THE HOLY GITA
CHAPTER NUMBER 07
JANANA VIJNANA YOGA OR THE YOGA OF KNOWLEDGE AND REALIZATION:
VERSE NUMBER 22
Text in Transliteration:
sa tayaa sraddhayaa yuktas tasyaa ‘raadhanam rhate
labhate cha tatah kaamaan mayai ‘va vihitaan hi taan
Text in English:
Endowed with that faith, he engages in the worship of that form, and from it he obtains his desire, which are being actually ordained by Me.
COMMENTARY BY SWAMI SIDBHAVANANDA:
The river, the well, the lake, the spring –these are the sources from which water can be availed of; but the grand source for all of these is the rain, without which all these come to nought. Similar to this is the grace of the Lord which gives the start, sustenance and support to all beings. All the needs of all the beings come from the same Cosmic Source. But the men of mediocre understanding take it that help comes to them from the gods they worship.
SRI RAMAKRISHNA AS QUOTED BY SWAMI SIDBHAVANANDA:
Water seems to be flowing out from the mouths of cows, tigers and lions attached to the drain pipes from the roof of the house. But all these waters have actually come from the heavens in the form of rain. Similarly the words uttered by the holy ones are very often the inspiration come from Iswara.
COMMENTARY BY DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN:
All forms are forms of the One Supreme; their worship is the worship of the Supreme; the giver of all rewards is the Supreme. Sridhara
COMMENTARY BY SWAMI SIVANANDA:
The last two words Hi and Tan are taken as one word, Hitan meaning ‘benefits’ this is another interpretation. The devotee who worships the lesser gods attain the objects of his desire (minor psychic powers, etc.) those objects are ordained by the Lord only as He alone knows exactly the relation between the actions and their results or rewards and as He is the Inner Ruler of all beings. Unwise or undiscriminating people only take recourse to the means of getting these finite rewards which can hardly give entire satisfaction. Pitiable indeed is their lot! They have no power of inquiry (Vichara-Sakti) or right understanding. They get hold of pieces of glass instead of attaining the jewel of the Self, of incalculable value.
Comments by the blogger:
The Universe came from the Lord. Nature also came from the Lord. This Earth came from the Lord. Nature works to set rules. The rules were set by the Lord. The nature is a school for the imperfect people. Imperfect people mean those who have not realized their Soul.
If we strive for anything, it is the Nature or prkrity which makes that striving success or failure according as our power of continuous striving. If we strive continuously and earnestly for something, we get it. Nature or prakrity gives that. This is so if we belive in God or small psychic forces.
Even the agnostic Gautama the Buddha was able to attain salvation.
The fact of the matter is even the totally unbeliever in the existence of God who call him/herself as a rationalist can strive studiously and attain success in any matter he sets his heart to.
What does that mean?
The God says that even if a man worship any other form than Him but with faith, the Lord sees to it that he gets his fruit of that striving.
Here God claims merit for what Nature does!
Why and how?
It is very simple, actually. Nature or prakriti was created by the Lord. The entire Universe was created by his power of Maya or illusion. So God lays claim for what His prakriti does.
We have seen repeatedly that evolution of species had started well before the single cell animal came around. Indeed Big Bang itself was part of the action prakriti did by way of the evolutionary process.
The Prachna Upanishad says, when God wanted to create this world, He meditated. Out of His meditation were born the sky or Ether and Prana (Power). Then the Lord believed that these two would get Him the world created. The Tamil Writer (late) Sujatha says that if an atom is magnified to the level of a circus shed, the proton, neutron and other particles’ size is as small as that of a mustard seed! The rest of the place in the circus tent is ether or sky only! Thus matter is formed by the Sky and the Pranan or Power. Swami Vivekananda says that that out of the sky or ether come other elements like, water, fire, etc. The personality of the atom is the personality of Man. What is in the Universe (five elements) are there in us. The educated people would say the preponderating material in our body is water. Water is made of hydrogen and oxygen. The atom of these things also are like the atom of the bone or various parts, inner and outer, of our body. So the ether is the preponderating nature of our bodies! When it is joined up with the pranan, we get power of speech and moving!
So the entire Univers was created by the Lord from out of the sky.
The Lord of Gita says elsewhere the prakriti is in Him and He is no in it.
God formed the prakriti. And we are endowed with endless actions. It is prakriti which gives kooli or wages for our striving.
But in verse 22 the Lord says that the worshippers of other forms also get their fruits out of Him and His grace. Since the prakriti itself was created by Him, He can meritoriously lay claim to the fruits enjoyed by the worshippers of other forms
This is how the Rationalists also get the fruits for their striving. A lyricist who does not have faith in and vociferously deny God is able to write fine lyrics. How? Because, it is the look out of the prakriti or Nature to join fruits with the striving.
If we directly pray to the lord to Lord our fruits come from the prakriti but we go to our Lord after our sojourn on earth is ended at some point of time. Then we would realise how fortunate we were to worship the Lord alone instead of other forms. For their number of rebirths are legion.
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