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<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Introduction: The Eternal Companion</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:54, 20 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Maybe as Lakṣmaṇa—we do not know. Because Lakṣmaṇa is supposed to be the Ādiśeṣa. That is why Lakṣmaṇa always acts as a support. He makes his house and then he protects him, and like that. So we do not know exactly these differentiations. Yogananda Mahārāj, for example—Swami Yogananda. Rāmakṛṣṇa said that he is of Arjuna&#039;s &#039;&#039;aṃśa&#039;&#039;. In what way? In Śrī Kṛṣṇa&#039;s time, Yogananda Mahārāj as Arjuna was the most important figure. But according to the Bhāgavatam, it is Uddhava who was most important.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Maybe as Lakṣmaṇa—we do not know. Because Lakṣmaṇa is supposed to be the Ādiśeṣa. That is why Lakṣmaṇa always acts as a support. He makes his house and then he protects him, and like that. So we do not know exactly these differentiations. Yogananda Mahārāj, for example—Swami Yogananda. Rāmakṛṣṇa said that he is of Arjuna&#039;s &#039;&#039;aṃśa&#039;&#039;. In what way? In Śrī Kṛṣṇa&#039;s time, Yogananda Mahārāj as Arjuna was the most important figure. But according to the Bhāgavatam, it is Uddhava who was most important.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The whole—you see, the Bhāgavatam is the most beautiful book, and its essence is the two—tenth and eleventh skandhas. The tenth skandha is meant for meditation, and the eleventh skandha is meant for sādhana. The last message of Śrī Kṛṣṇa—Uddhava. So here Uddhava. And in the Mahābhārata, it is Arjuna. What a great soul this Uddhava was, you know. The last message of Śrī Kṛṣṇa was given to Uddhava. So we do not know whether it was Uddhava or Arjuna who came as Swami Brahmananda. We do not know. Because every time they change their dress. Both they change their dress as well as address—Ayodhyā, then <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Āḍiyā</del>, and then Vṛndāvana. Like that they go on changing the address. Now Kāmārpukur. Later on he said he will come somewhere in the north side—north-west. We do not know where it is.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The whole—you see, the Bhāgavatam is the most beautiful book, and its essence is the two—tenth and eleventh skandhas. The tenth skandha is meant for meditation, and the eleventh skandha is meant for sādhana. The last message of Śrī Kṛṣṇa—Uddhava. So here Uddhava. And in the Mahābhārata, it is Arjuna. What a great soul this Uddhava was, you know. The last message of Śrī Kṛṣṇa was given to Uddhava. So we do not know whether it was Uddhava or Arjuna who came as Swami Brahmananda. We do not know. Because every time they change their dress. Both they change their dress as well as address—Ayodhyā, then <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nadiyā</ins>, and then Vṛndāvana. Like that they go on changing the address. Now Kāmārpukur. Later on he said he will come somewhere in the north side—north-west. We do not know where it is.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Two Meanings of &quot;Eternal Companion&quot;===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Two Meanings of &quot;Eternal Companion&quot;===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is the point here? Eternal companion because he will always be there with the incarnation. Every time an incarnation comes, he will be there. The other meaning is, this book is our eternal companion until we reach the goal. So this one book is more than enough.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What is the point here? Eternal companion because he will always be there with the incarnation. Every time an incarnation comes, he will be there. The other meaning is, this book is our eternal companion until we reach the goal. So this one book is more than enough.</div></td></tr> </table>

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