The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : Ch -18.13.

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02/02/2017.

Chapter -18: Fix Your Mind on Me Alone-13.


1.
Avibhaktam ca bhutesu vibhaktam iva ca sthitam,  ( Gita: CH-13. SLO-16.)

bhuta-bhartr ca tat jneyam grasisnu prabhavisnu ca.

2.
 Jyotisam api taj jyotis tamasah param uchyate, ( Gita: CH-13. SLO-17.)

jnanam jneyam jnana-gamyam hrdi sarvasya vishtitam.

This grand description goes with the declaration that this great Reality is indivisible—it cannot be separated into parts.

It cannot be partitioned in any manner, yet it appears as if it is divided among the objects of sense, which are different one from the other.

1. Avibhaktam ca bhutesu : -

Like space which is undivided everywhere and yet it may appear to be divided by the various vessels or pots, glasses, etc. which carry little spaces within themselves, though the space is unaffected by these so-called delimitation thereof by the presence of walls and vessels and the like, so is God’s Being unaffected by the divisions which we see through the perceptions of the senses.

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This great Being is within us and not far from us. It is rooted in the deepest recesses of the heart of everyone. It is the Light of all lights—even the sun cannot shine there. Mystics have said that the light of the sun is the shadow of God.

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Such is the brightness that we can expect in the vision of the Absolute. All these are figurative descriptions to entertain us with the majesty of God’s Being. Otherwise, who can explain what this light is? It is superior to anything that we can think of, understand, imagine, perceive or cognise.

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The philosophical background of the thirteenth chapter of the Bhagavadgita is concluded here, and further ethical and practical implications of it will follow further on.

Chapter -18: Fix Your Mind on Me Alone - Ends.

Next : Chapter 19: True Knowledge :

Swami Krishnananda
  To be continued  ....


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