The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : Ch-11. Part-17.

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Chapter 11: God Present Within Us :

Part-17.



There is an angel inside you, ruling your destiny, guarding you, protecting you, directing you in the proper way.

This angelic element within you, the superhuman principle, the divinity implanted in the heart of all individuals is the adhidaiva. Purusas cadhidaivatam, adhiyajno’ham evatra dehe deha-bhrtam vara.

Here the incarnate God, Sri Krishna, speaks of the adhiyajna as Himself.

This is something very interesting and novel for us to contemplate.

The divine incarnation is the adhiyajna.

It is the unifying principle in human society.

The blessedness of humanity rests in the extent to which it is able to be guided by the divinity that is immanent in human society.

Human individuals cannot achieve ultimate success merely with the power of their hands and feet.

Success is a name that we give to an achievement which is of a permanent nature.

That which is today, but shall pass away tomorrow, cannot be called a victory.

Human achievements in the process of human history have been passing phenomena—they have not been ultimate victories.

We have won nothing in this world; we always have been defeated in the process of history.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ....



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