The Bhagavad-Gita CH 10, Text 8-11

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Jaya Sri Radhey! Namaste.

 

Here is another explanation of Bhagavad Gita verses (10.8-11)

adapted from the translation of Swami Chidbhavananda of Sri

Ramakrishna Mission:

 

"ahaM sarvasya prabhavo mattaH sarvaM pravartate,

iti matvA bhajante mAm budhA bhAva samanvitAH"

 

(Bhagavadgita 10.8)

 

I am the origin of ALL.

>From Me ALL things evolve.

The WISE KNOW THIS and ADORE ME WITH ALL THEIR HEART.

 

The important words for me in this sloka are

'bhajanti' and 'bhAva samanvitAh'

 

What is the use of KNOWLEDGE if it is NOT UTILIZED properly?

 

MORE Knowledge should make One MORE DEVOTIONAL!

 

'Bhajanti' is the right word for BHAKTI.

 

When saying "bhAva samanvitAH" here the Lord stresses the SINCERE

LOVING FEELINGS OF ONE'S HEART.

 

When one knows that the Supreme Lord is Everything,naturally all the

feelings of one's heart are dedicated to HIM through Divine Love,

Bhakti. This is clearly stated in the next verse.

 

"maccittA madgata prANA

bodhayantaH parasparam

kathayantaz ca mAM nityaM

tuSyanti ca ramanti ca"

 

(Bhagavad Gita 10.9)

 

"With their MINDS fixed on ME,

with their LIFE absorbed in ME,

enlightening EACH OTHER and

EVER SPEAKING of ME, they are

CONTENTED and DELIGHTED."

 

"teSAM satata yuktAnAM bhajatAM prIti pUrvakam

dadAmi buddhi yogaM taM yena mAm upayAnti te"

 

(Bhagavadgita 10.10)

 

"To them, ever devout,

adoring Me with LOVE,

I GIVE the Yoga of Discrimination

by which they COME to Me."

 

The Glory of God begins to dawn in the heart of the seeker who

devotedly and sincerely practises Bhakti. This initial experience

gives impetus for further pursuit of Bhakti Yoga, leading to greater

cognition of God's Glory.

 

This is the 'Buddhi Yoga' endowed with which the seeker gets to know

more and yet more of the sweet sublimity of the Lord and be ardently

drawn to Him.

Devotion does this way wax with Buddhi Yoga.

 

"A man confined within a dark room contacts a ray of light coming in

through a tiny aperture. He gathers knowledge of light to that

extent. But as the aperture increases in size his conception of light

widens. A man in the broad day light has his own view of light.

Similar to this, God reveals Himself in varying degrees and aspects

according to the nature and attainments of His devotees.

 

- Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

 

"teSAm evAnukampArtham aham ajnAnajaM tamaH

nAzayAmyAtma bhAvastho jnAna dIpena bhAsvatA"

 

(Bhagavadgita 10. 11)

 

"Out of pure compassion for them,

dwelling in their hearts,

I destroy the ignorance-born darkness,

by the luminous lamp of wisdom."

 

The Lord's choosing to reside in the HEARTS of beings is His

COMPASSION. Because of His PRESENCE as Conscience, beings are

prompted to seek what is good or at least what seems good.

 

The unbroken consciousness of the Lord is the flame emanating from

this lamp of wisdom, set up in the heart of the DEVOTEE. He beholds

the Divine Presence within himself with the AID of Divine LAMP.

 

"The policeman patrolling at night carries a bull's-eye lantern with

the aid of which he sees the persons loitering about. But this

lantern does not disclose its carrier. If he, however, turns it on

himself the others come to know who he is.

 

Likewise Lord reveals Nature and its contents, but keeps Himself

hidden. Nobody can see Him except through His Grace and Compassion.

 

- Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!