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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GITA-RAHASYA OR KARMA-YOGA
of the Karma-Yoga.
In the SEVENTH CHAPTER, the consideration of the perishable and the imperishable world (ksarāksara ), that is, of the entire Cosmos, has been started; and the Blessed Lord has, in the first place, explained the nature of the imperceptible or imperishable Parabrahman, by saying that this entire universe, which is made up of Spirit (purusa ) and Matter (prakrti), consists of "My superior and inferior (parāpara ) forms, and that those who worship Me, Realising this Myrimperceptible form which is beyond Māyā, acquire an Equable Reason ( samabuddhi), and are given an excellent final state by Me"; and He has then described His own form by saying that, “all deities, all created things, all Yajñas, all Action, and the Absolute Self are Myself, and there is nothing in the world except Me". Then, as Arjuna has in the beginning of the EIGHTH CHAPTER asked what is meant by 'adhyātma', 'adhiyajña'adhidaiva' and ' adhibhūta', the Blessed Lord has in reply explained to him the meanings of those words, and said that, “I do not neglect that man who has realised this My form"; and He has then gone on to briefly explain what the imperishable or immortal Principle of the world is; when and how the entire world is destroyed; and what states are ultimately reached respectively by those who Realise and understand the true form of the Parameśvara, and by those who merely perform desireprompted Action, without acquiring Knowledge. In the NINTH CHAPTER the same subject matter is continned, and it is said that Realising by means of Devotion, the tangible form of the intangible Parameśvara, which has in this way filled the entire universe, and surrendering oneself to Him wholly and solely, is the easy or royal and practically experienceable path of Realising the Brahman; and that that very path is also known as the king of all cults' and the 'king of all mysticisms. Nevertheless, the Blessed Lord does not forget to mention every now and then in these three chapters, that the person who is foi.owing the Path of Spiritual Knowledge or the Path of Devotion, must continue performing Action, which is the most important principle in