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GĪTĀ-RAHASYA OR KARMA-YOGA
$ सर्वगुह्यतमं भूयः शृणु मे परमं वचः।
इष्टोऽसि मे दृढमिति ततो वक्ष्यामि ते हितम् ॥६४॥ मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु । मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे ॥६५॥ सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं ब्रज।
अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः॥६६॥ this Knowledge (vimrśya), you will be self-enlightened; and thereafter (not before), whatever Action may be voluntarily performed by you, will be consistent with morality, and correct; and when you have thus reached the state of a Sthitaprajña, it will no more be necessary for you to control your Desire". To proceed: I have shown at the end of Chap. XIV of the Gītā-Rahasya that Devotion has been given a higher place than Knowledge in the Gītā. Consistently with this proposition, the Blessed Lord now summarises the entire doctrine of the Gītā in terms of Devotion ]
(64) I shall once more give you a final admonition, which is the mystery of all mysteries, to which listen. You are extremely beloved of Me; and therefore, I am going to tell you something, which is to your advantage. (65) Keep your mind fixed on Me, become My devotee, offer sacrifice or worship to Me, and offer reverence to Me ; (thereby) you will come and be merged in Me; this truth I am imparting to you as an absolute certainty, (because), you are my beloved (devotee). (66) Give up all other religions, and surrender yourself to Me alone ; I will redeem you from all sin ; do not be afraid !
(Those commentators, who subscribe only to the Path of Knowledge, do not appreciate this summing up, which is in favour of Devotion. They, therefore, include 'adharma' (immorality) in 'dharma' (morality), and say (i) that this. stanza conveys the same advice as that given in the Kathopanişad in the words: "give up morality and immorality, that which is done and that which is not yet. done, the past and the future, and Realise the Supreme
