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

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Chapter 11: God Present Within Us :

Part-11.

So the thought of God is not a logical concept.

It is something superior to ordinary understanding.

It is super-logical indivisibility of comprehension that is the krisattva brahmatva mentioned in this verse.

When Arjuna listens to this tremendous message injected into his mind towards the end of the seventh chapter, he is bewildered, as perhaps every one of us is.

We are unable to understand what all this means.

It amounts to saying that we cannot think at all.

Our minds are put to a stop when we are asked to think in this comprehensive manner, because comprehensiveness is unknown to us.

We are always partial beings.

We have likes and dislikes; we are either this or that—but not both.

Doubt arises in the mind of Arjuna and he puts questions, which are recorded at the beginning of the eighth chapter.

What is this Brahman?

What is this imperishable Being?

What is adhyatma?

What is adhibhuta?

What is adhiyajna?

These questions arise naturally in the mind of anyone.

"Kim tad-brahma kim adhyatmam kim karma purusottama, adhibhutam ca kim proktam adhidaivam kim ucyate."

"Adhiyajnah katham ko’tra dehe’smin madhusudana, prayana-kle ca katham jneyo’si niyatatmabhih."

“How are we to contemplate You, the Supreme Being, at the time of passing? What do You mean by these words that You have used in Your lecture?”

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ....




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