Re:Doubt in Bhagavad gita ch.13

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Dear Bhagavatha,

You wrote :-

 

I have a doubt in Bhagawat Gita chapter 13, the

verse

in which Sri Krishna explains to Arjuna about the

"knowable".

 

jnEyam yat tat pravaksyAmi yajjnAtvAmrtam aSnutE |

anAdhi mat-param brahmA na sat tan nAsad uchyatE ||

 

In this verse and the following one,

 

sarvata pANi pAdham tat sarvata kshiSirO mukham |

sarvata sruti mal lOkE sarvam Avr~thya thishtati ||

 

Is Sri Krishna referring to the Supreme Brahman in

these

stanzas ? Please correct me.. The Lord also says

"mat-param" which as

per some translation means "subordinate to me".. So is

He referring

to a spirit/soul which is different from Him. If not,

why does Sri

Krishna describe an all-pervading being as something

different from

Him...

 

Please shed some light..

 

The answer is as per Sri.Ramanuja's Gita Bhashya and

is as follows :-

 

jnEyam yat tat pravaksyAmi yajjnAtvAmrtam aSnutE |

anAdhi mat-param brahmA na sat tan nAsad uchyatE ||

 

After having told Arjuna the meaning of "Knowledge"

with respect to the nature of individual self in

slokhas prior to the above slokha,Lord Sri.Krishna in

the above slokha tells arjuna the object of attainment

as a result of following the means of Knowledge which

he had earlier mentioned starting from

Amanitva,alambithva and so on.

This object of attainment is the "Nature of Individual

self in its pure state free from contamination of

prakriti,knowing which the kshetrajna or the

individual seeker bound in prakriti becomes

immortal.This eternal self in its true nature belongs

to and is under the control of the supreme lord

Sri.Krishna,who is the ultimate kshetrajna of both

jiva and prakriti".

 

sarvata pANi pAdham tat sarvata kshiSirO mukham |

sarvata sruti mal lOkE sarvam Avr~thya thishtati ||

 

The Individual self in its pure state has its

Dharmabhuta jnana or attributive consciousness

expanded everywhere i.e it becomes omniscient or an

all knower like the Lord.Even though it has no sense

organs,it can still do the functions of the same and

the functions are not limited by space.By its

attributive consciousness it pervades everything(i.e

it knows everything) like the unobscured rays of the

sun.

 

I hope the above explaination satisfies your

query.Feel free to write to me if you still have

doubts.

 

Sri Krishnaarpanamasthu

Suresh B.N.

 

 

 

 

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