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VEDIC
SCRIPTURES
A Song of Fortune
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A modern
Gîtâ
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CHAPTER 10
To be one in respect
of the opulence11
 (1)
The
fortunate one said: 'Listen again, o man of grip, to
my supreme instruction imparted to your benefit, for
you're very dear to me. (2) My origin is not even
known to the greatest wise or gods of enlightenment;
in every respect I am the source of the great sages
and the God-conscious. (3) He who knows me as the
unborn one to whom there's no beginning, and the great
controller of the world, sees it as it is; such a one
not deluded among the mortals is delivered from all
reactions to his sin. (4-5) The different aspects I
arrange in the living being are intelligence,
knowledge, composure, forgiveness, truthfulness,
control over the senses and the mind; happiness,
grief, birth, death, fear and fearlessness as well, as
also nonviolence, equilibrium, contentment, austerity,
charity, fame and infamy. (6) Every human being taking
birth in the world, originated from the ancient, seven
great sages and the four primal fathers who also stem
from my mind10.
(7) They, who realize that all this opulence and
unification of consciousness originated from me, will
undivided be of service in their yoga, that suffers no
doubt. (8) I am the source from which all in existence
generated, from me emanated everything; and therefore
the intelligent ones who know this, connected by their
love, will be devoted to me. (9) With their minds set
on me and their lives devoted to me, they enlighten
one another, constantly talking about me, and they
find thus their satisfaction and contentment. (10)
Those who are constantly connected in the joy so
fundamental to devotional service, I grant the
intelligence of a unified consciousness by which they
come to me. (11) With the wealth of my compassion I,
situated in their hearts, with the shining light of
knowledge dispel all the darkness of ignorance.'
(12-13) Aylen
said: 'This of you, that you're now discussing with
me, concerns the One about whom all the great sages,
like Manwise, Freelight, Lovegod and Godcollect,
speak: it concerns you in the form of the supreme
spirit, the supreme abode, the purity of
transcendence, the original personality, the
controller in the beyond, the one unborn and the
greatest. (14) All this you now confide to me I take
for real, o paragon of beauty, surely has no man of
God or any ignorant soul either, knowledge of this
revelation of you as the Original One of all Opulence!
(15) You, personally knowing yourself as the Soul of
all souls, are thus the greatest of all persons, the
source of all living beings, the Lord of all
creatures, the God of the gods and the master of the
universe. (16) As such it is up to you to tell in
detail everything about your divine opulence, those
means to all the human visions by which you stand your
ground throughout all the worlds.11
(17) How can I know you o man of unity; how can I keep
you in mind; in what form, or being of what kind of
nature, should I remember you, o man of the opulence?
(18) O excitement of man, again I implore you, to tell
me all about your powers of unifying consciousness, for my ears never have enough of the
nectar of those descriptions!'
(19) The
fortunate one said: 'Okay, I'll discuss with you the
most important of my divine, personal powers, o best
of the Laborers, for there is really no end to my
extent. (20) O conqueror of sleep, I as that soul
situated within, am the beginning, the life in
between, as well as the end station of all living
beings. (21) Among all the sons who took birth from
the sages I am the godly one who is the maintainer, of
all the luminaries I am the radiant sun, among the
brightest minds I am the beam of light personified,
and to the order of time in relation to the stars I am
the moon.12
(22) Of the religious books I am the book from which
one recites; among the gods I am the king of
heaven13;
of all the senses I am the sixth one, the mind; and of
all the living beings I am the life force. (23) Of the
ones posing a threat I am the godhead who by his grace
destroys the ignorance; and among the ones possessed
and wicked I am the one guarding the treasure; of the
beneficent I am that what brightly radiates, and of
all mountains I am the mountain of stars in the middle
of the galaxy.14
(24) Of all priests I am the priest of heaven, o son
of Alice, of all military commanders I am the field
marshal in the midst of a war, and of all reservoirs
of water I am the ocean. (25) Among the wise I am the
counselor of the first man alive, of all words spoken
I am the word AUM resonating with the breath, of all
the sacrifices I am the repeated prayer performed with
prayer beads, and of all the things immovable I am the
world's highest mountain range. (26) Among the trees I
am the tree of life, among the seers of the divine I
am sage Manwise, among the heavenly creatures I am the
singer of the divine song, and among the ones of
perfect attainment I am the analyst distinguishing
between spirit and matter. (27) Among the horses I am
the one who carries the solar order and originated
from the political fugue between the enlightened and
the unenlightened, and among the elephants I am the
one carrying the king of heaven. (28) Of all weapons I
am the thunderbolt, of the cows I am the cow of
plenty, of the causes of begetting children I am the
god of love, and of all ego I am the ego which sets
the political debate in motion. (29) Among the
self-satisfied I am the one upon whom the god of
maintenance rests, among all entities of the
unconscious I am the one of insight who defeats the
transgression; among all the ancestors I am the one in
the beyond remembered for his civility, and of all
that controls I am death. (30) Among the atheists I am
the one who found the grace, among all the subduers I
am the time, of all animals I am the lion, and of
everything winged I am the integrity of the mantras.
(31) Of everything that purifies I am the wind, of all
who carry a weapon I am the God-conscious one
self-satisfied, of all creatures of the sea I am the
shark, and of all the streams flowing on earth I am
the one flowing from the highest peak. (32) Of all the
created I am, as said, the beginning, the life in
between and the end; I am, o Aylen, of all education
the education in filognosy, and of all argumentation I
am the dialogue. (33) Of the letters of the alphabet I
am the A, of the compound words I am the dual one, of
what is eternal I am the Time15,
and of those who are creative I am the face looking in
all directions. (34) Of one's fate and future I am the
end of life as well as the beginning of life, and
among women I am the fame, the beauty, the
intelligence, the speech, the memory, the
steadfastness and the patience. (35) Of the divine
songs I am the song that is metrical, of all verses I
am the three-footed one, of the months I am the one in
the astronomical sign of Sagittarius, and of the
seasons I am the spring season. (36) Of all trickery I
am the game, of everything splendid I am the splendor,
of all victory I am the enterprise and of the strong I
am the strength. (37) Among the Onceitwas I am Dwayne,
among the Gwens I am Aylen; among the sages I am
Asaph16
we also know as Godcollect, and among the thinkers I
am the teacher of the atheists. (38) Of the means of
suppression I am the legal rule17,
of those who seek the victory I am the morality, of
all secrets I am the silence. (39) I am the source of
whatever living being you can think of Aylen; there is
no creature alive, moving or non-moving, which exists
outside of me. (40) There is no limit to my divine
opulence, o winner of the debate, and all this I told
you is but an example of the expanse of my grandeur.
(41) O conqueror of your opponents, whatever of power
that may exist endowed with glory and beauty, found
its existence as a part of my splendor. (42) You may
also wonder of what use it would be for you to know of
all this diversity Aylen, when I, with a single part
of myself, permeate the entirety of the living being
that is the universe.'
2007
© Aadhar, Enschede
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