Srimad Bhagavadgita-Rahasya OR Karma-Yoga-Sastra -Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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CHAPTER 9
Translation:-(34) Keep your mind fixed on Me, become My devotee, worship Me, offer sacrifice to Me, and bow down before Me. When, becoming thus devoted to Me, you perform your Yoga, you will come and reach Me. Description:-[Strictly speaking, this advice has been started in the 33rd stanza. The word 'anitya', in the 33rd stanza, has been used consistently with the Metaphysical doctrine, that the expansion of Prakrti, or the Name-d and Form-ed visible world, is non-permanent; and, that the Atman, or the Paramatman alone is permanent; and the word 'asukha ' echoes the proposition, that there is more of unhappiness than of happiness in this life. Yet, this description does not pertain to the Philosophy of the Absolute Self, but to the Path of Devotion ; and, that is why, instead of using the words ' 'parabrahman' or 'paramatman', the Blessed Lord has used words indicative of the first person, with reference to His perceptible form, and said "Worship Me, keep your Mind concentrated on Me, and bow down before Me"; and advised Arjuna, that, if he thus performed this Yoga or Karma- Yoga, with Devotion, and becoming attached to Him[1], he would be free from the bonds of Action, and ultimately come and be merged in Him; and that is the final admonition of the Blessed Lord. And the same advice has been repeated later on at the end of Chapter XI. This is, indeed, the mystic import of the whole of the Gita. The only difference is, that it has once been expressed from the Metaphysical point of view, and at another time, from the Devotional point of view. ] Translation:-Thus ends the ninth chapter named Rajvidya-Raja- guhya Yoga in the dialogue between Sri Kysna and Arjuna, on the Yoga included in the Science of the Brahman, (that is, the Karma- Yoga) in the Upanisad sung (that is, told) by the Blessed Lord.
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References And Context
- ↑ Gi. 7. 1