Bhagavatgita a detailed study-chapter10-the glory of the divine manifestations

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7.ethaam

vibhoothim yogam cha mama yo vetthi thatthvathaH

so avikampena yogena yujyathe na athra

samSayaH

One who knows

my manifestations and power as they are, is

doubtless endowed with steadfast devotion.

Vibhoothi is

the divine manifestation of which Krishna is going to elaborate in this chapter. As the chapters from 7 to 12 are

said to be the exposition of bhakyhiyoga the word yoga here means only

devotion. avikampa yoga is steadfsst devotion, kampa meaning tremor and avikampa means firm

and steady.

8. aham

sarvasya prbhavaH matthaH sarvam pravarthathe

ithi mathvaa bajanthe maam buDhaa

bhaavasamanvithaaH

The wise with

bhakthibhaava, devotional attitude, worship Me , knowing that I am the source

of all which is activated by Me.

Those with

the knowledge that the Lord is

everywhere, transcendent and imminent

and everything is in Him as well as he is in everything, are denoted as buDhaah

, the wise. The bhava or the kind of existence they go through is described in

the next sloka.

9.macchitthaa

madhgathapraaNaaH boDhayanthaH parasparam

kaThayanthaScha maam nithyam thushyanthicha

ramanthi cha

With their mind

absorbed in Me, their very life depending on Me , they exchange the knowledge

to one another and talking about Me take pleasure and enjoy it always.

This is a

beautiful sloka illustrating the ananyabhakthi.

macchitthaaH- their only thought is always about the Lord. Vasudhevassarvam ithi

sa mahatma sudhurlabhaH, as mentioned in chapter 7 sloka 19, It is very

difficult to reach that stage and it happens only after many lives When all the desires and attachment are

turned off from the worldly pleasures and the only attachment is to the Lord

and the only desire is to attain Him, all the thoughts are centered only on the

Lord.

madhgahapraaNaaH- their very existence depends on their devotion. If one moment is spent

without thinking of Him or talking of His glory they feel like fish out of water. Without that they could not

survive and they do not consider their

life worth living.

boDhayanthaH

parasparam- When two people with same interest

meet naturally they talk about the subject of their interest. How much more

will the devotees feel when they meet each other. They exchange their

experiences and emotions

kaThayanthaScha

maam nithyam- They talk about Him, retell

stories of the Lord and sing His glory. This description of His devotees has

been given in the previous chapter itself in sloka 14. Ghorakumbha was known to

sing the glory of Panduranga even when he was making pots. So were the various

devotees who enjoyed in singing , talking and thinking about the Lord all the

time,

thuhyanthi cha ramanthi cha- Nothing pleases or provide

enjoyment to the devotees more than these activities. They offer all they do and

experience, to the Lord alone. They live as an instrument of the divine, through whom His glories are

manifested.

The perfect

example of this description of devotion is that of the gopis towards Krishna. They were all the time engrossed

in Him, always talked about him and exchanged their experiences with Him and

sang and danced around Him and about Him. In fact their whole existence was

nothing but Him. There is a sloka in Krishna karnamrtha which beautifully illustrates this.

vikretukaamA kila

gopakanyA

muraari paadhaarpita chittha vrtthi:

dhaDhyaadhikam

mohavaSaath avochath

govindha dhaamodhara maaDhaveti

 

A gopi who wished to sell curd etc., enchanted, with her mind

absorbed in the feet of KrishNa, called out `govinda, dhaamodra and maadhava',

instead of saying curd, ,butter etc.e rmind was full of Krishna and no other

words came out of her mouth except His namas even when she was selling curds

etc. on the streets.