The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : 15-4.

Chapter 15: The Rarest of Devotees-4.

The undivided ness or ananyas that is mentioned in the verse is the absorption of the consciousness of the devotee, a total saturation of the devout spirit in the magnitude and the immensity of God’s existence.

The prayer that is offered to God and the worship that is performed here is not intended to receive any boons or benefactions from God.

This is parabkakti or the supreme form of devotion to God, where offers of any kind, religiously or spiritually, do not become a means to an end.

The prayer becomes an awareness rising within oneself of the presence of God everywhere.

It is an offer of prayer by the lower self to the higher Self.

It is a rise of the lower to the higher and not merely a movement of the individual finite to the so-called imagined distant Infinite.

This particular verse is one single magnificent teaching.

This particular sloka : -

"ananyas cintayanto mam ye janah paryupasate,

tesam nityabhiyuktanam yoga-kshemam vahamyaham."

- - may be regarded as the pinnacle of all scriptures on the path of devotion to God.

As a child has no fears of any kind as long as it is under the protection of the parents, so the devotee of God has no fear from anywhere.

There is no insecurity or dissatisfaction of any kind.

There is a perpetual sense of protection coming from all sides due to the undivided consciousness of the presence of God.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ....