Bhagwad Gita - Post 119

Verse 4

Buddhir jnaanamasammohah

Kshamaa satyam damah shamah;

Sukham duhkham bhavo’bhaavo

Bhayam chaabhayameva cha.

Intellect, wisdom, non-delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, calmness, happiness, pain, birth or existence, death or non-existence, fear and also fearlessness,

Verse 5 

Ahimsaa samataa tushtistapo

Daanam yasho’yashah;

Bhavanti bhaavaa bhootaanaam

Matta eva prithagvidhaah.

Non-injury, equanimity, contentment, austerity, fame, beneficence, ill-fame—(these)different kinds of qualities of beings arise from Me alone.

Verse 6

Maharshayah sapta poorve

Chatwaaro manavastathaa;

Madbhaavaa maanasaa jaataa

Yeshaam loka imaah prajaah.

The seven great sages, the ancient four and also the Manus, possessed of powers like Me (on account of their minds being fixed on Me), were born of (My) mind; from them are these creatures born in this world.

Dear All,

Before proceeding with the commentary on the above verses  and in fact for all the verses of this chapter, it is worthwhile to refresh ourselves with the following extract taken from a previous theme post.

Three questions were put forth by the author on behalf of the readers / aspirants, in  a post under "Creation of the Universe” theme. 

1.    What is the God existence to be realized by a Jiva as culmination of Sadhana?

2.  Does God exist in universe after creating universe??

3.  What is God consciousness or Brahman actually???

In the above questions, the second question is most relevant, as this chapter is all about God existing in each and every aspect created by Him / That.

And, the answer was given, which in itself is the essence of vedanta.

"The Isavasya Upanishad says that the whole Universe is pervaded by Iswara or God, who is both within and without it. He is the moving and the unmoving, He is far and near, He is within all these and without all these."

Now, let us devote time in reading and then absorbing the same in early morning hours, in total silence, with pure mind, on one portion of the above expression "WITHIN"!!

Author is recapitulating the following part from a post under the theme "Creation of Universe".

"Suppose there is a big boulder, a stone. You see the stone; it

is very hard and heavy, and you can touch it as a solid object. 

Bring a sufficiently powerful microscope and look at this stone. You will find that the stone is a heap of very minute, fly-like, insect-like entities called molecules. It is a heap of certain things, and not one solid object.

Bring another, more powerful microscope, more powerful than the earlier one. Even the molecules will not be seen there. There will be still finer elements looking like almost non-cognizable particles which are called atoms.

Bring a still more powerful microscope. You will find that even these little particles melt into a continuum of energy, or force, which impinges on the energy center which are other atoms. It looks as if there is one sea of force everywhere, an indistinguishable continuum.

What has happened to the stone?

Can you say that this sea of force, these atoms, one day thought: “Let us become a stone”? 

If the atoms have really become the stone, they will not be there for you to see through the microscope. 

These so-called ‘things’ – molecules, atoms, energy centre  etc. – never became the stone. They were never transformed into the stone. They did not create the stone. They exist and have always existed in the same condition as they were when you perceived them through a powerful perception.”

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Dear All, 

What do we learn from the above profound revelation??

If we take the STONE referred in the above answer as equal to each and every living and non-living part created in this creation, then God is present as the “CONTINUUM OF ENERGY” explained in the above answer.

A Jivanmukhta is the one who realizes and experiences intuitively the “CONTINUUM OF ENERGY” within him and in this entire creation which is THE ATMAN. 

With this grand revelation, we will understand that in this entire chapter, Krishna means “the presence of continuum of energy” or “the SELF”  in each and everything mentioned in various verses . 

Love.