The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : Ch-8. Part-11.

8. In Harmony with the Whole Universe  :


Part-11.



Now, we do not know how God is related to this world.

Is God outside the world, or is God inside the world?

If He is outside the world, what is the connection between Him and the world?

Is there a gap of emptiness between the world and God?

If so, then He cannot be regarded as omnipresent, all-pervading; He is only somewhere, like a large personality.

To remove all these misconceptions at one stroke the Teacher of the Bhagavadgita says:

'Mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya' :

“Nothing outside Me can exist. So don’t argue glibly that the world is outside Me.”



This answer is not a final answer; it is a tentative answer, but a very important answer.

The final answer comes later on in another chapter; it has not come yet.

To remove the doubt at the very outset, to nip the doubt in the bud, the Teacher says:

Mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya:

“Outside Me nothing can be, and higher than Me, nothing is.”

Mayi sarvam idam protam sutre mani-gana iva : ( will be explained in next blog)( This is the answer for the question- last line of this blog )

How can we describe the relationship of God to His creation, when He says that nothing outside Him can exist?

If outside Him nothing exists, creation is not outside Him.

If creation is not outside Him, where is it?

The answer is given in various stages. ( find in the next blogs)

Swami Krishnananda

To be continued  ....