CH 8, Verses 9 & 10

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Chapter 8

Verses 9 & 10

 

Kavim puraanam anushaasitaaram anor

aneeya.nsam anusmared yah /

sarvasya dhaataaram achintya-ruupam

aaditya-varnam tamasah parastaat //

 

Prayaana-kaale manasaa'chalena

bhaktyaa yukto yoga-balena ch'aiva /

bhruvor madhye praanam aaveshya

samyak.h sa tam param purushham upaiti divyam //

 

He who meditates on this glorious Supreme Purusha, the

Omniscient, the Ancient, the Ruler, smaller than an

atom, the Supporter of all, of unthinkable nature,

glorious like the Sun and beyond all darkness, at the

time of death with a steady mind, endowed with

devotion and strength of Yoga, fixing well the entire

Prana in the middle of the eyebrows, he reaches Him.

 

LESSONS FROM BHAGAVAD GITA – 79

As taught by Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji

 

"He who meditates on this glorious Supreme Purusha,

the Omniscient, the Ancient, the Ruler, smaller than

an atom, the Supporter of all, of unthinkable nature,

glorious like the Sun and beyond all darkness, at the

time of death with a steady mind, endowed with

devotion and strength of Yoga, fixing well the entire

Prana in the middle of the eyebrows, he reaches Him.”

 

The Lord in an earlier verse exhorts Arjuna: “Remember

Me and perform your duties of life." Again in another

verse he says, "Whoever meditates on the Supreme

Purusha, reaches Him." But it is very difficult to

remember the Lord and meditate on Him without getting

an idea of His form or attributes. Generally people

can think only of those things about which they have

some idea. Therefore the Lord in this verse gives a

description of His attributes.

 

The Lord, the Supreme Being, is Kavi. The word Kavi

means omniscient, intelligent and knowing the past,

present and future. Kavi also signifies the one who

can see much beyond what ordinary people can see

(Krantadarshi) and one who can realize the

transcendental entity (Atindriya darshi.)

 

He is Purana, which means the Ancient One. There was

nothing prior to the Lord. Everything including the

whole cosmos has originated from Him.

He is Anusasita, the ruler or the Lord of the whole

universe.

 

He is Anoraneeyaan, the subtlest among things subtle.

He is Sarvasya Daata, meaning the support of all. As

the ocean is the support of all the waves, so also,

Brahman is the support of the whole universe.

He is Achintya Purusha. He cannot be comprehended by

the ordinary mind. But a mind which is fully purified

by austerities and meditation can become one with Him.

He is Adityavarna, resplendent like the Sun, being

luminous with the eternal light of consciousness.

He is Tamasah Parastaat, beyond the darkness of

ignorance and delusion.

 

At the time of death one should contemplate on the

Lord by understanding Him through these eight

attributes with a steady mind endowed with devotion

and strength of Yoga. Thus causing the life force

(Prana) to enter the space between the eyebrows by

stages, the Yogi reaches the Supreme Divine Spirit.

 

 

 

 

 

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