Gita Satsang - cogitations - bhakti - Dec. 18

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Namaste,

 

Gita : 12:2 -

 

shrii bhagavaan uvaacha :

 

mayi aaveshya manaH ye maa.n nitya-yuktaaH upaasate .

shraddhayaa parayaa upetaaH te me yukta-tamaaH mataaH ..

 

"Those who, fixing their thought on Me, contemplate Me, always

devout, endued with supreme faith,those in my opinion are the best

Yogins."

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[Comments :

 

mayi - all inflections of the pronoun 'aham', namely maam, mayaa,

me, mat, mama, mayi: should be referenced to verse 10:20, where

Bhagavan reveals His true identity as : aham aatmaa (I am the Atman).]

 

[yukta: Gita's definitions:

 

j~naana-vij~naana-tR^ipta-aatmaa kuuTasthaH vijita-indriyaH .

yukta iti uchyate yogii sama-loshhTa-ashma-kaa~nchanaH .. 6:8..

 

"The yogi whose soul is satisfied with wisdom and knowledge, who is

unchanging and master of his senses, to whom a clod, a stone and a

piece of gold are the same, is said to be controlled in yoga."

 

yadaa viniyata.n chittam aatmani eva avatishhThate .

niHspR^ihaH sarva-kaamebhyaH yuktaH iti uchyate tadaa .. 6:18..

 

"When the disciplined mind is established in the Self alone,

liberated from all desires, then is he said to be harmonized in

yoga".]

 

[shraddhaa:

 

sattva anuruupaa sarvasya shraddhaa bhavati bhaarata .

shraddhaamayaH ayaM purushhaH yaH yat shraddhaH saH eva saH .. 17:3..

 

[Faith is in accordance with the essential nature of each, O

descendant of Bharata (Arjuna).

Man is made of Faith. Whatever Faith he has, thus he is."]

 

 

 

Regards,

 

s.