Thursday, March 8, 2012

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 - Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 17


The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

Karma pertains to Prakriti & not Purusha 14-17

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 5 -Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 17
Venugana Gopalan
Tad budvayah tad atmanah tad nishtah tad parayanah I
Gachchanti apunah avrutim gyana nirdhutha kalmashah II sloka 17
तद बुद्व्यः तद आत्मानः तद निष्ठाः  तद परायणाः ।
गच्छन्ति अपुनः अवृत्तिं ज्ञान निर्धूत कल्मषाः ।। श्लोक १७

Those who think on That, merge in That, get fixed in That, have That as the goal, they attain the non-return, their taints  being dispelled by knowledge.

The sun can never see darkness wherever it may go. It is ever in brilliance. The knower of the Brahman has nothing but Brahman to cognise. Distinctions such as inside and outside do not exist for him. The man of such a experience does not take birth again. He attains mukti. 

How we can know of the state of liberation while yet living in the body in the mundane world is explained in the next sloka

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