Bhagavat Gita a detailed study-chapter4The truth about action

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35.yath jnaathvaa na punaH moham evam yaasyasi paandava

 

yena bhoothaani aSeshena dhrkshyasi aathmani aTho mayi

 

Knowing which , Arjuna , you will never lapse back into delusion again and by that knowledge you will see all beings without exception in your self and also in Me.

 

The knowledge referred to here is that which can be obtained through

a guru as detailed in the previous sloka.. This is the knowledge of Brahman knowing that everything is nothing but Brahman and this idea is further elaborated in the 6th chapter. When one attains the perception `sarva khalu idham brhama, all this is brahman,' he sees Brahman not only in his self but also in the inner self of his self, that is, in the Lord. This is the meaning of `dhrkshyasi aathmani aThao mayi.'

 

The delusion of Arjuna was only due to the identification with the body and not with the self, which made him feel that he was the agent of action. When all actions are dedicated to the Lord with the spirit of yajna, realizing that all actions are due to the interaction of the gunas within and without, the sense of agency is removed and hence there is no more delusion being armed with the knowledge `kam ghaathayathi hanthi kam,' as mentioned in the second chapter. This comes only with the identification with the self and knowing that all the differences are due to the conditioning of the body, mind and imntellect. This knowledge will arise only through the instruction from a guru.