Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 848

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 18 The Yog of Renunciation न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुन: । सत्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभि: स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणै: ॥40॥ [ “There is no being, either on earth or among the dwellers of heaven, who is entirely free from the three properties born of nature.” ] All beings, right from Brahma at the top to worms and insects at the lowest, are transient, mortal, and under the sway of the three properties (Sattwa, rajas and tamas). Even heavenly beings including the various external gods, are subject to the malady of these properties. Here, Yogeshwar Krishn has taken up the subject of external gods for the fourth time. That is, gods were spoken of in chapter 7,9, and 17. All the statements so far made by Krishn, imply that gods are influenced by the three properties of nature. Those who worship such gods, in reality worship that which is perishable and impermanent.

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