protect the soul

circumambulates the temple of Vishnu at least four times

The k?pa?as, or miserly persons, waste their time in being overly affectionate for
family, society, country, etc., in the material conception of life. One is often
attached to family life, namely to wife, children and other members, on the basis
of "skin disease."

The k?pa?a thinks that he is able to protect his family members from death; or the
k?pa?a thinks that his family or society can save him from the verge of death. Such
family attachment can be found even in the lower animals, who take care of children
also.

Being intelligent, Arjuna could understand that his affection for family members
and his wish to protect them from death were the causes of his perplexities.
Although he could understand that his duty to fight was awaiting him, still, on
account of miserly weakness, he could not discharge the duties.

He is therefore asking Lord K???a, the supreme spiritual master, to make a definite
solution. He offers himself to K???a as a disciple. He wants to stop friendly
talks.

Talks between the master and the disciple are serious, and now Arjuna wants to talk
very seriously before the recognized spiritual master. K???a is therefore the
original spiritual master of the science of Bhagavad-gita, and Arjuna is the first
disciple for understanding the Gita.

How Arjuna understands the Bhagavad-gita is stated in the Gita itself. And yet
foolish mundane scholars explain that one need not submit to K???a as a person, but
to "the unborn within K???a."

There is no difference between K???a's within and without. And one who has no sense
of this understanding is the greatest fool in trying to understand Bhagavad-gita.

I am not even born of a nice family. Therefore I must simply pray to You, Gopi-
jana-vallabha [Kr??a, maintainer and beloved of the gopis]. I simply wish and hope
that some way or other I may be able to approach Your lotus feet, and this hope is
giving me pain, because I think myself quite incompetant to approach that
transcendental goal of life."

24. Forbearing ]
A person who tolerates all kinds of troubles, even though such troubles appear to
be unbearable, is called forbearing.

25. Forgiving
A person who can tolerate all kinds of offenses from the opposite party is known to
be forgiving.

26. Grave
A person who does not express his mind to everyone, or whose mental activity and
plan of action are very difficult to understand, is called grave.

27. Self-satisfied
A person who is fully satisfied in himself, without any hankering, and who is not
agitated even in the presence of serious cause for distress, is called self-
satisfied.

28. Possessing Equilibrium

A person who is unaffected by attachment and envy is said to possess equilibrium.

30. Religious
A person who personally practices the tenets of religion as they are enjoined in
the siistras and who also teaches others the same principles is called religious.

32. Compassionate
A person who is unable to bear another's distress is called compassionate.

33. Respectful
A person who shows adequate respect to a spiritual master, a briihmar;w and an old
person is to be understood as being respectful.

34. Gentle
Any person who neither becomes impudent nor exhibits a puffedup nature is called
gentle

35. Liberal
Any person who is by his natural behavior very mild is called liberal

36.Shy
A person who sometimes exhibits humility and bashfulness is called shy.