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BRAHMANISM
knows this. And with this insight the wise worship Me, overwhelmed by awe. . .
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"Time (kāla) am I, the Destroyer great and mighty, appearing here to sweep all men away. Even without thee [and thine act of leadership] none of these warriors here, in their ranks arrayed, shall remain alive. Therefore, do thou arise, win glory, smite the foe, enjoy in prosperity thy lordship. By Me, and Me alone, have they long since been routed. BE THOU NOUGHT BUT MY TOOL." 88
This is applied bhakti. The bhakta, the devotee, brings into realization in space and time, as the merely apparent cause, what for the time-and-space-transcending God is beyond the categories of the uneventuated and eventuated, the "not yet" and the "already done." The imperishable Self, the Owner of the perishable bodies, is the supreme director of the harrowing spectacle of Time." "Having-an-end' are called these bodies of Him, the Eternal, who is the 'Owner of Bodies' (saririn), who is imperishable, boundless, and unfathomable. . . . Whoever thinks Him to be he who kills, and whoever thinks Him to be he who is killed-these two lack true insight; for He neither kills nor is killed. He is not born, nor does He die at any time; He did not become in the past nor will He spring into existence again at a future moment; He is unborn, eternal, everlasting-the 'Old One' (purāna); He is not killed when the body is killed. The man who knows Him to be indestructible, eternal, without birth, and immutable-how can he slay; or whom? Even as a man casts off old and worn-out clothes and puts on others which are new, so the 'Owner of the Body' (dehin) casts off worn-out bodies and enters into others which are new." "As childhood, youth, and old age in this present body are to Him Who Owns the Body
62 Bhagavad Gitā 10. 1-8.
63 Ib. 11. 32-33.
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| SR No. | 007309 |
| Book Title | Philosophies of India |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Heinrich Zimmer, Joseph Campbell |
| Publisher | Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd |
| Publication Year | 1953 |
| Total Pages | 709 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 34 MB |