A Song of
Fortune
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A Classical Gîtâ
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CHAPTER
7
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To
know oneself and make it,
unified in the âtmatattva
(1)
The
fortunate one said: 'Now listen how you, o son of
Prithâ, with your mind fixed on me in the
unification that I care about, may move beyond doubt
concerning this completeness of me. (2) Let me tell
you in detail how, once you get the hang of this
knowledge growing wise with it, that to you would be
all you need to know in this world. (3) Among the
thousands is but a single one interested in the
perfection and of those is but a single one really
aware of this integrity of mine.
(4) What
I consist of in a material sense are the energies of
the earth, the water, the air, the ether, the mind,
the intelligence and the ego. (5) Try to understand, o
man of grip, that besides this lower energy of mine
there is a superior one which, supporting all the
world, is the self of me in which every living soul is
situated. (6) All that is created roots in these two
energies and as such you should know me to be as well
as the eternal source of the manifestation as the
fragmentation you find in the world.
(7) Beyond
this superior energy of mine, which is like the thread
that connects all the pearls on a string, there is
nothing else to be found, o winner of the wealth. (8)
In that am I the taste of water, o son of Kuntî,
the light of the sun and the moon, the primal mantra
AUM in all the holy books, the sound one finds in the
ether and the prowess in men. (9) I am the original
smell of the earth, the heat of the fire, the life in
all living beings and the penance of the repentant I
am. (10) Know, o son of Prithâ, that I am the
seed of all living beings, the original intelligence
of the intelligent, and the command of the ones in
power. (11) I am of the strong the strength that is
free from desire and attachment, and, o master of the
dynasty, of the sex-life of the living being am I the
consistency with nature.
(12) And
remember of all the states of goodness, passion and
darkness one may be in, that they are more a part of
me, than that I am a part of them. (13) The whole
world is under the influence of these states and is
deluded by them not knowing me, the one who is
situated above them as the inexhaustible supreme. (14)
The divinity of this setup of mine in the sense of the
natural modes, is a most difficult thing, but those
who have accepted me as the integrity, are very well
able to get overcome this illusory energy. (15) The
corrupted ones and the foolish5
whose âtmatattva is clouded by the
bewildering effect of the modes, do, of their
unenlightened state, not respect me.
(16) Arjuna,
of the pious who respect me there are four types: the
ones in trouble, the ones curious, the ones desiring
my opulence, and the ones of âtmatattva.
(17) Of these is the one who in devotion is always
connected in âtmatattva most dear to me,
because the one loving the knowledge who holds me
high, is held high by me. (18) All
âtmatattva persons are most certainly
magnanimous souls, and I daresay that they, in their
being connected in the soul, are equal to me, for in
me is that highest destination found. (19) After so
Kuru trials of life accepts the one of
âtmatattva, he who loves to know
equal-minded, me as the original divinity of all
success, and such a one, you know, one rarely
encounters.
(20) In
their desires do the ones who lost the sight of the
âtmatattva, according their own nature,
abide by lesser gods and lesser regulations. (21) They
who according their own desire faithfully adhere to
whatever divinity, are by me confirmed in their faith
though. (22) Inspired by such a form of connectedness
achieve they what they aspire, for that is how I, and
no one else, arranged the connectedness for them. (23)
But, because it concerns a lesser
intelligence6,
are those fruits but temporary; they who want the gods
go to them and they who want me come to me. (24) Not
knowing the supreme integrity of the duality of my
invincible lower and imperishable higher existence, do
the less intelligent assume that I acquired a form
from the unapparent. (25) I, in the sense of being
that unborn and inexhaustible reality, am not that
evident to everyone because the foolish, covered by
illusory concepts of union, have no clue about my
integrity. (26) The past, the present and the future
of all living beings is clear to me, Arjuna, but I am
not that clear to them. (27) O scion of Bharata, all
de living beings who took their birth have to suffer
under the illusion brought about by the deluding
duality of likes and dislikes. (28) This illusory
duality dissolves with persons who, pious in their
activities, reached the end of their ulterior motives;
they are the ones who, free from delusion and with
determination to serve my cause, engage with devotion.
(29) To be freed from the burden of old age and death
are all the ones who take to my shelter, actually
God-conscious people; they know everything about what
to do in favor of the transcendence. (30) Connected in
the spirit do they, even when they are about to die,
know me as the one sovereign over all the material
manifestation, all divinity and all
sacrifices.'
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