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Chapter 11
Link:- In the next verse, Arjuna describes those notable warriors who were striving for God-realization, and took up arms, regarding it as their duty, by giving the illustration of rivers.
yatha nadinam bahavo'mbuvegah samudramevabhimukha
dravanti tatha tavami naralokavira visanti vaktranyabhivijvalanti
As diverse torrents of rivers rush towards an ocean, so do these warriors of the mortal world, enter into Your blazing mouths. 28
Comment:-
Yatha nadinam bahavo'mbuvegah samudramevabhimukha dravanti:- The source of the water of a river is, ocean. Water evaporates from the ocean, falls as rain, on the earth and shapes as rivers. So, rivers have a natural tendency to flow towards the ocean and finally lose their names and identity, by merging with an ocean. In fact, they had no identity of their own, even in the past, but they merely appeared separate, in the form of the flow of rivers.
Tatha tavami naralokavira visanti vaktranyabhivijvalanti:- Just like, rivers, all the creamers rush towards the Lord, to attain eternal bliss. But, some of them by identifying themselves with the perishable and unreal body, are engaged in worldly pleasures and prosperity, and thus by error, accept their separate existence. But there are other valiant devotees who, not taking any heed for pleasures and prosperity, march towards God, in order to, attain the goal of human life. Bhisma and Drona etc., were such valiant warriors, who entered the Lord's mouths, blazing with the fire of knowledge, and thus they became fiery themselves, by attaining oneness with Him. The term 'Arai (those), has been used to denote, the small number and significance of devotees who strive for, God-realization.
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