THE HOLY GITA
CHAPTER NUMBER 10
VIBHUTI YOGA OR THE YOGA OF DIVINE MANIFESTATIONS:
VERSE NUMBER 09
Text in Transliteration:
macchittaa madgatapraanaa bodhayantah: parasparam
kathayantas cha maam nityam tushyanti cha ramanti cha
Sanskrit words and phrases and their meaning:
Macchittaah: = with their minds wholly in me; madgata praanaah: = with their life obsorbed in me; bodhayantah: = enlightening; parasparam = mutually; kathayantah: = speaking of; cha = and; maam = me; nityam = always; tushyanti = are satisfied; cha = and; cha = and; ramanti = (they) are delighted; cha = and.
Text in English:
With their minds fixed on Me, with their life absorbed in Me, enlightening each other and ever speaking of Me, they are contented and delighted.
COMMENTARY BY SRIMAT SWAMI CHIDBHAVANANDA:
The easiest of all acts for one is to fix one’s mind on what one likes most. The child that understands that its all in all are mother and father, gets spontaneously absorbed in the parents. The devotee who comes to know that the Lord is the source and stay of himself, naturally directs his mind on the Maker. An adult sacrifices his everything in the service of the parents. Nothing is dearer to one than life. The Bhakta devotes that life to the Lord. But it is not like the lovers doting on each other; for there is lustful selfishness in their act. The devotee, on the other hand, invites others to share the devotion with them. Temperamental differences are set aside in this holy act. The mentation of the Lord, made to him by the others is delightful. He devotedly recounts his understanding of the Lord to the others and eagerly receives their experiences and dissertations on the Lord. Repeated recount of His glories does not render them stale or repugnant. Rather they become increasingly absorbing. Divergent disposition do in this divine manner get commingled in God.
Holy communications create contentment and not the frustration which follows indulgence. Ethereal bliss is the fruit of all forms of Godly pursuits.
How does the Lord respond to these divergent devotional activities of the devotees? The assurance ensues in the next verse.
SRI RAMAKRISHNA AS QUOTED BY SRIMAT SWAMI CHIDBHAVANANDA:
No picture can be painted on a fresh glass. But if it be coated with the required chemicals, painting on it becomes possible and effective. Similarly if man’s heart were coated with the chemicals of devotion, the imprinting of the august presence of Iswara on it becomes easy.
COMMENTARY BY SRIMAT SWAMI SIVANANDA:
The characteristics of a devotee who has attained the realisation of oneness are described in this verse. The devotee constantly thinks of the Lord. His very life is absorbed in Him. He has consecrated his whole life to the Lord. According to another interpretation, all his senses (which function because of the prana), such as the eye are absorbed in Him. He takes immense delight in talking about Him, about His supreme wisdom, power, might and other attributes. He has completely dedicated himself to the Lord.
He feels intense satisfaction and is delighted as if he is in the company of his Beloved (God). The Purana says, “The sum total of the sensual pleasures of this world and also all the great pleasures of the divine regions (heavens) are not worth a sixteenth part of that bliss which proceeds from the eradication of desires and cravings”. (Cf. XII.8)
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