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411 Chapter XI TheYoga of the vision of the Cosmic Form (Visva Rupa Darsana Yoga) Arjuna said, “Now OSupreme Lord, as Thou hast thus described Thyself in that way O Purushottama(Purusha Supreme), I wishto see actually Thy divine form” (3). The Blessed Lord said,“Behold O Partha forms of Me by hundreds and thousands of different sorts,divine, of various colours and shapes (5). Behold the Adityas, the Vasus, theRudras, the two Asvins and also the forty-nine Maruts: behold many wondersnever seen before, O Bharata (6). Now behold O Gudakesa in this My body thewhole universe centred in one—including the moving and the unmoving—andwhatever else thou desirest to see (7). But thou art not able to behold Me withthese thine eyes alone; I give thee divine eye; behold My lordly Yoga” (8). Lord Krishna showed to Partha His Supreme Form withnumerous mouths and eyes with numerouswonderful sights, with numerous divine ornaments, with numerous divine weaponsuplifted (10). Arjuna said, “I see all the gods, O God, in Thy bodyand also hosts of various classes ofbeings, Brahma the Lord seated on the lotus, all the Rishis and celestialserpents (15). I see Thee Without beginning, middle or end, infinite in powerof endless arms, the sun and the moon being Thy eyes, the burning fire Thymouth heating the whole universe with the radiance (19). Into Thy mouthsterrible with teeth and fearful to behold all the sons of Dhritarashtra,Bhishma, Drona, Karna, etc, hurriedly enter; some are found sticking in thegaps between the teeth with their heads crushed to powder” (26-27). The Blessed Lord said, “Therefore, stand up andobtain fame. Conquer the enemies and enjoy the unrivalled kingdom. Verily by Myself they, have been already slain;be thou a mere instrument, O Savyasachi (Arjuna)” (33). Arjuna said, “Thou artthe Primeval God, the Ancient Purusha; Thou art the supreme refuge of thisuniverse. Thou art the knower, the knowable and the supreme abode. By Thee isthis universe pervaded, O Being of infinite form (38). I am delighted, havingseen what was never seen before and yet my mind is distressed with fear. Showme that form only with four hands, O God; have mercy, O God of gods, O Abode ofthe Universe (45-46). The Blessed Lord assumed His gentle form with fourhands and showed this form to Arjuna and consoled him who was terrified (50). The Blessed Lord said,“Neither by the Vedas nor by austerity, nor by gifts, nor by sacrifice can I beseen in this form, as thou hast seen Me so easily. But by the single-mindeddevotion, can I of this form be known and seen in reality and also enteredinto, O Parantapa. He who does actions for Me, who looks on Me as, the Supreme,who is devoted to Me, who is free from attachment, who bears enmity towards nocreature, he comes to Me, Pandava” (53-55). 412 Chapter XII The Yoga of Devotion (Bhakti Yoga) Arjuna said, “Thosedevotees, who ever steadfast, thus worship Thee, and those also who worship theImperishable, the Unmanifested—which of these are better-versed in Yoga?” (1) The Blessed Lord said,“Those who, fixing their mind on Me, worship Me, ever-steadfast and endowedwith supreme faith, in My opinion are the best in Yoga (2). Greater is theirtrouble whose minds are set on the unmanifested; for the goal, theunmanifested, is very hard for the embodied to reach (5). Fix thy mind on Meonly, place Thy intellect in Me; then thou shalt no doubt live in Me alonehereafter (8). If thou art not able to fix thy mind steadily on Me, then byYoga of constant practice (Abhyasa Yoga) do thou seek to reach Me, O Dhananjaya(9). If thou art unable to practise even this Abhyasa Yoga, be thou intent ondoing actions for My sake; even by doing actions for My sake, thou shalt attainperfection (10). If thou art unable to do even this then taking refuge in unionwith Me, renounce the fruits of all actions, with the self controlled (11).Better indeed is knowledge than practice; than knowledge meditation is better;than meditation renunciation of the fruits of actions; peace immediatelyfollows renunciation (12). “He who hates no creature,who is friendly and compassionate to all, who is free from attachment andegoism, balanced in pleasure and pain, and forgiving; ever content, steady inmeditation, self-controlled, possessed of firm conviction, with mind andintellect dedicated to Me, he, My devotee, is dear to Me (13-14). He who isfree from envy, fear and anxiety, who is free from wants, pure, expert,unconcerned, untroubled, who has renounced all undertakings or commencements,who neither rejoices nor hates, neither grieves nor desires, who has renouncedgood and evil, who is full of devotion, he is dear to Me (16-17). “He who is the same toa foe and friend, and also in honour and dishonour, who is the same in cold andheat, and in pleasure and pain, who is free from attachment, who is balanced incensure and praise, pain and pleasure, who is silent, content with anything,homeless, steady-minded, full of devotion—that man is dear to Me (18-19). “They verily, whofollow this Immortal Dharma (law or doctrine) as described above endowed withfaith, regarding Me as their supreme goal, devotees, they are exceedingly dearto Me” (20). 413 Chapter XIII The Yoga of DistinctionBetween the Field and Knower of the Field (Kshetra-Kshetrajna-Vibhaga Yoga) Arjuna said: “Prakriti(matter) and Purusha (spirit), also the field (Kshetra) and the knower of thefield (Kshetrajna), knowledge and which ought to be known—these I desire tolearn, O Kesava.” The Blessed Lord said:“This body, O son of Kunti, is called the field (Kshetra), he who knows it (body)is called (Kshetrajna) (the knower of the field) by the sages (1). Do thou alsoknow Me as the knower of the field in all fields, O Arjuna. Knowledge of boththe field and the knower of the field is considered by Me to be the knowledge(2). “The great elements,egoism, intellect, and also the unmanifested (Mula-Prakriti or Avyaktam), theten senses and the one (mind) and the five objects of the senses, desire,hatred, pleasure and pain, the aggregate, intelligence, courage—the Kshetra hasbeen thus described briefly with its modifications (5-6). “Humility,unpretentiousness, non-injury, forbearance, uprightness, service of theteacher, purity, steadfastness, self-control; indifference to the objects ofthe senses and also absence of egoism; perception of evil in birth, death, oldage, in sickness and pain; non-attachment, non-identification of self with son,wife, home and the like and constant balance of mind in the occurrence of thedesirable and the undesirable, unswerving devotion to Me by Yoga, without otherobject, resort to solitary places, distaste for the society of men, constantapplication to spiritual knowledge of Truth—this is declared to be knowledge,and what is opposed to it is ignorance (7-11). “With hands and feeteverywhere, with eyes, heads and mouths everywhere, with ears everywhere Heexists in the world, enveloping all (13). Without and within all beings, theimmovable and also the moveable; because of His subtlety incomprehensible; andnear and far away is That (15). That the Light of all lights, is said to bebeyond darkness, knowledge, the knowable, the goal of knowledge, seated in thehearts of all (17). “He sees, who sees, that allactions are performed by Prakriti alone and that the Self is actionless (30).They who by the eye of wisdom perceive the difference between Kshetra (thefield) and the Kshetrajna (the knower of the field) and the liberation ofbeings from Matter (Prakriti)—they go to the Supreme” (34). >From BHAGAVAD GITA FOR BUSY PEOPLE BySRISWAMI SIVANANDA Posted on 25-10-2021 by R. Gopalakrishnan Iwill continue in next posting -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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