The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : 15-8.

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Chapter 15: The Rarest of Devotees-8.


The absoluteness or supremacy of God is again asserted, in spite of this concession that is made towards lower categories of religions, when it is said that even the least of offerings can satisfy God.

God does not ask of us rich presents, gorgeous articles or decorated things.

Anything that we offer as a symbol or insignia of our inward feeling is enough to satisfy.

What satisfies you is my attitude towards you, and not what I physically or materially hand over to you—that cannot be regarded as a correct demonstration of my feelings.

The feelings of people are capable of speaking in a louder language than the words that are uttered through the mouth.

Many a time people may be under the impression that they can hide their feelings, and with the veneer of language they can live an apparently social existence in a cooperative manner.

But feelings are recorded in realms that are subtler than the physical one, and they shall come to the surface of experience one day or the other.

The feelings that one entertains in one’s own heart are the real language that one speaks.

The language is not necessarily the words that are uttered.

The mind is the speaker, and the words are only outer expressions or forms that the thoughts or the feelings of the mind take.

If the feelings are there, the words may not be there, yet the feelings shall work when words are uttered.

The gestures are performed as visible expressions of the inner attitude that one has towards anything.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ....



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