Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 228

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-7 Adhyātma Yogaḥ

Here in the seventh chapter five principal topics are dealt with: 1. The real nature of the Supreme Being who is the object of worship, 2. His concealment by Prakṛti (Material Nature), 3. Removal of the veil of Māya (delusion) through taking refuge in the Lord 4. The various types of devotees and 5. The superiority of the wise. śrī bhagavān uvāca mayyāsakta manāḥ pārtha yogaṃ yuñjan madāśrayaḥ | asaṃśayaṃ samagraṃ māṃ yathā jñāsyasi tacchṛṇu || 1 || The Blessed Lord said: 1. With your mind focused on Me, having Me for your support and practising Yoga — listen, O Arjuna, to how you can, without doubt, know Me fully. Commentary “Listen attentively to this teaching which I am about to impart to you, by which you will understand Me conclusively and completely. I am the object of the Yogic contemplation in which you are engaged with a mind so deeply attached to Me by virtue of your overwhelming love. It would probably disintegrate instantaneously the moment it lost contact with My essential Being, attributes, pastimes and glories, and with your very Self resting so completely on Me — it would break up when bereft of Me.”