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Chapter 9
In the seventh chapter from the sixteenth to the eighteenth verses, there is description of four types of virtuous men, while in the ninth chapter from the thirtieth to the thirty-third verse, there is explanation of seven types of devotees, according to their caste, conduct and sex.
In the nineteenth verse of the seventh chapter He declared, "The man of realization, realizes, that all this is God," while, in the nineteenth verse of the ninth chapter, He declared, "I am being and non-being, both."
A devotee having a disinclination for the Lord, worships the gods either, because he wants his desires to be fulfilled by them, or he does not know, the Lord in reality. In the twentieth verse of the seventh chapter, there is a description of those whose discrimination has been canted away by various desires, and so they worship other gods, while in the twenty-third verse of the ninth chapter, there is description of those, who worship other gods, because they don't recognize (know) the Lord, in reality.
In the twenty-third verse of the seventh chapter, there is description of those who by worshipping other gods, craving for some worldly fruit, gain perishable fruit, while in the twenty-fast verse of the ninth chapter, there is the description of those who as a result of their deeds, enjoy celestial pleasures in heaven, and then return to this world of mortals, when their merits are exhausted.
In the twenty-third verse of the seventh chapter, the Lord declared, "The worshippers of gods, attain the gods, whereas My devotees, attain Me alone." The same fact, has been pointed out, in the twenty-fifth verse of the ninth chapter.
In the First part of the twenty-fourth verse of the seventh chapter, the Lord declared, "Men of poor understanding think of Me, the unmanifest, as having manifestation and take me as an ordinary human being not knowing my supreme Nature" while, in the first part of the eleventh verse of the ninth chapter, He declared, "Fools don't know My higher nature, as the Great Lord of beings." Similarly, in the second part of the twenty-fourth verse of the seventh chapter, the Lord declared, "Men of poor understanding don't know My supreme state, immutable and unsurpassed", while in the second part of the eleventh verse of the ninth chapter, He declared, "Fools don't know My supreme nature, as the great Lord of beings."
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