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Chapter 18
Link:- In the next verse, the Lord points out, the reward of supreme devotion.
bhaktya mamabhijanati yavanyascasmi tattvatah
tato main tattvato jnatva visate tadanantaram
Through devotion he comes to know Me in essence (tattva), what and who I am; then having known Me in reality, he forthwith merges unto Me. 55
Comment:-
Bhaktya mamabhijanati:- When a striver, is attracted towards God, he surrenders himself to Him and becomes one with Him. He, has no separate existence of his own, his egoism, in its subtle form also disappears. He attains supreme devotion, and then he knows God, in truth.
When he realizes his identity with God, his affinity with the world is renounced, but he has egoistic thoughts, in its subtle form, by thinking, "I am Brahma, I am tranquil, I am free, from modifications." Because of this subtle egoistic notion, his individuality and dependence persist, because egoistic thought is an evolute of prakrti (nature) and prakrti is different, from the self. This egoism perishes after attaining supreme devotion. As soon as, this egoism completely perishes, he knows God, in truth.
Yavan:- At the beginning of the seventh chapter, the blessed Lord said to Arjuna, "Listen how, practising Yoga, with mind attached to Me, with complete dependence on Me, thou shalt know Me, in full, without any doubt" The same fact, was pointed out, at the end of the seventh chapter, when He declared, "Those who, having taken refuge in Me, strive for deliverance from old age and death, know Brahma (the Absolute), Adhyatma (the entire self), entire field of action (i.e., they know Him as attributeless) and also My integral being, comprising Adhibhuta (material field), Adhidaiva (Brahma) and Adhiyajna (the unmanifest Divinity dwelling in the hearts of all beings as their witness) (i.e., they know Him endowed with attributes)."
Besides knowing Him, as attributeless and endowed with attributes, they also know Him in His other forms, such as Rama, Krsna, Siva, Ganela and Sun etc. Thus he knows what He is.
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