lord are eternal, and they are manifestations of His ātma-māyā, or internal potency. All pastimes or activities of the Lord are spiritual in nature, but to the laymen they appear to be on the same level with material activities. It so appeared that Arjuna and the Lord were engaged in the Battle of Kurukṣetra as the other party was also engaged, but factually the Lord was executing His mission of incarnation and association with His eternal friend Arjuna. Therefore such apparently material activities of Arjuna did not drive him away from his transcendental position, but on the contrary revived his consciousness of the songs of the Lord, as He sang them personally. This revival of consciousness is assured by the Lord in the Bhagavad-gītā (18.65) as follows:
FAQs
This verse says even divine wisdom can become covered by the influence of time and karma, but it can be revived again through remembrance and re-realization.
In the aftermath of Kṛṣṇa’s departure and the changing world, Arjuna’s earlier realization had become obscured; reflecting on Kṛṣṇa’s words, he regains that understanding.
Regular hearing, study, and devotional practice help uncover what time, stress, and karmic habits tend to veil—making spiritual clarity return again and again.