Bhagavad Gita Study Group V.4

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I AM THE SELF,O GUDAKESA.DWELLING IN THE HEARTS OF ALL BEINGS.I AM THE BEGINNING

AND THE MIDDLE

AND THE END OF ALL BEINGS.

 

Note :When asked if there was not one verse which was the quintessence of the

whole Gita ,Sri

Bhagavan indicated this verse from Ch.10 V.20

 

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om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

ahamAtmA guDakeSa sarvabhUtASayasthitah |

ahamAdiSca madhyam ca bhUtAnAmanta eva ca ||

(10.20) 4

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I am the Self, O Gudakesa [Lord of Sleep], who dwells in the Heart of all

beings. I am the beginning, the middle and, indeed, the end of all beings.

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Note:

from Talks... nr.649:

''The Self am I, O Lord of Sleep,

In every creature's heart enshrined.

The rise and noon of every form,

I am its final doom as well . B.G. X.20.

Thus God is not only in the heart of all, He is the prop of all, He is the

source of all, their abiding place and their end. All proceed from Him, have

their stay in Him, and finally resolve into Him. Therefore He is not separate.'

 

(Sri Ramanasramam; 1978)

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Gudakesa (the Lord of Sleep) is referred to in this verse. The Lord of Sleep is

awakened in the Self and has overcome the obstacles of human conditioning,

which obstruct the truth that the Self is ever-realised. The appearance is just

an appearance, a mere idea of separateness, with as much substance as a mirage

in the desert.

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> I AM THE SELF,O GUDAKESA.DWELLING IN THE HEARTS OF ALL BEINGS.I AM THE

> BEGINNING AND THE MIDDLE

> AND THE END OF ALL BEINGS.

>

> Note :When asked if there was not one verse which was the quintessence of the

> whole Gita ,Sri

> Bhagavan indicated this verse from Ch.10 V.20