Divine Grace

This Self cannot be attained by teaching, nor by intellect, nor by much learning. It is attained only by the one whom it chooses; to such a one this Self reveals its own form.

नायमात्मा प्रवचनेन लभ्यो न मेधया न बहुना श्रुतेन । यमेवैष वृणुते तेन लभ्य- स्तस्यैष आत्मा विवृणुते तनूं स्वाम् ॥ ३॥

Wherever there is Krishna, the Lord of yoga, and wherever there is Partha, the archer, there will surely be fortune, victory, prosperity, and sound morality — this is my conviction.

यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः | तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम ||१८-७८||

Arjuna said: My delusion is destroyed and I have regained my memory through your grace, Achyuta. I stand firm, my doubts gone; I will do your word.

अर्जुन उवाच | नष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाच्युत | स्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देहः करिष्ये वचनं तव ||१८-७३||

Abandoning all duties, come to me alone for refuge. I shall free you from all sins; do not grieve.

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज | अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः ||१८-६६||

Subtler than the subtle, greater than the great, the Self is set in the cave of the heart of this creature. One who is without craving sees it, freed from sorrow, and, by the grace of the Ordainer, beholds the greatness of the Self.

अणोरणीयान्महतो महीया- नात्माऽस्य जन्तोर्निहितो गुहायाम् । तमक्रतुः पश्यति वीतशोको धातुप्रसादान्महिमानमात्मनः ॥ २०॥

Go to him alone for refuge with your whole being, Bharata. By his grace you will attain supreme peace and the eternal abode.

तमेव शरणं गच्छ सर्वभावेन भारत | तत्प्रसादात्परां शान्तिं स्थानं प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतम् ||१८-६२||

With your mind fixed on me, you will pass over all difficulties by my grace; but if from egotism you will not listen, you will perish.

मच्चित्तः सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि | अथ चेत्त्वमहंकारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि ||१८-५८||

Though always performing all actions, taking refuge in me, he attains by my grace the eternal, imperishable state.

सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः | मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम् ||१८-५६||

for those whose minds are absorbed in me, I soon become the deliverer from the ocean of death and rebirth, Partha.

तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात् | भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् ||१२-७||

But by undivided devotion, Arjuna, I can be known and truly seen in this form, and entered into, scorcher of foes.

भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन | ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप ||११-५४||

By the power of austerity and by the grace of God, Śvetāśvatara, having known Brahman, declared it — the supremely holy, cherished by the company of seers — to those who had passed beyond the stages of life.

तपःप्रभावाद् देवप्रसादाच्च ब्रह्म ह श्वेताश्वतरोऽथ विद्वान् । अत्याश्रमिभ्यः परमं पवित्रं प्रोवाच सम्यगृषिसङ्घजुष्टम् ॥ २१॥

This Self is not attained by teaching, nor by intellect, nor by much learning. It is attained only by the one whom it chooses; to him this Self reveals its own form.

नायमात्मा प्रवचनेन लभ्यो न मेधया न बहुना श्रुतेन । यमेवैष वृणुते तेन लभ्यः तस्यैष आत्मा विवृणुते तनूꣳ स्वाम् ॥ २३॥

Not through the Vedas, nor by austerity, nor by gifts, nor by sacrifice can I be seen in the form in which you have seen me.

नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया | शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा ||११-५३||

But you cannot see me with your own eye; I give you a divine eye — behold my lordly yoga.

न तु मां शक्यसे द्रष्टुमनेनैव स्वचक्षुषा | दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ||११-८||

Out of compassion for them, dwelling within their hearts, I destroy the darkness born of ignorance with the shining lamp of knowledge.

तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः | नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता ||१०-११||

To those who are ever steadfast and worship me with love, I give the yoga of understanding by which they come to me.

तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम् | ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते ||१०-१०||

He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. Know for certain, son of Kunti, that no devotee of mine is ever lost.

क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति | कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति ||९-३१||

But for those who worship me, thinking of nothing else, ever devoted — for those who are constantly steadfast, I secure what they lack and preserve what they have.

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते | तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ||९-२२||

For this divine māyā of mine, made of the guṇas, is hard to overcome. But those who take refuge in me alone cross beyond this māyā.

दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया | मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते ||७-१४||