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Conclusion of “Gita-Sandesh”

A brief and concise summary of the whole Gita will now be presented to the readers. At the start the Lord awakens the ignorant soul to the existence of the root evil which has brought about his bondage and the utter oblivion of his divine and immortal nature. This root evil Moha or attachment which has sprung from the seed called desire – the primal cause of ignorance. The eradication of desire and Moha means liberation. Liberation consists in the identity of the soul with the immortal Atman. This deathless state is realised only when the mind of man, through a burning aspiration for freedom, is withdrawn from its association with the perishable body and the objects of the senses and is directed through concentration towards the eternal Truth of his being. The soul has to pass through various Sadhanas or spiritual practices before he can unveil the glory and magnificence of the Atman dwelling within him. In fact, ignorance consists in the forgetfulness of the soul of his eternal and infinite nature. So all Sadhanas are for keeping up a ceaseless remembrance of the great Truth which the soul has forgotten and which he is in reality. Ceaseless remembrance brings on a divine consciousness in which the soul discovers himself to be the all-pervading, eternal and changeless Truth. In this attainment the soul rises beyond the notion of the body and enjoys the bliss of immortality by rising superior to the Gunas of Prakriti and the Dwandwas born therefrom.

The liberated soul freed through the realisation of Atman, which is only one aspect of the Lord, still strives to know and merge in the supreme Godhead in all His aspects and existences. Here starts the path of utter self-dedication leading the awakened soul to a vision and status which baffles description. He now beholds the entire universe and all beings, creatures and things in it as the very expression and revealment of the invisible, infinite, immutable, eternal, unthinkable and transcendent supreme Reality. He experiences not only the unchanging calmness and peace of his oneness with God in the universe and beyond but also the bliss of the pure, intimate and loving communion with Him in the visible universe and all activities in it. So it is made clear at the end of the Gita that the highest acme of God-realization is to be a perfect devotee of the Lord – a veritable embodiment of divine knowledge, divine action, and divine love. Such a devotee is the very form and expression of God or God Himself in human form. Sri Krishna – the Purushottama has revealed Himself in his (the devotee’s) heart and has absorbed him into His ineffable and extremely wonderful Being. This is the Goal, and Gita Sandesh is to take the soul to this goal.

Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram