Chapter
15 - The Yoga of the Supreme Person
The
Blessed Sri Krsn said:
He
who knows the pipal tree (in the form of
creation); which is said to be
imperishable with its roots in the
Primeval Being (God), whose stem is
represented by Brahma (the Creator), and
whose leaves are the Vedas, is the knower
of (the intention of ) the Vedas. (15.01)
Feb
by the three Gunas and having
sense-objects for their tender leaves, the
branches of the aforesaid tree (in the
shape of the different orders of creation)
extend both downwards and upwards; and its
roots, which bind the soul according to
its actions in the human body, are spread
in all regions, higher as well as lower.
(15.02)
The
nature of this tree of creation does not
on mature thought turn out what it is
represented to be; it has neither
beginning nor end, nor even stability.
Therefore, felling this Pipal tree, which
is most firmly rooted, with the formidable
axe of dispassion. (15.03)
Then
that Supreme goal (God) should be sought
for, whither having reached none returns
again, saying "I seek refuge in that
Primal Person whence has streamed forth
this ancient current of the world."
(15.04)
Those
wise men who are free from pride and
delusion, who have conquered the evil of
attachment, who are in eternal union with
God (Self), whose craving have altogether
ceased and who are completely immune from
all pairs of opposites going by the names
of pleasure and pain, reach that supreme
immortal state. (15.05)
Neither
the sun nor the moon nor even fire can
illumine that supreme self-effulgent
state, attaining to which they never
return to this world. That is My Supreme
Abode. (15.06)
The
eternal; Jivatman in this body is particle
of My own being; and it is that alone
which draws round itself the mind and the
fives senses, which rest in Prakriti.
(15.07)
Even
as the wind wafts scents from their seat,
so too the Jivatma, which is the
controller of the body, etc., taking the
mind and the senses from the body which it
leaves behind forthwith migrates to the
body with it acquires. (15.08)
It
is while dwelling in the senses of
hearing, sight, touch, taste and smell, as
well as in the mind, that this Jivatma
enjoys the objects of senses. (15.09)
The
ignorant know not the soul departing from,
or dwelling in the body, or enjoying the
objects of senses, i.e. even when it is
connected with the three Gunas (modes);
only those endowed with the eye of wisdom
are able to realize it. (15.10)
Striving
Yogis too are able to realize this self
enshrined in their heart. The ignorant,
however, whose heart has not been
purified, know not this self is spite of
their best endeavors. (15.11)
The
light in the sun, that illumines the
entire solar world, and that which shines
in the moon and that too which shines in
the fire, know that light to be Mine.
(15.12).
And
permeating the soil; it is I who support
all creatures by My vital power, and
becoming the nectarine moon, I nourish all
plants. (15.13)
Taking
the form of fire lodged in the body of all
creatures and united with Prana (ingoing)
and Apana (outgoing) breaths, it is I who
consume the four kinds of food. (15.14)
It
is I who remain seated in the heart of all
creatures as the inner controller of all;
and it is I who am the source of memory,
knowledge and the ratiocinative faculty.
Again, I am the only object worth knowing
through the Vedas; I alone am the father
of Vedanta and the knower of the Vedas
too. (15.15)
The
perishable and the imperishable too -
these are the two kinds of Purushas in
tehis world. Of these, the bodies of all
beings are spoken of as the perishable;
while the Jivatma or the embodied soul is
called imperishable. (15.16)
The
Supreme Person is yet other than these,
who, having entered all the three worlds,
upholds and maintains all, and has been
spoken of as the imperishable Lord and the
Supreme Soul. (15.17)
Since
I am wholly beyond the perishable world of
matter or body, and am superior even to
the imperishable soul, hence I am known as
the Purusottama (Supreme Soul) in the
world as well as the in the Vedas.
(15.18)
Arjun,
the wise man, who thus realizes Me as the
Supreme Person - knowing all, he
constantly worships Me (the all pervading
Lord) with his whole being. (15.19)
Arjun,
this most esoteric teaching has thus been
imparted by Me; grasping it in essence man
becomes wise and his mission in life is
accomplished. (15.20)
Thus
with the utterance of Om, Tat, Sat, the
names of the Lord, in the Upanisad of the
Bhagawad Gita, the knowledge of Brahman,
the Supreme, the science of yoga and the
dialogue between Sri Krsn and Arjun, this
is the fifteenth discourse designated:
"The Yoga of the Supreme Person"
Swami Veet Chintan T'Zorba-Krsna
Jyotish
Shastracharya
& Vedic Astrologer of India
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