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Chapter 9
INTRODUCTION
The Lord uses the term Tu' (indeed), as He could not say, in the seventh chapter, all that He wanted to say. So, He declares, that He will amplify the same topic again.
Jnanam vgnanasahitam:—The belief, that the Lord is the root of the universe, is 'Jnana' (Knowledge), and the realization that in the universe, there is nothing besides the Lord is 'Vijnana' (real knowledge of manifest Divinity). In the first half, of the preceding verse, the Lord has eulogized 'Knowledge along with Realization', by the terms 'Idam and 'Guhyatamam'.
Knowledge and Realization
By having this knowledge, combined with realization, you will be freed from evil. This knowledge is a sovereign science, and a sovereign secret etc. Men, devoid of faith in this Dharma (Duty), revolve in the path of the mortal world" (9/1—3). By saying so the Lord explained 'Knowledge'. "All this universe is pervaded, by Me in My unmanifest form i.e., in this universe, there is nothing else besides Me" (9/4-6). By saying so He explained 'Vijnana'.
"All beings compelled by their own nature go into My Prakrti (the prime cause), at dissolution and at the beginning of creation, 1 bring them forth again. But these actions, do not bind Me. With Me as a supervisor, nature brings forth, the whole creation. Fools, not knowing My supreme nature, think low of Me. Senseless persons with vain hopes, vain actions and vain knowledge, have embraced a nature, which is fiendish, demoniacal and delusive. Great souls, possessing divine nature, knowing Me as imperishable and prime cause of creation, worship Me constantly, with an undivided mind. Others, through their offering of knowledge, worship Me as their very self etc." (9/7—15). By saying so, the Lord explained the term 'Knowledge'. "I am a Vedic ritual, I am sacrifice, I am an offering to the departed (ancestors), I am a medicinal herb etc., and I am, a being as well as, non-being, i.e., I am everything" (9/16-19).
By saying—so He explained, 'Vijnana'. "Those who worship Me through sacrifice, to seek access to heaven, having enjoyed the vast world of heaven, return to the world of mortals, on the exhaustion of their merit. To those, who worship Me with exclusive devotion, I attend to their needs and preserve what is already possessed, by them. These devotees, who endowed with faith, worship other gods, worship Me ignorantly. Those who do not know Me, as
the Enjoyer and Lord of all sacrifices, fall. Those who offer Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or even water etc., and all their actions, are freed from the bondage of actions" (9/20—28). By saying so, He explained, 'Knowledge'. "I am equally present in all beings; there is none hateful or dear, to Me. But, those who worship Me with devotion, are in Me and I am in them" (9/29). By saying so, He explained, 'Vijnana. In the next five verses (from 9/30—34) 'Vijnana has further been explained.[1]
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