Gita-Nectar: I - 60
to 67 with English Comments
AæOa¢p ma| c SaD£¢t p#p°| /j¤In| p#¢t .
B³qya ma|| A¢B¢våOay SrN| gÓt¤mrqh¢s .. 60 ..
i¢t sar¢TnacaE³| paTIÞy c
mhaÏmn: .
½¼aB¢³åOanyaEgat¯ SrÎyEnWkta| BjEt¯ .. 61 ..
svIѤlIBm¢p B³qya tpsa c saÒyaE Bv¢t . B¢³naIm
BgvétEn AÓtraÏmna
BgvanEk
ev A¹y: Av¢SÝytE ÞvmaæOtya
. A¢vïa¹y¢vj¦||¢ØBt¢nÞsars|sarmÎflE
tdÓtyaI¢mÏvEn tìavaBavp#kaSkÏvEn tÏsäOaÞp#¥ÏyaInÓdÏvEn
tdÒyaraEpapvaddaExaÞp¦¾ÏvEn
c ek£B¥t: prmaÏma y: s evah| AhmEv s: i¢t
B¢³BIjn| prmp#EmlXNaÏmk|. svaIÏmk
ekakarEN Þva¢t¢r³praÂBav: yEn tÔytE taèS| tp: yEn c
dEv¢¹jg¤âp#aåOp¥jna¢dx¤
tt¯ÇyaE¢trEv
pSyÏynÓyB³: . exWvaKÎfSrNag¢t:
i¢t s|ÒyaæOyE{¢p p#¢t¢dnma½ytE
ydEv prp#a¢çO¢rÏy¤ÅytE . S¤¼B¢³ÒyanyaEgsma¢D¢B: tmEv
SrN| gÅC iÏy¢p Bgvta
up¢d¾: g£taÓtE c . svI|
jgÅc Bgva¢nÏy¤³E svI| na¢Þt BgvanEv svIæOaÞtE i¢t
èÜyp#p·Þy AÏyÓtas|Bv ev baEÒytE ½¤¢ty¤³qya¢d¢B: . tÞmadEv SrNag¢trhÞy|
mhaÏmnamn¤Bvp#maNW: ¢s¼aÓt£k]t| A¢¹t£yaÏmavÞTan| iÏyah .. 60, 61 ..
I - 60, 61: The thesis on Surrender continues. Arjuna-performs such a surrender to the Lord in the beginning of the gItA. bhaktyA mAm abhijAnAti – this is the Lord’s declaration
almost at the end of the gItA. What is bhakti? The inner core of
the mind should have the conviction that God is One and non-dual. The bottom
line, the substratum, the final residual is He. The universe and the life in
this universe are purposeless if this fickleness of what is visible is not
realised. He is the One immanent in everything. He is the One who shines as
Existence and Non-existence . He is the Knowledge and
the Bliss. What is superimposed on Him by our two-fold Ignorance does not touch
Him. He is the Soul of our Soul; in our core of all cores we are divine. It is
this thought, this conviction that will give us the Universal Love. This is bhakti.
He who pervades everything encompasses the entirety. There is nothing that is
not He. When we see Him and worship Him in the forms of deities, in noble
souls, in the real brAhmanas, in the guru, and in the wise, when we see
Him alone and nothing else, that is bhakti and that is the universal
surrender to the absolute. All the world is divine
means that whatever one sees is divine and so what you see is not false but in
reality it is God. This is the hidden meaning of zaraNAgati.
AKÎfrstadaÏØy| rhÞy| SrNagtE: .
¢nÏyaSr£¢rãpÏv| rhÞy| SrNagtE: .. 62 ..
b#'aÏmWÀyakarv¦¢äO: rhÞy|
SrNagtE: .
Þva¢t¢r³a¢ÞttaBav: rhÞy| SrNagtE: .. 63 ..
ek£k]¢t¢ÞæOp¤ÊYaà rhÞy|
SrNagtE: .
èÜyÏyagat¯ÞvB¥ma¢çO: rhÞy| SrNagtE: .. 64 ..
½£vas¤dEvtap¢äO: rhÞy| SrNagtE: .
¢nmInÞkE sarsar| rhÞy| An¤B¥ytE .. 65 ..
ev| ¢nÏyam¦t½£à SrN| ¢v¢dtaÏmna| .
y| ¢vna n p#c¢lt¤| S¢³: kÞya¢p B¥tlE .. 66 ..
SrNagtrXNanÓtr|
vÞt¤¹y| n s|gÅCtE . Aa½ya½y£BavaE n ¢vïtE . sdstaE:
samana¢DkrÎyaBavat¯ s|yaEgs|bÓDE st: AsÏv| Þyat¯ .
tadaÏØys|bÓDE s¹a
AsìvEt¯ As¹a sìvEt¯ .
¢vxy¢vxy£Bavs|bÓDE Ast: sÏv| Þyat¯ .
tadaÏØy ek£krNad£¢n laEkan¤vad£¢n . k¢Úptana|
Þva¢t¢r³ana| ¢nrsnmEv
AaÏmWÀyåOansaDk| . Am¦t¢½yÞy ¢nÏy¢s¼Ïvat¯ naæO p#a¢çO¢vIv¢Xta .
At¢°rsnEn
Bv¢°Dna: i¢t ½¤¢tg£taE³¢s¼aÓt: ekÏv ev pyIvÞy¢t .
svIclnhEt¤r¢p AyÞkaÓtaE¢yt uäOmÇyaE¢trEv .
¢dvaraæO| ¢cÓt¢yÏva svIdEhÞy
calk| . AaÏman| bh¤p¤Îy¬GW: ¢nmIl£k]Ïymans|
. tt¯ÞvãpE yda¢t¿Et¯ s m¤³aE
nEtraE jn: i¢t mhtamaSy: .. 62-66 ..
I - 62-66: The secret significance of surrender is extolled here in
five verses. Once the surrender is accepted by the Lord, all duality is gone
for the devotee. The one who surrenders, and the one who is surrendered to are now one. That which exists and that which does not exist
have no coexistence! The relationship is neither that of equality, nor
identity, nor attributory. In the first case it will lead to the non-existence
of Existence; in the second case, either Existence has to be non-existent, or
Non-existence has to exist; in the third case it leads to the existence of
non-existence. When we say that duality is gone, it is only by way of courtesy
and an insufficiency of language. For, there was never any duality! What has
been superimposed on Reality has just to be removed or eradicated; that itself
reveals the Truth. No more effort is needed to assert the Truth. So the removal
of the non-self is the purpose of all rituals and all teaching. So says the
zruti-gItA also in the bhAgavataM.
¶¢dÞT¢mæOBav½£: savaIÏØyÞy c lXN| .
AnÓya ¢h ¢c¢dÓd#½£: hÓt£d| ÞvavSExt: .. 67 ..
¹adSmasaÞs|vÏsr:
p·tIvÞæOy imE laEka: Asava¢dÏy ek¢v|S: i¢t ½¤Ïya
¢mæOÞs|vÏsraÏma . svIB¥
s ev ¢c¢dÓd#¢½ymn¤Bv¢t . ¹WtvÞt¤p#¢tBanmEv
¢vrajtE .. 67 ..
I - 67: The universal friendly feeling and conviction are the
marks of an Enlightened Mind. The absence of a second entity is what makes for
Peace. That one who has in his heart the attitude of divine identity with the
entire world he is the one who reaps the Eternal Harvest. The word zrIH
woven into this verse leads to the next few verses.
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Krishnamurthy Dec.12, 2000.
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