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The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear
Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall
impart to you this most confidential knowledge and
realization, knowing which you shall be relieved of the
miseries of material existence.
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This knowledge is the king of education, the most
secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and
because it gives direct perception of the self by
realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is
everlasting, and it is joyfully performed.
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Those who are not faithful in this devotional service
cannot attain Me, O conqueror of enemies. Therefore
they return to the path of birth and death in this
material world.
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By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe
is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.
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And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me.
Behold My mystic opulence! Although I am the
maintainer of all living entities and although I am
everywhere, I am not a part of this cosmic
manifestation, for My Self is the very source of
creation.
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Understand that as the mighty wind, blowing
everywhere, rests always in the sky, all created beings
rest in Me.
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O son of Kunti, at the end of the millennium all
material manifestations enter into My nature, and at
the beginning of another millennium, by My potency, I
create them again.
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The whole cosmic order is under Me. Under My will it
is automatically manifested again and again, and
under My will it is annihilated at the end.
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O Dhananjaya, all this work cannot bind Me. I am ever
detached from all these material activities, seated as
though neutral.
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This material nature, which is one of My energies, is
working under My direction, O son of Kunti, producing
all moving and nonmoving beings. Under its rule this
manifestation is created and annihilated again and
again.
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Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form.
They do not know My transcendental nature as the
Supreme Lord of all that be.
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Those who are thus bewildered are attracted by
demonic and atheistic views. In that deluded
condition, their hopes for liberation, their fruitive
activities, and their culture of knowledge are all
defeated.
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O son of Prtha, those who are not deluded, the great
souls, are under the protection of the divine nature.
They are fully engaged in devotional service because
they know Me as the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, original and inexhaustible.
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Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great
determination, bowing down before Me, these great
souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.
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Others, who engage in sacrifice by the cultivation of
knowledge, worship the Supreme Lord as the one
without a second, as diverse in many, and in the
universal form.
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But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering
to the ancestors, the healing herb, the transcendental
chant. I am the butter and the fire and the offering.
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I am the father of this universe, the mother, the
support and the grandsire. I am the object of
knowledge, the purifier and the syllable om. I am also
the Rg, the Sama and the Yajur Vedas.
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I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness,
the abode, the refuge, and the most dear friend. I am
the creation and the annihilation, the basis of
everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.
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O Arjuna, I give heat, and I withhold and send forth the
rain. I am immortality, and I am also death
personified. Both spirit and matter are in Me.
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Those who study the Vedas and drink the soma juice,
seeking the heavenly planets, worship Me indirectly.
Purified of sinful reactions, they take birth on the
pious, heavenly planet of Indra, where they enjoy godly
delights.
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When they have thus enjoyed vast heavenly sense
pleasure and the results of their pious activities are
exhausted, they return to this mortal planet again.
Thus those who seek sense enjoyment by adhering to
the principles of the three Vedas achieve only
repeated birth and death.
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But those who always worship Me with exclusive
devotion, meditating on My transcendental form -- to
them I carry what they lack, and I preserve what they
have.
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Those who are devotees of other gods and who
worship them with faith actually worship only Me, O
son of Kunti, but they do so in a wrong way.
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I am the only enjoyer and master of all sacrifices.
Therefore, those who do not recognize My true
transcendental nature fall down.
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Those who worship the demigods will take birth
among the demigods; those who worship the
ancestors go to the ancestors; those who worship
ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings;
and those who worship Me will live with Me.
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If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a
flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.
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Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer
or give away, and whatever austerities you perform --
do that, O son of Kunti, as an offering to Me.
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In this way you will be freed from bondage to work
and its auspicious and inauspicious results. With your
mind fixed on Me in this principle of renunciation, you
will be liberated and come to Me.
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I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to
all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is
a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him.
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Even if one commits the most abominable action, if
he is engaged in devotional service he is to be
considered saintly because he is properly situated in
his determination.
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He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting
peace. O son of Kunti, declare it boldly that My
devotee never perishes.
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O son of Prtha, those who take shelter in Me, though
they be of lower birth -- women, vaishyas [merchants]
and sudras [workers] -- can attain the supreme
destination.
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How much more this is so of the righteous
brahmanas, the devotees and the saintly kings.
Therefore, having come to this temporary, miserable
world, engage in loving service unto Me.
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Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become
My devotee, offer obeisances to Me and worship Me.
Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to me.
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