Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 15
Ato'smi Joke vede ca prathitah purusottamab:- Here the term 'Lake', stand for scripture, in which God is celebrated as 'Pumsottama', (Supreme Person).
The term 'Veda', means pure knowledge, which is beginningless. The same knowledge was revealed serially, in the form of the Vedas, such as the Rk and the Yajuh etc. In the Vedas, God has been declared as 'Purusottama'.<br /
The Lord, in the preceding verse, declared, "Other than the perishable and the imperishable, is the Supreme Person." So here He discloses the secret, that He is the Supreme Person, celebrated as 'Purusottama (1) The entire universe is perishable, while the soul, the fragment of God, is imperishable. Though the imperishable transcends the perishable, and is higher than it, yet the former errs, by assuming its affinity, for the latter. The body like running water of a river, is flowing continuously, while the soul like a fixed rock, ever remains immovable and detached. A body of childhood, changes into a body of boyhood, but T, ever remains the same. But we cannot say which day, childhood ended and boyhood, commenced. Had the imperishable, been kaleidoscopic and perishable, there would have been no question of its repeated birth and death. But in spite of, being uniform and imperishable, it assumes Its affinity for the kaleidoscopic and the perishable, and so, It is repeatedly born and dies. to order to, get rid of this birth and death, the perishable (body etc., should be used in rendering service to the world, to such an extent, that a body, becomes manure in the world-garden. God has bestowed upon a man, objects such as, human body etc., to render selfless service to others, rather than to lay claim on them. Therefore, it is the duty of a man, to use them in the service of others. To regard them as his own, is a blunder.
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