When one perceives the whole diversity of beings as rooted in one single ground, and their expansion emerging from that alone — at that moment one attains Brahman.
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The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.
- Author
- Krishna
- Tradition
- Hindu
- Source text
- Bhagavad Gita
- Chapter
- Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13
- Verse / page
- BG.13.31
- Topics
- EnlightenmentGod-RealisationOneness
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It is not inwardly conscious, not outwardly conscious, not conscious in both directions, not a dense mass of consciousness, not conscious, not unconscious. It is unseen, beyond transaction, beyond grasp, beyond inference, unthinkable, indescribable — its very essence is the certainty of the one Self, the cessation of all appearance, peaceful, auspicious, non-dual. This is what is considered the fourth. This is the Atman. This is to be known.
Our mind becomes enlightened in such a way that we start seeing the image of God in every person. This makes us realize that no one is our enemy or stranger.
The Lord has served "Divine knowledge" through His compassion, and the Lord, in the form of the soul, is ringing celestial music in every person's heart. So, look for the Lord in every person's heart.
God starts to enlighten the soul with His divine light, marking the beginning of a perfect union after the third night has passed, making it less dark.
He warns that love only comes through humility and sorrow. He questions the magic garden, but it has no answers. Ultimately, he realizes that true love isn't just words, and he asks the Cup-bearer to silence the idle talk with the wisdom of divine knowledge.