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Gita Madhurya -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter XVIII
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INTRODUCTIONAt the end of the eleventh chapter the Lord explained the merits of devotion and before that also He explained the merits of the worship of His absolute aspect [1] So Arjuna at the beginning of twelfth chapter asked, "The devotees who with their minds constantly fixed in You adore You and again those who worship the Imperishable and the Unmanifested—of these two who are better versed in Yoga!" In response to his question Lord Krsna explained devotion and devotees in the twelfth chapter, while worship of the Imperishable and the Unmanifested in the thirteenth and the fourteenth chapter. In the twenty-first verse of the fourteenth chapter Arjuna asked, "What are the marks of him who has transcended the three modes of nature? What is his conduct and how does he get beyond the three modes?" So the Lord explained the marks and conduct of such a transcendental person and also explained exclusive devotion as the means to attain that state. The Lord started the fifteenth chapter in connection with His exclusive devotion. At the end of the chapter e declared that a person who knows Him as the Supreme Person worships Him with his whole being (heart spirit). He means to say that the persons of divine nature worship Him. It connotes that the persons of demoniac nature don't worship Him. Before this chapter also in the fifteenth verse of the seventh chapter and in the twelfth verse of the ninth chapter the demoniac nature, while in the thirteenth verse of the ninth chapter the divine nature have been described in brief. So the Lord started the sixteenth chapter in order to explain the divine nature and the demoniac nature. |
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References and Context
- ↑ (4/34—37; 5/13—26; 6/24—28 and 8111—13);