Verse
14
Satatam
keertayanto maam
Yatantashcha
dridhavrataah;
Namasyantashcha
maam
Bhaktyaa
nityayuktaa upaasate.
Always glorifying Me,
striving, firm in vows, prostrating before Me, they worship Me with devotion,
ever steadfast.
The
qualities of the Mahatmas or great souls are perceived in the different ways
they offer worship to the Supreme Lord as being stated by Lord Krishna in this
verse and the next. The word satatam
meaning always is noteworthy for it applies to all the
activities.
They
dance and sing and are in a state of ecstasy due to communion with My great,
glorious spirit. They always sing about My greatness and glory and speak of Me
wherever they go. In the streets, in the marketplace, in the house, in satsangas,
in family circles—everywhere they talk of Me.”
Always
praising, glorifying and worshipping the Supreme Lord by devotional hymns and
sacred syllables are the ways of some Mahatmas, as described in this verse.
Such
devotees of Lord sing the glory of Lord with choked up voices and tear-filled
eyes from ecstatic feelings of joy and love due to meditating upon His form and
attributes within their hearts.
An
example is Saint Tukaram, who had no other thought wherever he went. Whether it
is in a shop, in a marketplace, in a house or in a satsanga hall,
it is one continuous, ecstatic thought which compels them to glorify God
wherever they go, and, perpetually striving to come nearer and nearer to Me, so
that they become one with Me.”
Namasyantaś ca: Always prostrating
themselves in temples, in holy tirthas, near holy trees and to holy
saints and sages. Wherever there is a pre-eminence of the manifestation of
divinity in this world, to that place and to that thing they resort and offer
themselves through deep prostration.
The
purpose of life for the Mahatmas is to attain the Supreme Lord as their only
goal and they bow down to Him always again and again upon the ground in temples
and in courtyards, falling down outstretched like sticks with the eight parts
of their body being the head, the two hands, the two feet, their heart, their
intellect and their ego.
The
greater they are, the smaller they look; and they do not seem to exist at all
in their personality because of their not being in one place as egos.
They
pervade all places as veritable representations of God’s glory in this
world.
They
are called gods moving in the world, great souls veritably representing God.
Love.
