Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 16
Appendix:—In the twelfth verse, God has been called 'Jneya' (worth knowing). But in this verse He has been called 'Avijneya' (can't be known) which means that God is not known like the world. As the world is known through senses, mind and intellect, God in not known through senses, mind and intellect. Senses, mind and intellect are the evolutes of Prakrti while God is beyond Prakrti. The evolutes of Prakrti can't know even Prakrti completely, then how can they know God Who transcends prakrti? One has to accept the existence of God by faith in Him. As acceptance is done by the Self itself, not by sense-organs etc., (mind, intellect and senses).[1] The Self has its identity with God, therefore God is also attained by acceptance, not by thinking, reflection and description. The Self has never been identified with the body and the world, nor is identified, nor will be identified nor can be identified. The Self has neither been, nor is, nor will be nor can be separate from God. |
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- ↑ There is acceptance in the Self, therefore whatever is accepted is not forgotten; as 'I am a Brahmana'; 'I am marnied' etc But whatever is decided through the mind or intellect is forgotten. There remains no doubt, there is also not the opposite feeling in the acceptance by the Self.
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