Friday, October 25, 2013

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 11 - Viswarupa Darsana Yoga - Sloka 55

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

The Message of the Cosmic Form 52-55
1 Gita Sloka  every day - Chapter 11 - Viswarupa Darsana Yoga - Sloka 55


Mad karma krut mad paramah mad bhaktah sanga varjitah I
Nir varaih sarva bhuteshu yah sah mam eti pandava II sloka 55
मद कर्म  कृत मद परमः मद भक्तः संग वर्जितः I
निर  वैरः सर्व भूतेषु यः सः माम् एति पाण्डव II स्लोक ५५ 

He who does work for me, who looks on me as the supreme, who is devoted to me, who is free from attachment, who is without hatred for any being, he comes to me O Pandava.

It is in the nature of beings to work. The make of an individual is known from the work he engages himself in. To work for oneself is the way of the world. The devotee however works not for himself but the Lord.

Worldly people strive for prosperity, power and enjoyment. The devotee strives to attain the Lord Supreme.

The mind thrives getting attached to one thing or another. But it does not cling to two things at the same time. As it grows in devotion to the Lord, its attachment to the world wanes.

atred is born of rivalry or mutual exclusion. But these base motives have no place in the devotees attempt to recognise the immanency of the Lord in all beings.

man gains that to which he applies himself. By giving himself to the Lord, he gets Him in return, and there is no gain superior to this. 

Do you know what kind of devotion we ought to have towards our maker? The love of a chaste wife towards her husband, the attachment of a miser to his hoarded wealth, the craving of a wordly being for sense 0pleasure - all these rolled into one and directed towards the Lord make Bhakti. We shall verily gain him in this way.
Sri ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Iti shrimad bhagavad gitasu upanishadtsu brahmavidyayam yogashastre srikrishna arjuna samvade Viswarupa darshana yogo nama ekadasodhyayah II
इति श्रीमद भगवद्गीतासु उपनिशद्त्सु ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे  श्रीकृष्ण अर्जुन संवादे विश्वरुप दर्शन योगो नाम एकादशोध्यायः  ।।

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