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Chapter 8
Link:—In the next verse, He explains that the Imperishable, can be attained by exclusive devotion.
purusah sa parah partha bhaktya labhyastvananyaya
yasyantahsthani bhUtani yena sarvamidam tatam
That Supreme Purusa, 0 Partha, in Whom all beings vest and by Whom all this is pervaded, is attainable only by His exclusive devotion. 22
Comment:-
Yasyanlahsthani bhutani yena sarvamidam tatam:—Lord Krsna, in the twelfth verse of the seventh chapter, said in the negative, "Whatever, entities there are born of sattva (quality of goodness), of rajas (principle of activity) (mode of passion), of tamas (principle of inertia) (mode of ignorance), know them all as evolved from Me alone. In reality, however, neither I exist in them, nor do they exist in Me." Here, He says in the affirmative, "MI beings reside in Me and I pervade the whole world." This fact has been explained, both in the affirmative and in the negative, in the fourth, fifth and sixm verses of the ninth chapter. It means, that beings have no existence, apart from the Lord. They emanate from Him, reside in Him and merge into Him.
The Supreme Lord, pervades everywhere, every time, in all things, actions and beings etc. Though ornaments made of gold, have nothing besides gold, yet people do not pay attention to gold, because they attach importance to the shapes, names, weights and prices etc., of different ornaments. Similarly, we being entangled in favourable and unfavourable circumstances of the perishable world, do not pay attention to the Lord, Who existed before the creation, exists now, and will continue to exist after the dissolution of the creation.
Purusah sa parah partha bhaktya labhyastvananyaya:—In the previous verse, the Lord Who has been called the Unmanifest, the Imperishable, the Supreme Goal etc., has been called here that Supreme Purusa, Who can be attained, by exclusive devotion only.
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