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VEDIC
SCRIPTURES
A Song of Fortune
- A modern Gîtâ -
CHAPTER 10
To be one in respect of
the opulence11
(1) The fortunate one said: 'Listen again, oh 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 everything emanated 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,
oh 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 oh man of unity; how
can I keep you in mind; in what form, or being of what kind of nature,
should I remember you, oh man of the opulence? (18) Oh 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, oh best of
the Laborers, for there is really no end to my extent. (20) Oh
conqueror
of sleep, I as that soul situated within, am the beginning, the life in
between, as also 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, oh 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, oh 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 also 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, oh winner of the debate, and all this I
told you is but an example of the expanse of my grandeur. (41) Oh
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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