Essays on the Gita -Aurobindo 332

Essays on the Gita -Sri Aurobindo Second Series : Chapter 8 God in Power of Becoming He acclaims in him the original Godhead, adores the Unborn who is the pervading, in dwelling, selfextending master of all existence, adidevamajam vibhum. He accepts him therefore not only as that Wonderful who is beyond expression of any kind, for nothing is sufficient to manifest him, — “neither the Gods nor the Titans, O blessed Lord, know thy manifestation,” na hi te bhagavan vyaktim vidur deva na da navah. , — but as the lord of all existences and the one divine efficient cause of all their be- coming, God of the gods from whom all godheads have sprung, master of the universe who manifests and governs it from above by the power of his supreme and his universal Nature, bhuta bhavanabhu tes adeva-devajagat pate. Andlastlyheacceptshim as that Vasudeva in and around us who is all things here by virtue of the world-pervading, all-inhabiting, all-constituting master powers of his becoming, vibhu tayah., “the sovereign powers of thy becoming by which thou standest pervading these worlds,” ya bhirvibhu tibhirloka nimam stvam vya pyatis.t.hasi. He has accepted the truth with the adoration of his heart, the submission of his will and the understanding of his intelligence. He is already prepared to act as the divine instrument in this knowledge and with this self-surrender. But a desire for a deeper constant spiritual realisation has been awakened in his heart and will. This is a truth which is evident only to the supreme Soul in its own self-knowledge, — for, cries Arjuna, “thou alone, O Purushottama, knowest thy self by thy self,” a ̄tmana ̄ a ̄tma ̄nam ̇ vettha. This is a knowledge that comes by spiritual identity and the unaided heart, will, intelligence of the natural man cannot arrive at it by their own motion and can only get at imperfect mental reflections that reveal less than they conceal and disfigure. This is a secret wisdom which one must hear from the seers who have seen the face of this Truth, have heard its word and have become one with it in self and spirit. “All the Rishis say this of thee and the divine seer Narada, Asita, Devala, Vyasa.” Or else one must receive it from within by revelation and inspiration from the inner Godhead who lifts in us the blazing lamp of knowledge. Svayan caiva bravısi me, “and thou thyself sayest it to me.” Once revealed, it has to be accepted by the assent of the mind, the consent of the will and the heart’s delight and submission, the three elements of the complete mental faith, s ́raddha ̄. It is so that Arjuna has accepted it; “all this that thou sayest, my mind holds for the truth.