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CHAPTER XII, 3.
Arguna said: O Ganardana! seeing this mild, human form of yours, I am now in my right mind, and have come to my normal state.
The Deity said: Even the gods are always desiring to see this form of mine, which it is difficult to get a sight of, and which you have seen. I cannot be seen, as you have seen me, by means of) the Vedas, not by penance, not by gift, nor yet by sacrifice. But, O. Arguna! by devotion to me exclusively, I can in this form be truly known, seen, and assimilated' with, O terror of your foes! He who performs acts for (propitiating) me, to whom I am the highest (object), who is my devotee, who is free from attach. ment, and who has no enmity towards any being, he, O son of Pardu! comes to me.
CHAPTER XII.
Arguna said : Of the worshippers, who thus, constantly devoted, meditate on you, and those who (meditate) on the unperceived and indestructible, which do best know devotion ?
The Deity said: Those who being constantly devoted, and possessed of the highest faith, worship me with a mind • fixed on me, are deemed by me to be the most devoted. But those, who, restraining the (whole) group of the senses, and with a mind at all times
Lilcrally, 'entered into;' it means final emancipation. See p. 128.
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