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Chapter 8
Link:—Lord Krsna, now gives the merit of becoming a Yogi.
vedesu yajnesu tapahsu caiva
danesu yatpunyaphalam pradistam
atyeti tatsarvamidam viditva
yogi pram sthanamupaiti cadyam
The Yogi, who knows this secret, transcends the fruits of meritorious deeds, attached to study of the Vedas, performance of sacrifices, austerities and charities, and he attains the supreme primeval abode. 28
Comment:-
Vedesu yajnesu tapahsu caiva danesu yatpunyaphalam pradistam atyeti tatsarvamidath viditva yogi param sthanamupaiti cadyam:—The fruit of performing meritorious acts, such as austerities, sacrifices, penances, charities and pilgrimages etc., is perishable, because all those acts have a beginning and an end; so how could their fruit, be imperishable? The man (soul), because of ignorance gets entangled in perishable things and persons etc., though, he is an eternal fraction of the Lord. Thus a striver, who knows the secret of the bright and the dark paths, described from the twenty-third verse to the twenty-sixth verse, transcends, the fruits of meritorious deeds, of the performance of sacrifices, austerities and charities etc., because he comes to know that all the worlds of pleasures from the abode of Brahma downwards are subject to return. But on attaining, the Lord, there is no rebirth (Gita 8/16). He, also knows, that he is a fraction of the Lord, and so without getting entangled in perishable and kaleidoscopic things and pleasures, he can take refuge, in Him. Thus, he can attain, the primeval Abode viz., God[1] Who has been called in the twenty-fast verse, of this chapter 'Supreme Goal', and 'Supreme Abode'.
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