Chapter-XI
Divine Glories
This chapter deals with the discussion of God’s glories, and power of Yoga with the fruit of their knowledge and the fruit and glory of Bhaktiyoga. Arjuna thanks Lord Krishan for by praising and request Him for description of His glories and power of Yoga. Repplying to Arjuna’s queries Sri Bhagwan says that hear once again His supreme word which He will address to Him only ,as he is loving and out of solicitude for his welfare. Neither Gods nor the great sages know the secret of His birth that is God’s appearance in human or other forms out of mere sport for He is the prime cause in all respect of Gods as well as of other great seers. He who knows God in reality as birth less, and without beginning, and as the supreme Lord of all the universe, he not distracted by any delusion is purged of all sins. Reason, right knowledge, unclouded understanding, forbearance, veracity, control over the senses and mind, joy and sorrow, evolution and dissolution, fear and fearlessness, non-violence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame and obloquy- these diverse traits of creatures emanate from God alone. The seven great seers, their four elders ( Sanaka and others), and the fourteen Manus or progenitors of mankind(such as Suayambhu and his successors ) who all are devoted to God were born of His will and from them all these creatures in the world have descended. He, who knows in reality this supreme divine glory and supernatural power of God, gets established in Him through unfaltering devotion undoubtedly. God is the source of all creation and everything in the world moves because of Him. Knowing thus the wise full of devotion constantly worship Him,with their kind fixed on Him, and their lives surrendered to Him, enlightening one another about His greatness and speaking of God, His devotees ever remain contented and take delight in Him. On those ever united through meditation with God and worshipping Him with love, He confers them that Yoga of Wisdom through which they reach Him. In order to shower His grace on them, he dwelling in their hearts, dispel the darkness born of ignorance by the shining light of wisdom. Arjuna then requests Lord Krishan to tell him about the celestial sages – Narada, Asita and Devala and the great sage Vyasa and Himself. Pandava Prince further says that he believed everything to be true as told by Shri Bhagwan that neither demons nor gods are aware of His manifestation through sport. Arjuna then asks Krishna as to through which process of continuous meditation he shall realise God. And in what particular form God expects devotees to meditate. He also asks Sri Bhagwan to repeat the description of God’s power of Yoga and its glory, as he knows no satiety in hearing Lord’s nectar like words. Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that now He is going to describe Almighty’s divine glories as there is no limit to God’s magnitude. God is the universal slef seated in the heart of all beings. So He alone is beginning, middle and also end of all beings. He is Vishnu among the twelve sons of Aditi,and the radiant Sun among the luminaries , He is the gloryof the Maruts – the forty nine wind Gods- and the moon among the stars. Among Gods He is Indra, among the organs of perception He is brain, and He is the consciousness ( Life Energy) in living beings. Among the eleven Rudras- God of Destruction- He is Shiva and among the Yakshas and Rakhashas He is Kuber. Among the eight Vasus He is the god of Fire and among the mountains He is Meru, among the priests He is Brihaspati ( chief priest), among the great warriors He is Skanada , among the waters He is the ocean, among the great seers He is Bhrigu and among the words He is the sacred syllable OM. Among offerings He is the offeing of Japa( chanting of mantras-sacred formulas),among the immovables He is the Himalaya, among all trees He is Asvatta ( Holy fig), among the celestial sages He is Narada, among the Gandharvas ( Celestial musicians) Chittrartha and among the Siddhas He is the Kapila. Among horses know him to be the Celestial Horse Uccaihsrava begotten of the churning of the ocean along with nectar, among mighty elephants He is Airawat ( Lord Indra’s elephant) and among men He is the King. Among weapons He is the thunderbolt, among cows He is celestial cow Kamdhenu( the Cow of Plenty). He is the sexual desire leading to procreation as enjoined in the scriptures. Among serpents He is Vasaki, among Nagas ( a special category of snakes) He is snake God Ananta and He is also Lord of all aquatic creatures Varuna. Among the manes He is Aryama ( Head of Pitras), and among the rulers He is Yama (the God of Death), among the daityas He is great devotee Prahlad, and among reckoners He is the Time. Among the quadrupeds He is the lion, and among birds He is Garuda. Among purifiers He is the wind, among warriors He is Sri Rama, among fishes He is shark, and among the rivers he is holy Ganga. Arjuna know Him to be beginning, middle and the end of all creations . Of sciences He is the science of soul or metaphysics, in disputants He is the right type of reasoning, and among the sounds represented by various letters He is A. Of the different types of compounds in grammar He is copulative compound. He is verily the endless time. He is the sustainer of all having faces on all the sides. He is the self destroying death that snatches all and the origin of all that shall be born. Among women He is Kirti, Sri, Vak, Smrti, Medha, Dhrti, and Kshama( The godesses of glory, prosperity, speech,memory, intelligence, steadfastness and forbearance). Likewise among the Shruties that can be sung He is the variety known as Brhatsama, and among the vedic hymns He is Gayatri Mantra.Vrs Again among the twelve months of Hindu calendar He is the month of Margshirsa ( the month of November) and among the six seasons He is the vernal season ( Spring). God is gambling among deceitful practices, and the glory of the glories, He is the victory of the victorious, the resolve to be resolute; the goodness of the good, He is Krishna among the Vrsnis , Arjuna among the sons of Pandu, Vyasa among the sages,and the sage Shukracharya among the wise. Almighty is the subduing power in rulers, the righteousness in those who seek to conquer. Of things to be kept secret He is the custodian in the shape of the reticence and He is the wisdom of the wise. He is even that which is the seed of all life, for there is no creature moving or inert, which exists outside the Almighty. There is no limit to God’s divine manifestation. This is only a brief description of God and the extent of His glory. Even such beings who are glorious, brilliant, and powerful know that to be a part of manifestation of God’s glory. Krishna tells Arjuna that he will gain nothing by knowing about all this in detail. Hence it is sufficient to say that God stands holding this entire universe by a fraction of His Yogic Power.
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