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Saturday, December 4, 2021

Wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita 40


Arjuna said:

1. By the supremely profound words, on the discrimination of Self, that have been spoken by You out of compassion towards me, this my delusion is gone.

2. Of You, O lotus-eyed, I have heard at length, of the origin and dissolution of beings, as also Your inexhaustible greatness.

3. So it is, O Lord Supreme! as You have declared Yourself. Still I desire to see Your Ishvara-Form, O Purusha Supreme. 

4. If, O Lord, You think me capable of seeing it, then, O Lord of Yogis, show me Your immutable Self.

The Blessed Lord said:

5. Behold, O son of Prithâ, by hundreds and thousands, My different forms celestial, of various colors and shapes. 

6. Behold the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the twin Ashvins, and the Maruts; behold, O descendant of Bharata, many wonders never seen before. 

7. See now, O Gudâkesha, in this My body, the whole Universe centered in one—including the moving and the unmoving—and all else that you desire to see. 

8. But you cannot see Me with these eyes of yours; I give you supersensuous sight; behold My Yoga Power Supreme.

Bhagavad Gita, 11:1-8



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