CHAPTER 15
THE YOGA OF THE SUPREME SPIRIT
Verse 1
The Blessed Lord said:
They (the wise) speak of the indestructible peepul tree, having
its root above and branches below, whose leaves are the metres or hymns; he who
knows it is a knower of the Vedas.
Verse 2
Below and above spread its branches, nourished by the Gunas;
sense-objects are its buds; and below in the world of men stretch forth the
roots, originating action.
Verse 3
Its form is not perceived here as such, neither its end nor its
origin, nor its foundation nor resting place; having cut asunder this
firmly-rooted peepul tree with the strong axe of non-attachment.
Verse 4
Then that goal should be sought after, whither having gone none
returns again. Seek refuge in that Primeval Purusha whence streamed forth the
ancient activity or energy.
Verse 5
Free from pride and delusion, victorious over the evil of
attachment, dwelling constantly in the Self, their desires having completely
turned away, freed from the pairs of opposites known as pleasure and pain, the
undeluded reach the eternal goal.
Verse 6
Neither doth the sun illumine there, nor the moon, nor the fire;
having gone thither they return not; that is My Supreme Abode.
Verse 7
An
eternal portion of Myself having become a living soul in the world of life,
draws to (itself) the (five) senses with the mind for the sixth, abiding in
Nature.
Verse 8
When the Lord obtains a body and when He leaves it, He takes these
and goes (with them) as the wind takes the scents from their seats (flowers,
etc.).
Verse 9
Presiding
over the ear, the eye, touch, taste and smell, as well as the mind, he enjoys
the objects of the senses.
Verse 10
The deluded do not see Him who departs, stays and enjoys; but they
who possess the eye of knowledge behold Him.
To be continued...
Love.
