| 10. To these,
ever devout, worshipping Me with love, I give that devotion of knowledge
by which they come to Me.To them who are ever devout, worshipping Me, not
for any purpose of their own, but out of love for Me: to them I give that
devotion of right knowledge (buddhiyoga) of My essential nature by which
they those who worship Me with their thought on Me (x. 9) and so onknow
Me, the Supreme Lord, the Self, as their own Self. Why dost Thou give the
devotion of knowledge (buddhi yoga) to Thy devotees And what is that obstacle
in the path leading to Thee which the devotion of knowledge that Thou givest
to Thy devotees serves to remove In answer to this question, the Lord says:Out
of mere compassion for them, abiding in their self, destroy the darkness
born of ignorance, by the luminous lamp of wisdom, Out of mere compassion
; out of mercy, anxious as to how they may attain bliss. I dwell in their
antahkarana which is engaged in thinking exclusively of the self and destroy
the darkness of ignorance; that illusory knowledge which is caused by the
absence of discrimination,by the lamp of wisdom, by the lamp of discriminatory
knowledge, fed by the oil of pure Devotion (Bhaktiprasada), fanned by the
wind of earnest meditation on Me, furnished with the wick of right intuition
purified by the cultivation of piety, chastity and other virtues, held in
the antahkarana which is completely detached from all worldly concerns,
placed in the windsheltered enclosure of the mind which is withdrawn from
the sense objects and untainted by attachment and aversion, and shining
with the light of right knowledge generated by incessant practice of concentration
and meditation.Arjunas question about the Lords manifestation. Having heard
of the Lords Glory and His mysterious power. |
