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Bhagavad Gita 10.7

By Bhagavan Sri Krishna | Published 08/22/2005
Category: The Gita: Chapter 10
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Text 7 

etam vibhutim yogam ca
mama yo vetti tattvatah
so ’vikalpena yogena
yujyate natra samsayah

Translation

One who is factually convinced of this opulence and mystic power of Mine engages in unalloyed devotional service; of this there is no doubt.

Commentary by Srila Prabhupada 

The highest summit of spiritual perfection is knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Unless one is firmly convinced of the different opulences of the Supreme Lord, he cannot engage in devotional service. Generally people know that God is great, but they do not know in detail how God is great. Here are the details. If one knows factually how God is great, then naturally he becomes a surrendered soul and engages himself in the devotional service of the Lord. When one factually knows the opulences of the Supreme, there is no alternative but to surrender to Him. This factual knowledge can be known from the descriptions in Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita and similar literatures. 

In the administration of this universe there are many demigods distributed throughout the planetary system, and the chief of them are Brahma, Lord Shiva and the four great Kumaras and the other patriarchs. There are many forefathers of the population of the universe, and all of them are born of the Supreme Lord, Krishna. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is the original forefather of all forefathers. 

These are some of the opulences of the Supreme Lord. When one is firmly convinced of them, he accepts Krishna with great faith and without any doubt, and he engages in devotional service. All this particular knowledge is required in order to increase one’s interest in the loving devotional service of the Lord. One should not neglect to understand fully how great Krishna is, for by knowing the greatness of Krishna one will be able to be fixed in sincere devotional service.

Commentary by Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur

But according to my own statement bhaktyaham ekaya grahyah: I am obtained only by pure bhakti. (SB 11.14.21) Only my ananya bhakta, receiving firm faith in my words by my mercy, knows the truth about me. That is stated in this verse.

He who knows the vibhutis of which I am speaking in summary and bhakti yoga (etam vibhutim yogam ca); who then becomes endowed with even stronger faith, thinking "This alone is the highest truth (tattvatah), because my master Krishna has said so," becomes endowed with unwavering (avikalpena) bhakti yoga in the form of knowledge of my true nature (yogena). There is no doubt about this.


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