Sa vai manaù Krsna-padäravindayoù [SB 9.4.18]. One should fix his mind on Krsna, just as Ambaresha Mahäräja did when he had a fight with a great ashtanga-yogi named Durväsä Muni. Since Ambaresha Mahäräja was a householder, he was a pounds-shillings man. This means that he had to take into account pounds, shillings, and sixpence, or dollars and cents. Apart from being a householder, Mahäräja Ambaresha was also a great king and devotee. Durväsä Muni was a great yogi who happened to be very envious of Mahäräja Ambaresha. Durväsä Muni was thinking, "I am a great yogi, and I can travel in space. This man is an ordinary king, and he does not possess such yogic powers. Still, people pay him more honor. Why is this? I will teach him a good lesson." Durväsä Muni then proceeded to pick a quarrel with Mahäräja Ambaresha, but because the king was always thinking of Krsna, he managed to defeat this great yogi. Durväsä Muni was consequently directed by Narayana to take shelter at the feet of Mahäräja Ambaresha. Durväsä Muni was such a perfect yogi that within a year he could travel throughout the material universe and also penetrate the spiritual universe. Indeed, he went directly to the abode of God, Vaikuntha, and saw the Personality of Godhead Himself. Yet Durväsä Muni was so weak that he had to return to earth and fall at the feet of Mahäräja Ambaresha. Mahäräja Ambaresha was an ordinary king, but his one great qualification was that he was always thinking of Krsna. Thus his mind was always controlled, and he was situated at the highest perfectional level of yoga. We also can very easily control the mind by keeping it fixed on the lotus feet of Krsna within. Simply by thinking of Krsna, we become victorious conquerors, topmost yogis.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:03:32 +0000
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