| 18. Thus the
Kshetra, as well as knowledge and the Knowable, have been briefly set forth,
My devotee, on knowing this, is fitted for My state.Thus the Kshetra, described
above (xiii. 56), beginning with the Great elements and ending with firmness
; knowledge, comprising the attributes which have been enumerated, beginning
with humility and ending with perception of the end of the knowledge of
truth (xiii. 711 ) ; and he Knowable, described in xiii. 1217 ;these have
been set forth in brief, Such, indeed, is the whole doctrine, the doctrine
of the Vedas and the doctrine of the Gita, taught in brief.(Question):Who
is fit to attain this right knowledge:(answer):He who is devoted to Me,
who regards MeVasudeva, the Supreme Lord, the Omniscient, the Supreme Guruas
the Self (Soul, Essence) of everything, i.e he who is possessed (as it were)
with the idea that all that he sees or hears ox touches is nothing but the
Lord, Vasudeva. Thus devoted to Me, and having attained the right knowledge
described above, he is fit to attain to My state, he attains moksha.Prakriti
and Purusha are eternal. In the. seventh discourse were described two Prakritis,
the superior and the inferior, corresponding to Kshetra and Kshetrajna ;
and it was said that they are the womb of all creatures (vii. 6): It may
now be asked, how can it be said that the two Prakritis, Kshetra and Kshetrajna,
are the womb of all beings?This question will now be answered: |
