Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
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

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BHAGAVADGITA.
equable, meditate on the indescribable, indestructible, unperceived (principle) which is all-pervading, unthinkable, indifferent', immovable, and constant, they, intent on the good of all beings, necessarily attain to me. For those whose minds are attached to the unperceived, the trouble is much greater. Because the unperceived goal' is obtained by embodied (beings) with difficulty. As to those, however, O son of Pritha ! who, dedicating all their
actions to me, and (holding) me as their highest . (goal), worship me, meditating on me with a devotion
towards none besides me, and whose minds are fixed. on me, I, without delay, come forward as their deliverer from the ocean of this world of death. Place your mind on me only; fix your understanding on me. In me you will dwell' hereafter, (there is) no doubt. But if you are unable to fix your mind Steadily on me, then, O Dhanasigaya! endeavour to obtain me by the abstraction of mind (resulting) from continuous meditation. If you are unequal even to continuous meditation, then let acts for (propitiating) me be your highest (aim). Even
performing actions for (propitiating) me, you will • attain perfection. If you are unable to do even this,
then resort to devotion to me, and, with selfrestraint, abandon all fruit of action. For knowledge is better than continuous meditation ; concentration?
Passively looking on what occurs on earth; immovable = changeless; constanı=eternal.
· Viz. the indestructible. " I.e. assimilated with me, as expressed before. • Literally, 'wish.
• Cl. p. 78 supra. • Performing actions, but dedicating them to me.
'Fixing the mind with effort on the object of contemplation. Cf. Maitri-upanishad, p. 130.
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