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Chapter 9
In the second verse of the seventh chapter, the Lord declared, "I shall unfold to you in full, this knowledge combined with realization, having known which, nothing else, remains to be known." The same statement, has been made by Him, in the first verse of the ninth chapter, when He declares, "I shall unfold this knowledge with realization, by knowing which, you will be released from evil." By being released from evil, nothing remains, to be known. Thus, the Lord unfolded the knowledge with realization, and its fruit.
In the third verse of the seventh chapter the Lord, declared, "Among thousands of men, scarcely one strives for perfection, and of those who strive, scarcely one knows Me, in truth." Why does, scarcely one know Him, in truth? The answer comes, in the third verse of the ninth chapter, "Men having no faith in Dharma (Knowledge with Realization), failing to reach Me, whirl in the path of mortal world."
In the, sixth verse of the seventh chapter and in the eighteenth verse of the ninth chapter, He declared, "I am the origin and the end, of the entire world."
In the tenth verse of the seventh chapter, He declared, "I am the eternal seed of all beings." In the eighteenth verse of the ninth chapter He declared, "I am the imperishable seed."
In the twelfth verse of the seventh chapter, by declaring, "Neither I exist in them, nor do they exist in Me" the Lord described in brief, the sovereign science, which has been described in detail, in the fourth and fifth verses of the ninth chapter.
In the thirteenth verse of the seventh chapter, the Lord declared the whole of the creation, to be deluded by objects evolved from the three modes of Nature, while in the eighth verse of the ninth chapter, He declared the whole multitude of beings helpless under the regime of Nature.
In the fourteenth verse of the seventh chapter, the Lord declared, "Those who take refuge in Me alone, cross this divine illusion, of Mine." In the twenty-second verse of the ninth chapter, He declared, "Those who worship Me alone, thinking of no one else, who are ever devout, I provide gain and security."
In the fifteenth verse of the seventh chapter, He declared, "The evil-doers, the deluded, do not worship Me", while in the eleventh verse of the ninth chapter He declared, "Fools do not know, My supreme nature."
Again, in the fifteenth verse of the seventh chapter, He declared, "They have embraced the demoniac nature" while in the twelfth verse of the ninth chapter, He declared, "Those senseless persons have embraced a demoniacal nature."
What, in the sixteenth verse of the seventh chapter, has been called 'virtuous', the same in the thirteenth verse of the ninth chapter, has been called a 'great soul'.
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