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Chapter 10
Link:—Why does the Lord Himself declare His supreme word? The clarification is.
na me viduh suraganah prabhavant na maharsayah
ahamadirhi devanam maharsinam ca sarvasah
Neither gods (devata) nor the great sages (rsis) know the secret of My origin; for I am the prime cause, in all respects of gods, as
well as, the great sages. 2
Comment:-
Na me viduh suraganah prabhavam na maharsayah:—Though, bodies, intellects, worlds and materials of the gods, are divine, yet they do not know, the Lord's origin, of His incarnations and His divine glories etc. They are unable to know Him, in His entire form; and His vision is difficult, for them. They are, always eager to behold His form (Gita I1/52).
Even seers or liberated souls, possessing uncommonly divine powers, who have risen above the world, don't know, the secret of His origin, completely.
Here the Lord has mentioned gods and great seers, having divine experience, because the gods, hold the highest rank next to the Lord, and great seers possess, the highest knowledge. They do not know Him, because whatever power, intellect, resources, they have at their disposal, have been given by the Lord and so, these are limited. So, how can the limitless Lord, be known by limited power and resources etc.? As the birth and marriage of a mother, remains beyond the access of a son, the gods and the seers, who emanate from the Lord, don't know Him, who is their cause. The effect can merge in the cause, but cannot know it. Similarly, seers cannot know Him, their cause. They can merge in Him. The whole universe including the gods and the seers, emanates from Him, and merges into Him.
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