Bhagwad Gita - Post 107

Verse 1

Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:

 Idam tu te guhyatamam

Pravakshyaamyanasooyave;

Jnaanam vijnaanasahitam

Yajjnaatwaa mokshyase’shubhaat.

The Blessed Lord said:

I shall now declare to thee who does not cavil, the greatest secret, the knowledge combined with experience (Self-realization). Having known this, thou shalt be free from evil.

Sri Krishna says, 

This is the secret of secrets that I am going to tell you.” Pravakṣyāmy anasūyave: “Because you are highly devoted to Me and you are not prejudiced against anything, I shall tell you this secret of secrets.” Jñānaṁ vijñānasahitaṁ yaj jñātvā mokṣyase’śubhāt. 

The reference to jnana and vijnana was also made in the Seventh Chapter. Now once again it is repeated: “I shall tell you everything regarding jnana and vijnana—that is, knowledge as well as spiritual experience. Or it can also mean the knowledge of everything connected with this world and the knowledge of the eternal realities. I shall describe to you what these are.”

Verse 4

Mayaa tatamidam sarvam

Jagadavyaktamoortinaa;

Matsthaani sarvabhootaani

Na chaaham teshvavasthitah.

All this world is pervaded by Me in My unmanifest aspect; all beings exist in Me, but I do not dwell in them.

Sri Krishna reveals through this verse, thus:-

 

Invisibly, un-understandably, as it were, I am pervading all things. There is no place, no nook or cranny or corner, where I am not. 

I am present in all things. Everything is pervaded by Me. There is no location where I am not. You cannot hide anything from Me.”

Mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyaktamūrtinā, matsthāni sarvabhūtāni: “All things are located in Me.” This is also a repetition of something that is said in the Seventh Chapter. 

Matsthāni sarvabhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣvavasthitaḥ: “I am not in them.” 

Verse 5

Na cha matsthaani bhootaani

Pashya me yogamaishwaram;

Bhootabhrinna cha bhootastho

Mamaatmaa bhootabhaavanah.

Nor do beings exist in Me (in reality): behold My divine Yoga, supporting all beings, but not dwelling in them, is My Self, the efficient cause of beings.

All particulars are in the Universal; the Universal is not in the particulars. The waves are in the ocean; the ocean is not in the waves. We can draw a similar analogy when the Lord says, “I am in everything, but things are not in Me.” 

This was explained in detail through a talk posted to a group recently, as this revelation was too much to be absorbed as such. I am in everything- This revelation was easy to comprehend but , “ Things are not in me” was too much to understand and absorb, as it appears contradictory to the revelation. “ I am in everything”.

Existence-Consciousness-Bliss, or sat-chit-ananda svarupa, is present in every name and form, but name and form are not in sat-chit-ananda. God is in the world, but the world is not in God. 

This is the reason why the Lord says, “Everything is in Me, but I am not in them. I remain transcendent though, at the same time, I am immanent in all things.”

Na ca matsthāni- The previous statement , “matsthāni sarvabhūtāni”, I am in everything’  is contradicted. “Things are also not in Me, for another reason altogether.” 

Paśya me yogam aiśvaram: “Look at My glory; see My majesty.” “Look at Me,” the Almighty says. “How wonderful is this majesty of My abode where I am everywhere. Everything is in Me, and yet nothing is in Me.”

Love.