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The Teachings of the Bhagavadgita - 9.7. Swami Krishnananda.

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  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, July 04, 2021. 9:24. PM.  Chapter 9 : The Majesty of God-Consciousness - 7. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What did Arjuna see?  Well, when we say 'saw' or 'see', we should understand that it is not 'seeing' with these two eyes, because it is already mentioned that the two eyes of man, the mortal eyes, cannot behold the Immortal. He saw a miracle.  These sentences we are using are inadequate to the purpose; we are using fragile words of mortal language for describing the characteristics of Immortal Existence. Like a frog in the well describing the ocean ā€“ this is how we are describing the Almighty. Whatever be our description, it falls short, badly, from that Mighty, Super-Nature. It is impossible to describe the meaning of the eleventh chapter. It just stands unparalleled in poetic excellence, and an exuberance ...