Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Bhagavad-Gita The Song Divine Chapter 7 (stanza 12-23)


Whatever other entities there are, born of Sattva (the quality of goodness), and those that are born of Rajas (the principle of activity) and Tamas (the principle of inertia), know them all as evolved from Me alone. In reality, however, neither do I exist in them, nor do they in Me. …………….. (12)
The whole of this creation is deluded by these objects evolved from the three modes of Prakrti - Sattva, Raja, and Tamas; that is why the world fails to recognize me, standing apart from these, the Imperishable. ……………….. (13)
For, this most wonderful Maya (veli) of Mine, consisting of the three Gunas (modes of Nature), is extremely difficult to breakthrough; those, however, who constantly adore Me alone, are able to cross it. ………… (14)
Those whose wisdom has been carried away by Maya, and are of demoniac nature, such foolish and vile men of evil deeds do not adore Me. …… (15)
Four types of devotees of noble deeds worship Me, Arjun, the seeker after worldly possessions, the afflicted, the seeker for knowledge, and the man of wisdom, O best of Bharatas. ………………… (16)
Of these, the best is the man of wisdom, ever established in identity with me and possessed of exclusive devotion. For, I am extremely dear to the wise man who knows Me in reality, and he is extremely dear to me. ………… (17)
Indeed, all these are noble but the man of wisdom is My very self; such is My view. For merged in Me, is firmly established in Me alone as the highest goal. ………… (18)
In the very last of all births the enlightened person worships Me by realizing that all this is God, such a great soul is very rare indeed. ……………. (19)
Those whose wisdom has been carried away by various desires, being prompted by their own nature, worship other deities, adopting norms relating to each. ……… (20)
Whatever celestial from a devotee (craving for some worldly object) chooses to worship with reverence, I stabilize the faith of that particular devotee in that very form. ….  (21)

Endowed with such faith, he worships that particular deity and obtains through that deity without doubt his desired enjoyments as verily ordained by Me. ……… (22)

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