The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : Ch-11. Part-2.

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Chapter 11: God Present Within Us :


Part-2.


The limitation that is imposed upon the knowledge process by the interference of spatial extension and temporal succession tells upon our concept of God also, so that we think of God as we think of a cow, an empirical object, notwithstanding the fact that we try our best to make this idea of God as vast as possible and as inclusive as practicable.

But whatever be our endeavour in making our concept of God comprehensive, the limitations that interfere with the knowledge process also affect our concept of God.

The Bhagavadgita warns us about this in a few words in two verses at the end of seventh chapter.

These terms are well known phrases in the philosophy of the Vedanta and Samkhya, but their connotation and significance is hard to comprehend unless we go deep into their interrelationship.


"Jara-marana-moksaya mam asritya yatanti ye,

te brahma tad viduh krtsnam adhytmam karma cakhilam."



" Sadhibhutdhidaivam mam sadhiyajnam ca ye viduh,

prayna-kalepi ca mam te vidur yukta-cetasah."



These are the last two verses of the seventh chapter of the Bhagavadgita.


Swami Krishnananda

To be continued  ....




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