Bhagawan is in Every Line of the Gita

26 March 1958, Shanti Kuteer, Chennai, TN (Madras)

Published English.

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Dr Vaidyanathan just now quoted Sri as saying that the best summary of the teachings of the can be got by repeating it quick, as … and arriving at the expression . But, we get the word ‘’ when we do so. The Telugu word ‘’ means ‘drink’; so drink the , assimilate it, and then, it will be found that it teaches not only , or not mainly , but all aspects of , both secular and spiritual.

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The was occasioned because was overcome by illusory attachment or , and his illusion had to be destroyed. After the was fully spoken, declared that his had disappeared, and so, he decided to do his . He took up the arms that he had laid down and engaged himself in battle. It is said that this battle took place in the , but the fact is, the battle is a continuing battle. It is being fought every day in every human being.

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Let me explain how. The body is ; or Ignorance is the blind monarch ; he has a hundred progeny, viz., all the evil propensities of man that proliferate from ; or Right Knowledge is , and he has five sons, , , , and . All these children, remember, have their games and gambols, their upbringing and their schooling, their joys and sorrows in the same , the body. The numerous delusions and doubts that infest the mind are the ‘subjects.’ or Right Understanding is also present there, as and he can see and hear the Lord, the unknown motive force of all that the body does, feels and acts, the Charioteer! The war is being waged continuously in everyone, and so everyone should study the for guidance and strength.

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The is an ocean full of pearls of priceless value for all who seek. These pearls can be won only, by diving deep in the centre of the ocean; learning it by heart or repeating it scores of times or acquiring mastery in interpreting it or expounding it are of no value.

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In ’s court, a was once explaining the inner meaning of the , with a great deal of skilful casuistry. Among the thousands who nodded their heads in appreciation, there was an illiterate peasant who was shedding tears throughout. When he was accosted, he gave his explanation thus: I can neither appreciate your scholarship nor understand your argument, but, I see in the picture of there that is seated in front, and, turning His head back towards , all the time He is relating the to him. I weep, because ’s neck is bound to be paining, on account of this strain. Why does not realise this and come more to the front?

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That peasant has dived deep. He has secured the priceless pearl of . It was this that taught to . It was for instilling this that the Lord vouchsafed the (Cosmic Form) to . knew that there is nothing beside or beyond the Lord.

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’s delusion was destroyed the moment he realised that God exist in and through this entire created world, that He is the basic reality of the Atom, as well as the Universe. The is the Lord’s teaching of this knowledge to man, with as the disciple. It is free of all story element, savouring of . It is saturated with His Message only. From it, one can understand that He is the ‘breadth’ of every line, however narrow it may be, whatever the line’s length, the ‘breadth’, by which alone it can be perceived.

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(Love), (Devotion), all are based on Faith. The instils this Faith by various means – , , , , etc. It teaches the essence of all and exhorts man to engage himself in of an elevating and cleansing character. It tells us that is the reality within each and prescribes constant exercise in prayerful action, to cognise this fact.

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The Sun is not worried by the many passing clouds that intercept its rays for some little time. So too, there is no need to worry about the clouds of envy, greed, selfishness that gather and disperse, but can never sully the effulgence of the .

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God is Love, . Just as we see the cool moon only with the help of the cool rays of the moon itself, so too God can be realised only through the , which meditation on Him alone can develop.

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With this in view, read the everyday not at a scheduled rate of so many per day, as a or as some call it a (a word which is not quite appropriate, since it brings to mind fire, sacrificial oblation etc.) but carefully, contemplating on the meaning of the read, taking if need be ten days, if you must, to have it soaked it in your consciousness. In Telugu, the word means ‘a line’, and in this Bhagavad-, the is in every line. In fact, as I mentioned already, He is the imminent sustaining force, He is the ‘breadth’ of every line, by which alone it is cognised, by whose presence alone anything can exist.

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Remember the ancient prayer: (Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, and from death to immortality). The helps you to achieve all three goals. Have faith in this and study it, in order to apply it to daily life.

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By persistent study, awareness of the Lord in and through all creation comes upon a person and it becomes easy to follow the Lord’s advice. If you desire to select the that represents the essence of the , meditate on this:

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. (Ch 18, Sl 65)

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You have heard that those who read the keep an empty seat near by, for who invariably comes to hear it read. Now, let me tell you this. From this day I advice you to read the with a seat kept by for . Read the during the early hours of the day, the , meditate on the Divine form of and allow the meaning to saturate into the consciousness. Do thus and I assure you, you will, within 300 days feel the presence of on that pitha. For, the Lord’s name is His itself. It has the mystic power. If during the meditation and the reading and the , you are able to concentrate on His name and form, for even ten minutes, each day, surely the power that will thus be generated can win the , the Grace of the Lord.