Seventh
Discourse – The Yoga of Wisdom and Realisation
The
Lord has already given a clear description of the all-pervading static and
infinite state of His. Now He proceeds to explain His manifestation as the
Universe and the power behind it. He speaks of these manifestations as His
lower and higher Natures. The lower nature is made up of the five elements,
mind, ego and intellect. His higher nature is the life element which upholds
the universe, activates it and causes its appearance and final dissolution. Lord
Krishna says that whatever exists is nothing but a manifestation of Himself. He
is the essence, the substance and substratum of everything, whether visible or
invisible. Although everything is in Him, yet He transcends everything as the
action-less Self.
The
nature of a person is made up of one or more of three qualities: pure,
passionate and ignorant. These qualities delude the individual Soul and make it
forget its true nature, which is one with God. This delusion can only be
removed by the Grace of the Lord.
Thus,
Arjuna has been taught the highest form of devotion which leads to union with
God in His static aspect as also with His dynamic Nature. The Lord tells him of
other inferior forms of devotion: the distressed, the seeker of Divine wisdom,
and he who desires wealth, worship Him, as also the wise. The Lord deems the
wise as dearest to Him; as such a devotee loves the Lord for the sake of pure
love alone. Whatever form a devotee worships, the Lord accepts such worship,
knowing that it is directed to Him only.
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