Saturday, October 6, 2012

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 - Jnana Vignana Yoga - Sloka 25

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

The Characteristics of Iswara 24-26
1 Gita Sloka  every day - Chapter 7 - Jnana Vignana Yoga - Sloka 25

Naham prakashah sarvasya yoga maya samavrutah I
mudhoyam na abhijanati lokah mam ajam avyayam II sloka 25
नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योग माया समावृतः  ।
मूढोऽयं न अभिजानाति लोकः माम अजं अव्ययं ।। श्लोक २५


I am not revealed to all, as I am veiled by yoga maya. This deluded world knows me not, the unborn, the unchanging.

The magician throws a spell on his audience and keeps it in illusion in regard to his performance. But what seems a magic to the onlookers is not so to the kith and kin of the magician. The nature of his play is well known to himself and his own people.  The Lord is the magician who has produced the magic of this world. Its nature is well known to him only and his devotees.

The sun that cannot be hidden by anything seems to be covered by a patch of cloud; but that patch itself cannot be located with the aid of sunlight. the originator of the cloud is none other than the sun. The cloud is the yoga maya concealing the sun. The prakriti made up of 3 gunas is the yoga maya of Iswara. As it has no existence apart from Iswara, it is held to be in yoga with him; and because of its veiling capacity it is called maya. Iswara the akhanda sat chit ananda seems to be concealed by his yoga maya while actually he remains unaffected by it. Further he is sarvajna - the all knowing one. 

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