THE HOLY GITA --CHAPTER 10, VERSE 10, VIBHUTI YOGA OR THE YOGA OF DIVINE MANIFSTATIONS

THE HOLY GITA

CHAPTER NUMBER 10

VIBHUTI YOGA OR THE YOGA OF DIVINE MANIFESTATIONS:

VERSE NUMBER 10

Text in Transliteration:

teshaam satatayuktaanaam bhajataam preetipoorvakam

dadaami budhiyogam tam yena maam upayaanti te

Sanskrit words and phrases and their meaning:

Teshaam = to them; satata yuktanaam = ever steadfast; bhajataam = (of the) worshipping; preeti poorvakam = with love; dadaami = (I) give; buddhi yogam = yoga of discrimination; tam = that; yena = by which; maam = to me; upayaanti = come; te = they;

Text in English:

To them, ever devout, worshipping Me with Love, I give the yoga of discrimination by which they come to Me.

COMMENTARY BY SRIMAT SWAMI CHIDBHAVANANDA:

On trial sugar is found to taste sweet. Thought is then bestowed to make varieties of sweetmeats with it. This is the buddhi yoga pertaining to sugar. The glory of God begins to dawn in the mind of the sadhaka who devoutly and persistently practises yoga. This initial experience gives impetus for further pursuit of yoga, leading to greater cognition of God’s glory. This is the buddhi yoga endowed with which the sadhaka or practitioner gets to know more and yet more of the sweet sublimity of the lord and be ardently drawn to Him. Devotion does this way wax with bhddhi yoga.

SRI  RAMAKRISHNA AS QUOTED BY SRIMAT SWAMI CHIDBHAVANANDA:

 A man confined within a dark room contacts a ray of light coming in through a tiny aperture. He gathers knowledge of light to that extent. But as the aperture increases in size his conception of light widens. A man in the broad day light has his own view of light. Similar to this, God reveals Himself in varying degrees and aspects according to the nature and attainments of His devotees.

COMMENTARY BY DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN:

buddhiyoga: the devotion of mind by which the disciple gains the wisdom which sees the One in all the forms which change and pass.

COMMENTARY BY SRIMAT SWAMI SIVANANDA:

The devotees who have dedicated themselves to the Lord, who are ever harmonious and self-abiding, who are ever devout and who adore Him with intense love (not for attaining any selfish purpose), obtain the divine grace. The Lord gives them wisdom or the Yoga of discrimination or understanding by which they attain the knowledge of the Self. The Lord bestows on these devotees who have fixed their thoughts on Him alone, “devotion of right knowledge” (Buddhi Yoga) by which they know Him in essence. They know through the eye of intuition in deep meditation the Supreme Lord, the one in all, the Self of all, as their own Self, destitute of all limitations. Buddhi here is the inner eye of intuition by which the magnificent experience of oneness is had. Buddhi Yoga is Jnana Yoga. (Cf. IV.39: XII.6 and 7)

Why does the Lord impart this Yoga of Knowledge to His devotees? What obstacles does the Buddhi Yoga remove on the path of the aspirant or devotee? The Lord gives the answer in the following verse.