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Chapter 8
By using Dehabhrtam vara', for Arjuna, Lord Krsna, wants to convey that the man who knows that the Lord is installed in the body, is the best. Even if he does not know, he should assume that in each atom of physical, subtle and causal bodies, the Lord pervades and the aim of human life is, to realize Him.
and they can't attain God-realization, though the Lord also dwells in their bodies. So a human being by utilizing this life should realize God in this very birth.same again, "I am specially seated, in the hearts of all" (13/17), "I am installed, in the hearts of all" (15/15), "The Lord dwells, in the hearts of all beings" (18/61).
To attain that aim, he should carry out the command of the Lord, by performing action.The terms 'Brahma', 'Adhyatma, 'Karma', 'Adhibhuta', 'Adhidaiva' and 'Adhiyajna', can be explained, by giving an illustration of water. When the sky is clear, we feel that there is nothing between us and the sun, yet there are atoms (molecules) of water. Water is transformed into clouds, by evaporation. Clouds turn to drops of rain. Those drops, at a low temperature, are frozen into snow. Similarly, the attributeless and formless Brahma (the Absolute), is like molecules of water, Adhiyajna (All-pervading Lord Visnu) is water, as vapour, Adhidaiva (Brahma) is, water as cloud, Adhyatma (Infinite embodied soul), is water as drops of rain, Karma (creation of the universe), is the activity of rain and Adhibhuta (perishable world), is water as snow.
It means, that as water takes different forms, the Lord also transforms Himself, into different forms. This knowledge about Him is complete (7/1) and so a man of aspiration realizes that, all this is God (7/19).
Though in essence, there is nothing besides the Lord, yet by discrimination, we see its two separate parts, a body and the soul. A devotee, perceives the Lord, (the Adored), the devotee (soul), and matter (the world). These three parts have been divided into six.
The Lord—Brahma (attributeless), and Adhiyajna (endowed with attributes). The soul of two kinds—adhyatma (embodied soul which is bound) and Adhidaiva (Karaka Purusa, a liberated sold).
The world has two separate forms—actions (heaps of change) and Adhibhiita (matter).
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6.Adhiyajna
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2.Adhyatma |
5.Adhidaiva
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3.Karma |
4.Adhibhiita
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