Srimad Bhagavadgita-Rahasya OR Karma-Yoga-Sastra -Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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CHAPTER 9
Description:-[In order to show how a man, by practising the Karma- Yoga, acquires peace of mind or Release as a result of his acquiring full Knowledge of the Paramesvara, an exposition of Jnana[1] and Vijnana[2] has been started in Chapter VII ; and the form of the immutable and imperceptible Spirit has been described ; and the Blessed Lord has explained in the last chapter how the worship of the OM-kara[3] should be performed at the moment of the close of life, after entering into mental absorption according to the Patanjala-Yoga, in order that that form of the Paramesvara should remain fixed in the mind even at the moment of death. But, acquiring the Knowledge of the immutable Brahman is in itself difficult ; and if, in addition to that, mental absorption is prescribed as an essential, this path of life will have to be given up by ordinary people ! Bearing this difficulty in mind, the Blessed Lord now explains a royal road, by following which the Knowledge of the Paramesvara will become easy for everybody. This path is called the Path of Devotion[4] ; and I have fully discussed that path in Chapter XIII of the Gita-Rahasya. In this path, the form of the Paramesvara can be realised by means of love, and is vyakta, that is, actually perceptible ; and the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th chapters contain an exhaustive description of that perceptible form. Nevertheless, it must not be forgotten that this Path of Devotion is not something independent, but a part of the Jnana and Vijnana necessary for acquiring the Karma-Yoga, of which a description was started in Chapter VII ; and this chapter has been opened as being a part of the previous exposition of Jnana and Vijnana]. Translation:-The Blessed Lord said : — (1) Now, as you are not fault-finder, I will expound to you the most mysterious Spiritual Knowledge, coupled with empirical Knowledge, by knowing which, you will become free from sin (to which, listen).
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