| 27. For I am
the abode of Brahman, the Immortal and the Immutable, the Eternal Dharma,
and the unfailing Bliss. For, in Me, in the Pratyagatman, in the true Inner
Self, abides Brahma, the Supreme Self (Paramatman) who is immortal and immutable
; who is the Eternal Dharma, i.e who is attainable by the Dharma of ,JnanaYoga
or wisdom devotion ; who is the unfailing Bliss, the Supreme Bliss, the
Bliss Immortal. Because I; the Pratyagatman, the Immortal Self,am the abode
of the Supreme Self, therefore by Right Knowledge one sees that the Pratyagatman
is the very Supreme Self. It is this truth which has been declared in the
preceding verse in the words he is fitted for becoming Brahman. The. meaning
of the passage may be explained as follows: It is through His Isvara·Sakti,through
the power He has to manifest Himself as Isvara or the Lord of the universe;
that Brahman shows His grace to His devotees, and so on. I am only that
power or Sakti in manifestation, and am therefore Brahman Himself ; for
Saktipower, potentiality, energycannot he distinct from the one in. whom
it inheres. The verse may also be explained as follows: By Brahman, is here
meant the Conditioned Brahman, who alone can be spoken of by say such word
as BrahmanI, the Unconditioned and the Unutterable, am the abode of the
Conditioned Brahman, who is Immortal and Indestructible. I am also the abode
of the Eternal Dharma of WisdomDevotion, and the abode of the unfailing
Bliss born of that Devotion. |
