![]() ![]() He alone sus-tains the creation and resolves it (6). From this God alone comes the entire creation which consists of conscious and inert aspects ( jīva and jagat). The higher nature is the consciousness be-hind every body and that alone sustains the entire creation (5). The lower nature has eight di-visions - five subtle elements, cosmic ego, cosmic intellect, and the unmanifest (4). God has two aspects known as the highest nature ( parā-prakṛti) and the lower nature ( aparā-prakṛti). The very fact that the number of people who attempt and succeed in gaining this knowledge is very small shows the subtlety and rarity of this knowledge (3).įrom the 4th to the 11th verse, Kṛṣṇa talks about the nature of God. ![]() This is the highest knowledge because, the intellectual quest of a person finds its fulfillment in this knowledge (2). ![]() The knowledge of God with attributes, as different from oneself is called jñānam, and the knowledge of God as identical with oneself is called vijñānam. Surrendering to God, whoever worships Him along with His attributes will ultimately discover the attribute-less God (1). In the first three verses, Kṛṣṇa introduces the topic and its glory. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |