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Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya
Chapter-10 Vibhūti Yogaḥ
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CommentaryThus the Vedas assert:— ‘From whom all these beings are born, by whom, when born, they live and into whom they return when they perish— investigate this well. This is Brahman’ [1]; ‘He who knows Brahman attains the Highest’ [2]; and ‘He who knows the Supreme Brahman becomes the Brahman’ [3]. Likewise Krishna is the Supreme Light. The term ‘Dhaman’ here connotes light: ‘Now, the light which shines beyond this highest heaven. ‘ [4]; ‘Attaining the Supreme Light, it [the liberated jiva] appears with its own form’ [5]; ‘The gods worship Him as the Light of lights’ [6]. Krishna is also the Supreme Sanctifier, the One who is the ultimate liberator from sins. He purifies the meditator of all sins (proclivities) and also destroys them (their effects) without any trace. The Veda declares: — ‘As water clings not to the leaf of a lotus-flower, so sinful deeds cling not to one who knows thus’ [7]: ‘Just as the fibre of Ishika reed (reed-cotton) laid on a fire is burnt up, so also all one’s sins are burnt up’ [8]; and ‘Nārāyaṇa is the Supreme Brahman, Nārāyaṇa is the Supreme Light, Nārāyaṇa is the Supreme Self’ [9]. Sages are those who know in reality the higher truth (the Supreme Brahman), and the lower truth (individual jivas); they speak of Krishna as the eternal Divine Person, Original Lord, the unborn and all-pervading. So also divine sage Narada, Asita, Devala and Vyasa declare: — |
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