Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 8
Appendix:—God has been called 'kavim' (omniscient) because there is nothing beyond His knowledge. He has been called `puranam' because He is beginningless, He transcends the limits of time viz., is the illuminator of time. He has been called 'anusasitaram' because all are naturally governed by Him. He is the ruler of both—the individual soul and the world- ksaram pradhinamamrtaksarum harah kaaratmanavisate deva ekah 'Prakrti is perishable and the soul, which enjoys it, is immortal and imperishable. God governs over these two—the perishable and the imperishable.'
The term—dhataram' means that God sustains all beings (Gita 15/17). The term 'adityavarnam' means that as there is naturally light in the sun always, similarly in God naturally there is always knowledge and enlightenment. God is an embodiment of knowledge and illumines the entire universe (Gita 13/33). `tamasah parastat'—this expression means that God transcends ignorance or apara (the lower nature)—'yasmatksaramattto'ham' (Gita 15/18). |
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