by Sri Bmal Mohanty
VOL No.9
 March 2001

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However there appears one single place in the whole of Bhagavad Gita, where a particular and simple instruction has been repeated twice verbatim without mincing any words.

Why is it so? Surely The Learned Krishna – the reservoir of all knowledge - was himself not short of words of expression..

Whether that itself is significant or not we need not go into too much. But one thing that should appear significant is that He chose to repeat it for us. The words are simple but of great import. Is there a good piece of advice which He wants the mankind to follow and that can be followed easily?

In the earlier part of The Gita, in chapter nine dealing with Rajavidya Rajaguhya yoga , Lord Krishna suggests to Arjuna –
Manmanah bhava madbhaktah madyaji mam namaskuru – mam eva esyasi

Let your mind, your devotion, entire offering of your life merge in me, harmonise with me. Then you will get me. In other words lose yourself completely in me.

Simple as it may sound. It is a powerful adhyatmic practice towards controlling one’s actions in life. Once you have voluntarily accepted the Divine to be in charge, you can not bring yourself to perform any demeaning task. Once the reins of the chariot are in the hands of Sri Krishna the chariot will only go where he wants it to go. If Arjuna ever pleads to make the chariot run away abandoning his duty, there is no way the divine shall oblige him.

For simple people of the world, with the level of spiritual consciousness at a minimal level, this is not only good advice but quite possible to practice.

Lest we forget, The Lord repeats these very words again – only time in The Bhagavad Gita – towards the very end of the last chapter - in the Mokshya Sanyasa Yoga and as a parting reminder.

Manmanah bhava madbhaktah madyaji mam namaskuru – mam eva esyasi



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