Forgetting the Lord

TEXT 2.22

vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya

navani grhnati naro parani

tatha sarirani vihaya jirnany

anyani samyati navani dehi

As a person puts on new garments, giving up the old ones, the soul similarly accepts the new materiel bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.

   

 In this verse Krishna explains to Arjun on how the soul in each and every body moves on as each body dies. The only reason that the soul can move to another body is because of the super soul. As stated by Srila Prahbupad in the purport, he says that "the Mukanda Unpanisad as well as the Svetasvatara Upanisad, compare the soul and Super soul to two friendly birds sitting on the same tree." Arjuna is the soul sitting on the tree engrossed in eating a fruit while Krishna the Super soul just watches. We are like Arjuna, we are the soul. We are so engrossed in our fruitful activities, we sometimes forget about Krishna.

    This verse popped out to me because when I read the purport I could relate to at times and be like, "Yup, that like me". It's not only one person who forgets Krishna at times but everyone does. When we are doing schoolwork, or housework, we are so engrossed in what we are doing we forget about Krishna.This forgetfulness is why we struggle to easily accept the Lord as our Supreme spiritual master. But as soon as we do we become free of all lamentations.

Reflections written by Keshav Agiwal