Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokam - 46.

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Swami Udit Chaithanya 

Hanta Bhagyam Bhaktanaam Thiruvananthapuram - Ambalamukku - Perurkkada Sri Krishna Swami Temple Bhagavatha Sapthaham Dhanyam. 

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Monday, October 17, 2022. 09:30. 
Chapter-18.  Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.

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Very important slokam.
Read carefully and  understand  well.

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Slokam : 46.

"yatah pravrttirbhutanam   yena   sarvamidam   tatam,

svakarmana   tamabhyarcya    siddhim    vindati   manavah."

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Translation-1.

Slokam-46.  By worship of the Lord, who is the source of all beings and who is all-pervading, man can, in the performance of his own duty, attain perfection.)

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Translation - 2.

yatah  bhutanam   =   from  whom  all  living  and  non-living  things;

pravrtti   ( bhavati )   =   take  birth  /  manifest;

yena   idam   sarvam   tatam   =   who  in  this  world  is  fully  pervaded;

tam   manavah   =   Him  (  the  Parmatma  )  man;;  

svakarmana   abhyarcya   =   devote  with  his  sva-karma-s  (  own  duties  ),

siddhim    vindati   =   achieves  perfection.

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Commentary :

It is natural that those spiritually intelligent human beings who worship the source of their very existence, Lord Krishna who is the root, the foundation from whence all creation originates and by whom all existence is pervaded will certainly receive His grace and achieve the perfection of self-realisation. 

The Supreme Lord's position has already been established in chapter 7, slokam 6 and 7 where Lord Krishna confirms : -

He alone is the origin of all as well as the demise of all. There is nothing superior to Lord Krishna for all creation depends upon Him.

In chapter 9,slokam 4 He states : -In an unperceivable manner He pervades all existence yet everything is in Him but He is not in it. 

In chapter 9, slokam 10 He states: - 

That His external energy manifests all moving and stationary jivas or embodied beings according to His direction 

and in chapter 10, slokam 8 He reveals :- 

That every aspect of creation, maintenance and existence as well as the Vedic scriptures has Him alone as the sole source. 

Such examples are unique to Lord Krishna exclusively and unprecedented.

The perfection of self-realisation is only obtained in perfection from worshipping the Supreme Lord and offering everything one possesses to Him. 

This can be also done by following one's natural duties without deviation as ordained in Vedic scriptures. 

All jivas or embodied beings manifested from Lord Krishna who is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent and who created, maintains and sustains everything in all creation which is all permeated solely by Him.

The method described is that by worshipping the Supreme Lord Krishna or any of His authorised avatars or incarnations and expansions as revealed in Vedic scriptures is through the medium of one's own prescribed duty while knowing that from Him proceeds the activities of all jivas or embodied beings and by whom all existence is created and permeated one has achieved perfection in their life.

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To be continued  ....

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