THE HOLY GITA, CHAPTER 10, VERSE 07, VIBHUTI YOGA OR THE YOGA OF DIVINE MANIFESTATIONS

THE HOLY GITA

CHAPTER NUMBER 10

VIBHUTI YOGA OR THE YOGA OF DIVINE MANIFESTATIONS:

VERSE NUMBER 07

Text in Transliteration:

etaam vibhootim yogam cha mama yo vetti tattvatah:

so ‘vikampena yogena yujyate naa ‘tra samsayah:

Sanskrit words and phrases and their meaning:

etaam = these; vibhootim = manifold manifestations of my being; yogam = yoga power; cha = and; mama = mine; yah: = who; vetti = knows; tattvatah: = in truth; sah: = he; avikampena = unshakable; yogena = in yoga; yujyate = becomes established; na = not; atra = here; samsayah: = doubt.

Text in English:

He who knows in truth this glory and power of Mine is endowed with unfaltering yoga; of this there is no doubt.

COMMENTARY BY SRIMAT SWAMI  CHIDBHAVANANDA:

Electricity manifests itself in various forms in instruments suited to those forms. In whatever form this energy expresses itself, the power is the same. This is a specimen of the primordial power of the Lord evolving itself into the glorious varieties of the sentient and the insentient, abounding in Nature. The discerning man knows that whatever he senses, is the power and glory of Iswara. He cannot, therefore, be any more separate from Iswara than he can be separate from earth. His yoga with God is thereby made unfaltering.

SRI RAMAKRISHNA AS QUOTED BY SRIMAT SWAMI CHIDBHAVANANDA:

A lamp cannot burn without oil. Even so, man cannot be bereft of God.

COMMENTARY BY DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN:

vibhooti: glory. The knower will be aware of his unity with the Divine and participate in the work of the world which is a manifestation of the Divine. The knowledge of the determinate Brahman is the way to the knowledge of the indeterminate Brahman.

COMMENTARY BY SRIMAT SWAMI SIVANANDA:

Knowledge of the glory of the Lord is really conducive to Yoga. He who knows in essence the immanent pervading power of the Lord by which He causes the manifestations, and His diverse manifestations (Vibhutis) unite with Him in firm unalterable Yoga and attains eternal bliss and perfect harmony. From the ant to the Creator there is nothing except the Lord. He who knows in reality this extensive manifestation of the Lord and His Yoga (Yoga here stands for what is born of Yoga, viz., infinite Yogic powers as well as omniscience), is endowed with firm unwavering yoga. He lives in the Eternal and endowed with the highest knowledge of the Self. He who has realised this Truth is free from the superiority and inferiority complexes. There is real awakening of wisdom in him. He will behold the Lord in all beings and all beings in the Lord. He will never hate any creature on this earth. This is rare living cosmic experience. The Yogi realises the supreme goal and is absorbed in Him through his whole-hearted devotion. He is perfectly aware of his oneness with the Supreme by My divine Yoga.

He can keep his balance of mind now in whatever environments and circumstances he is placed and can do any action without losing his consciousness of oneness or identity with the Supreme Self. (Cf. VII.25; IX.5; XI.8)

What is that unshaken Yoga with which they are endowed?

The answer comes in the following verse.