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CHAPTER X, 16.
mind', (partaking) of my powers. Whoever correctly knows these powers and emanations of mine, becomes possessed of devotion free from indecision; • of this (there is no doubt. The wise, full of love", worship me, believing that I am the origin of all, and that all moves on through me. (Placing their) minds on me, offering (their) lives to me, instructing each other, and speaking about me, they are always contented and happy. To these, who are con- . stantly devoted, and who worship with love, I give that knowledge by which they attain to me. And remaining in their hearts, I destroy, with the brilliant lamp of knowledge, the darkness born of ignorance in such (men) only, out of compassion for them.
Arguna said : You are the supreme Brahman, the supreme goal, the holiest of the holy. All sages, as well as the divine sage Nárada, Asita', Devala, and Vyasa, call you the eternal being, divine, the first god, the unborn, the all-pervading. And so, too, you tell me yourself, O Kesava! I believe all this that you tell me (to be) true; for, o lord ! neither the gods nor demons understand your manifestation. You only know your self by your self. O best of beings! creator of all things! lord of all things! god of gods ! lord of the universe! be pleased to declare without
"By the mere operation of my thought. As to ancients, cf. Aitareya-Araxyaka, p. 136.
· Sankara renders the word bere by perseverance in pursuit of
• Anandagiri calls Asita father of Devala. See also Davids' Boddhism, p. 185; Max Maller's Anc. Sansk. Lit., p. 463.
• Scil. in human form for the good of the gods and the destruction of demons.
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |