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Chapter 10
dyutam chalayatamasmi tejastejasvinamaham
jayo'smi vyavasayo'smi sattvam sattvavatamaham
I am the dicing of those that cheat; I am, the glory of the glorious. I am, the victory of the victorious, the resolution, of the resolute; the goodness, of the good. 36
Comment:-
Dyutam chalayatamasmi:- The game of chance played for money, property or kingdom etc., is called gambling. The Lord has called it His divine glory.
Question. If gambling is the Lord's divine glory, it means that there is no harm in gambling and then it should be justified. But then why is it forbidden, according to the ordinance of scriptures?
Answer:—In this context, there is description of the Lord's divine glories, not of sanction and prohibition. Arjuna put the question, "In what various aspects are you to be thought of, by me?" So the Lord is answering his question by telling him, that he should think of Him only, whatever he beholds in the form of His divine glories, because He declares, "All this universe is pervaded by Me" (Gita 9/4).
Suppose a striver, in the past had the habit of gambling. Now he is busy with adoration. By chance, he is reminded of gambling. So he should think of God in it. Thus by beholding the Lord in gambling, and the loss and gain involved in it, a striver, will think only of the Lord.
The man (soul), is a fragment of the Lord but by error he has assumed his affinity with the body and the world. If he notices the excellences and the glories in the world, as the Lord's and thinks of Him, it will lead him to God-realization (Gita 8/14). On the other hand, if he regards the glories as belonging to the world and thinks of the world, it will lead him to complete min (Gita 2/62-63). These glories have been described so that a striver by thinking of the Lord, may know Him; in reality.
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