Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 - Dhyana Yoga - Sloka 19

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

The Criterion for Progress 16- 20
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 6 - Dhyana Yoga - Sloka 19

Bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate I
Vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma sadurlahah II sloka 19
बहूनां जन्मनां अन्ते ज्ञानवान माम प्रपद्यते ।
वासुदेवः सर्वं इति स महात्मा सदुर्लभः ।। श्लोक १९
At the end of many births, the man of wisdom takes refuge in me, realizing that Vasudeva is all that is. Rare indeed is that great soul. 

When a sadhaka begins to give practical shape to his learning that it is God who has become everything,he is styled a jnani even in that initial stage. But quite a number of sadhakas  take innumerable births before they gain complete realization and get fixed in the truth that God alone puts on the appearance of the phenomenon. The man who has attained this acme of realization is indeed rare in this world. He is verily God among men. the third stanza also of this chapter refers to this great soul.

The practice of this tenet of vedanta contributes directly and indirectly to the welfare of the world. By viewing all beings as veritable divinities, the sadhaka  elevates himself in spiritual stature. this is the benefit directly derived. The indirect benefit consists in others being unconsciously divinised. The more one is deified the more the devil in one is eradicated. 
Beholding diversity is born of delusion; beholding unity is born of enlightenment.
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

What do they do, who are devoid of devotion and wisdom? Their ways are dilated on in the following slokas

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