Bhagvad Gita Rahasya or Karmayoga Shastra VOL 02

SR No.: 011090
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bhalchandra S Sukhtankar
Publisher: R B Tilak Puna
Publication Year: 1936
Total Pages: 767
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 74 MB

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GĪTĀ, TRANSLATION & COMMENTARY, CHAP. IV 945
$$ ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम् ।
मम वानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः॥११॥ becoming (thus) pure by the austerity in the shape of Knowledge, have come and become merged in My Form.
[In order to understand the transcendental births of the Blessed Lord, it is necessary to understand how the Parameśvara becomes qualityful as a result of Māyā; and when one understands that, one acquires Spiritual Knowledge; and when one fully understands the transcendental Karma or Action of the Blessed Lord, one becomes acquainted with the principle of remaining unattached to Karma even after performing it. In short, when one has fully understood the transcendental births and the transcendental Karma of the Parameśvara, one becomes fully acquainted with both Spiritual Knowledge and Karma-Yoga; and, as that is all which is necessary for obtaining Release, such a person cannot but ultimately obtain union with the Blessed Lord. Therefore, when a man has Realised the transcendental births and the transcendental Karma of the Blessed Lord, that is all he need Realise; and it is not necessary to separately study Spiritual Knowledge or the Desireless Karma-Yoga. Therefore, the Blessed Lord asks you to contemplate on His births and deeds, and understand the principle underlying them, and act accordingly; and says that, having done this, nothing else is required to be done for obtaining union with the Blessed Lord. This is indeed the true worship of the Blessed Lord. The Blessed Lord now mentions the fruit and the usefulness of inferior kinds of worship-1
(11) In that way in which they worship Me, I give them Fruit accordingly. O Pārtha ! whichever path is followed, a man ultimately comes and joins into My path.
[The latter portion of this stanza, namely, "mama vartmānuvartante" etc., has come above (3. 23) in a somewhat different meaning; and that will show how the meaning of words differs in the Gitā according to anterior and posterior contexts. The Blessed Lord now explains why