|| Praise of Devotional - 2 || Constantly chanting My names and glories and striving for My realization . and bowing again and again to Me , those devotees of firm resolve , ever united with Me through meditation , worship Me with single - minded devotion { 9 / 14 } . In the case of such devotees , control of the senses and mind become redundant , the holy places become desolate , and the activities of the hell come to stop . Self - control does not know whom to control , self - restraint does not know whom to restrain and the holy waters do not find even a trace of sin to cleanse . Thus by loudly singing My name , My devotees heal the miseries of all beings and make the whole world resound with bliss . They give light without dawn , eternal life without nectar and Gods vision without Yogic practices . They do not discriminate between the prince and the pauper or the high and the low , and they open the kingdom of heaven to all creatures . One rarely goes to Vaikuntha { abode of Lord Vishnu } , but by flooding the world with Gods name , these devotees have made this world a veritable Vaikuntha . The sun shines bright , but has the defect that he sets ; the moon is full at times , but My devotees are always perfect . The clouds are generous but they too become empty , so their simile is not apt . My devotees are without doubt like the merciful Lord Shiva . People have to serve Me in thousand births to be able to utter My name even once ; but My name dances on their tongue to their great joy . I am , therefore , not to be found in Vaikuntha or in the suns disc ; I even pass the minds of those who practice Yoga . O Arjuna I am positively to be found in the home of My devotees , who constantly sing My praise in a loud voice . En rapt in singing My virtues , they forget the time and place and become absorbed in the bliss through My Kirtana { loudly chanting Gods name } . Through the constant utterance of My name , Krishna , Vishnu , Hari , Govinda and the open discourse on My Divine essence , they abundantly sing My praise and roam all over the world , singing devotion-ally to Me . Then there are others , O Arjuna , who , with great care attain complete mastery over the mind and the five vital airs . Hedging in the external senses with the aid of Yama and Niyama { eight fold path of Yoga } they set up on the rampart of diamond pose and fire the guns of breath - control . Then in the light of the serpent power , and with the aid of mind and the breath , the lake of nectar becomes tilted on one side . The restraint of the senses then shows its mettle by withdrawing the senses in the heart and putting an end to mental disorders . Then the Yogi rides on the horse of meditation , destroying the five great elements together with the four - fold source of volition . Then he raises cry of victory , accompanied by the beating of the drums of meditation , and the shining parasol of union with Brahm , is unfurled over his head . After attaining the excellence of uninterrupted deep contemplation , he experiences the bliss of Self - realization and is crowned on the throne of spiritual enlightenment . O Arjuna , some worship Me with this difficult eight - fold Yoga . Now I shall tell you about those who worship Me with Knowledge - sacrifice . O Arjuna , the manner in which they worship me I have already described to you before . But , in view of your eagerness I must repeat to you what I have said earlier . Others , who follow the path of Knowledge , betake themselves to Me through Yajna of Knowledge , worshiping Me in My absolute , formless aspect as one with themselves ; while still others worship Me in My Universal Form in many ways , taking Me to be diverse in manifold celestial forms { 9 / 15 } .In this knowledge - sacrifice , the original desire of Brahm to be many is the sacrificial post to which the animal is tied . The gross elements form the sacrificial pavilion and the senses of duality is the animal to be sacrificed . The qualities of the five gross elements and the senses and the Prawn { breath } are the very materials of sacrifice and ignorance is the Ghee { clarified butter } to be offered as oblation . The mind and the intellect are the sacrificial pits in which the fire is kindled and equanimity is the altar . The power to grasp discriminating thought constitutes the lofty Vedic hymns , tranquility the sacrificial ladle , and the embodied Self , the sacrifice . The latter performs knowledge - sacrifice with the vessels of experience , and by chanting the Vedic hymns of discrimination , destroys duality . When the ignorance comes to an end , neither the sacrifice r nor the sacrifice remains and he performs the final ablution in the form of union with the Self . Then he comes to know with intuitive knowledge of the Self that the elements , senses and sense - objects are not different but form one whole . O Arjuna , on waking up a person says , I had myself become under the influence of sleep the wonderful army in the dream ; the dream was all a delusion , and there was nothing but myself , and in the same way he comes to realize that he is all this world . Then all talk about the existence of separate being ends , and his mind becomes full with the unitary experience of Brahm . Thus some worship Me with knowledge - sacrifice culminating in the vision of unity . There are others who grant that there are separate but similar beings , who seem different due to their assumption of name and form . This plurality of the world , however , does not affect his unity of knowledge . Just as the limbs , although different belong to the same body , or the branches , big and small , belong to the same tree , or the many rays are all of them , of one and the same sun , they know that I am the Supreme unity underlying these different beings , who have assumed divers names and forms . So , O Arjuna , even though they do believe in the diversity of the world , that still perform the Supreme knowledge - sacrifice . In their wisdom , they keep the knowledge of unity intact , because wherever they cast their eyes , they see nothing except Myself . See wherever the bubble floats , it is always in water and whether it stays or bursts , it remains in water . When particles of dust are raised by air , they do not cease to be earthy ; and when they fall down , they fall and merge in earth only . So wherever a thing with name and form exists or ceases to exist , it is always of the same nature as Brahm . I am ever all - pervading , so is their experience . Therefore , even if they are different as individual beings , they remain in union with everyone , they also remain facing the world without let or hindrance . Their knowledge remains the same , whether this or that side , just as the wind blows here , there and everywhere . Their existence measures up to My being , which is entire and whole , and therefore , without any effort on their part , they worship Me . Since I pervade everything , can anyone ever cease to worship Me ? But since they lack true knowledge , they fail to reach Me . I have thus told you how they worship Me with knowledge - sacrifice . Whatever actions are done by all creatures , become automatically dedicated to Me ; but the fools do not attain to Me for want of knowledge . || OM TAT SAT ||
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