The Bhagavad-Gita is a secret Knowledge (yogashastra) that is full of symbolism, coded words, seed letters (Bijakshara) and only advanced yoga adepts can understand it. Here are a few verses of which the inner meaning is given here. Chap. VIII and Verse 10 tells us about the Lord's instructions to Arjuna that is actually meant for us, the mortals.The spiritual essence of the Gita is Moksha. Liberation or emancipation of the embodied soul. The very Gitopadesha is aimed at the union (yuj), or merger with the Lord (yuj- atma merged in paramatma). This is possible only with Devotion- pure unswerving and single-minded, and Knowledge (Jnyan- about atma and paramatma), and wisdom and renunciation (vairagya). Moksha is not possible without yoga! Yoga clears the path of moksha.
prayanakaale manasaa'chalena bhaktyaayukto yogabalena chaiva|
Bhruvormadhye praanamaaveshya samyak |
satam param purushamupaiti divyam ||
Actually, this verse is a secret that the Lord is revealing in order to see the jiva lives peacefully, happily, without any fear. Moksha or liberation is not after death. It is living happily peacefully now and here by knowing the true nature of the jiva. The mortals, as we are, do not know the meaning of life or the goal of life. We become totally subservient to our perverted intelligence, manovikara and living a senseless sensuous life (without understanding the nobility and divinity of human life).
Ch. VI verses 13-15; Ch.XII Verses 3-4; and Ch.8. Verse 8 reveal the method by which the jiva can fulfill all its desire and attain kaivalya. We will discuss these later.
Since Mind/manas makes the man/manav, the entire life is run by mind and moods /chitta that are ever-changing and putting the jiva at risk in every activity. Infact, the Beloved Lord says, give up all your desire and action and come /surrender to Me, sarva dharmaan parityjya maamekam sharanam vraja | and asks "not to think or resolve to do anything!" ( be a sarvarambha parityaagi). I like him who never desire or resolves for everything is 'My will')! Those who reach Him will be liberated and never come back to earth where every thing has to get destroyed at mahaprlaya;all that is born must die, hence called 'mrutyuloka'. He further assures- "maamupetya tu kounteya mokshayishyaami... punarjanma na vidyate || Having approached Me, reached Me, surrendered to Me, you shall be redeemed!
Since Gita is all about Mind (Arjuna) and Pure Consciousness (Krishna) the entire Text speaks about Mind control techniques and attainment of moksha.
We will deal with the various aspects of Mind with reference to Text later in these blogs
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