POWERFUL COGNITION
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Krsna explains who He is; that He is the all-devouring time.
अर्जुन उवाच ।
स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या जगत्प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च ।
रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्तिसर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः
॥ ११-३६॥
arjuna uvāca sthāne hṛṣīkeśa tava
prakīrtyā jagat prahṛṣy atyanurajyate ca
| rakṣāṁsi bhītāni diśo dravanti sarve
namasyanti ca siddhasaṅghāḥ
Arjuna says: O Hṛṣīkeśā, it is but right
that the world delights and rejoices in
Your praise. Rākṣasas fly in fear in all
directions and all hosts of sages bow
to You
POWERFUL COGNITION
Krsna extends everywhere and there is no place where He is not present
कस्माच्च ते न नमेरन्महात्मन्गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे ।
अनन्त देवेश जगन्निवासत्वमक्षरं सदसत्तत्परं यत्
॥ ११=३७॥
kasmācca te na nameran mahātman
garīyase brahmaṇo'pyādikartre |
ananta deveśa jagan-nivāsa tvam
akṣaraṁ sad-asat tat paraṁ yat
And why should they not bow to
Thee, O great soul, greater than all
else, the Creator of even Brahma the
Creator. O Lord of Lords, O infinite
Being, O Abode of the Universe,
You are the imperishable, that which
is beyond both seen and the unseen
POWERFUL COGNITION
Arjuna salutes Krsna as the source of all beings, the creator of Brahma, who in turn created Prajapati, from whom all beings originated
त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराण स्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम् ।
वेत्तासि वेद्यं च परं च धामत्वया ततं विश्वमनन्तरूप
॥ ११=३८॥
tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇas
tvamasya viśvasya paraṁ nidhānam |
vettāsi vedyaṁ ca paraṁ ca dhāma
tvayā tataṁ viśvam ananta rūpa
You are the primal God, the ancient
Being, the supreme refuge of the
universe. You are the knower and the
One to be known. You are the
supreme abode. O Being of infinite
forms, by You alone is the universe
pervaded
POWERFUL COGNITION
The universe is divided into many parts such as the sun, moon, earth, planets and other bodies in space. Here he sees all of them as one form.
वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च ।
नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वःपुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते
॥ ११=३९॥
vāyur yamo'gnir varuṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ
prajāpatis tvaṁ prapitāmahaś ca |
namo namaste'stu sahasrakṛtvaḥ
punaśca bhūyo'pi namo namaste
You are Vāyu, Yama, Agni, Varuṇa,
the moon, Prājapati and the great
grandfather of all. Salutations unto
You a thousand times and again,
salutations unto You!
POWERFUL COGNITION
The primal energy that the master is, has to be experienced in whatever manner it is presented, without expectations and fears.
नमः पुरस्तादथ पृष्ठतस्ते नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वत एव सर्व ।
अनन्तवीर्यामितविक्रमस्त्वं सर्वं समाप्नोषि ततोऽसि सर्वः
॥ ११-४०॥
namaḥ purastādatha pṛṣṭataste
namo'stu te sarvata eva sarva |
ananta-vīryāmita-vikramas tvaṁ
sarvaṁ samāpnoṣi tato'si sarvaḥ
Salutations to You, before and
behind! Salutations to You on every
side! O All! Infinite in power and
Infinite in prowess, You are
everything and everywhere.
POWERFUL COGNITION
In this divine vision granted to Arjuna the whole existed with the part with no separation, no discontinuity. The whole was part and the part was whole
