Bhagavatgita a detailed study chapter13 The field and the knower

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7.amaanithvam

adhambhithvam ahimsaa kshaanthiH aarjavam

 

Aachaaryopaasanam Soucham sThairyam

aathmavinigrahaH

 

8.

indhriyaarTheshu vairaagyam anahamkaara eva cha

 

janmamrthyujharaavyaaDhi duhkhadhoshaanudharSanam

 

9.

asakthiH anabhishvangaH puthradhaaragrhaadhishu

 

Nithyam cha samachiitthathvam ishtaanishta

upapatthishu

 

10.mayi

cha ananya yogena bhakthiH avyabhichaariNee

 

Vivikthsdhesasevithvam arathiH

janasamsadhi

 

11.

aDhyaathmajnaananithyathvam thathvajnaanaarTha

dharSanam

 

ethath jnaanam ithi prokthamajaanamyath

athaH anyaThaa

Humility, absence of ostentation, nonviolence,

patience, straightforwardness, serving the guru, purity, firmness, self control,

detachment from the sense objects, absence of ego, awareness of the defects in

samsara such as birth, death, old age, disease and sorrow, detachment, absence

of clinging to son, wife house etc., even- mindedness always towards the advent

of pleasant and unpleasant happenings,

staunch and unswerving devotion to Me, retirement to secluded place and

avoidance of society, constant contemplation of the knowledge of the self and

reflection on the true knowledge, these are known as the real knowledge that

enables one to attain the Supreme and all the others are termed as ignorance.

 

Next

the third topic , namely the means for the attainment of Self is discussed.

 

Certain

qualities necessary for attaining the knowledge of the Self are enumerated now.

They

are:

amaanithvam,

modesty especially towards the

eminent.

adhambhihvam,

absence of ostentation. dhambha is

the flaunting of one's virtues and good deeds and adhambhithvam is the

absence of it. This trait is subsidiary one to modesty.

ahimsaa, non-violence in thought ,word and deed.

kshaanthi

, patience even when provoked.

aarjavam,

integrity of thought word and deed

as mentioned in the sloka , 'yaTHaa chittham thaThaa vaachaH , yaTHaa

vaachaH thaTHaa kriyaa;chitthe vachi kriyaayaam cha mahathaam ekaroopatha, for

the great souls, the words correspond to their thoughts and their actions

correspond to their words and hence their thought word and deed are one

pointed.'

aachaarya

upaasanam, service to the

preceptor as envisaged in the sloka 'thadhviddhi praNipaathena paripraSnena sevayaa,'(BG.4-34)

Soucham

, inner and outer cleanliness as

specified by yama and niyama disciplines.

stThairyam,

unshakable faith in the

sastras concerning the self.

aathmavinigrahaH, dispassion in all that is non-self.

IndhriyaarTheshu vairaagyam, absence of desire for sense

objects.

anahamkaara, absence of egotism.

janmamrthyujaraavyaadhiduhkhadhoshaanudharsanam,

perception of evil in

birth, death, old age, disease and sorrow. That is, to view the cycle of birth and death as evil.

asakthiH,

detachment.

anabhishvangaH puthradhaaragrhaadhishu, absence of

clinging to son, wife house etc.

nithyam

cha samachitthathvam ishtaanishta upapatthishu, even- mindedness in all desirable and undesirable

events.

mayi

cha ananya yogena bhakthiH avyabhichariNee, constant devotion directed to the Lord alone.

viviktha dheSasevithvam, resorting to solitude.

arathiH janasamsadhi, avoidance of crowds.

aDHyaathma jnaana nithyathvam, constant contemplation

on the knowledge of the self.

thatthvajnaanaarTha dharSanam, reflection on the knowledge of

the truth.

All

these attributes contribute towards the attainment of the Self.