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The Bhagavad Gita1438
manifest or visible to men. Back of my emanated forms, rest I, undiscovered
and invisible to the ignorant. Birthless and deathless am I—though the
smoke-blinded world discerneth this not, for they take the shadow for the
substance. Full well knoweth I the countless beings which have passed before
my gaze, on the broad field of the universe, in the misty path. Likewise,
knoweth I all who are now present on the field. And, moreover—mighty
mystery this to men, O Prince—I also know all that shall hereafter tread the
field. But of them all—past, present and future—not one fully knoweth Me.
I hold them all in my mind, but their minds cannot hold Me in my essence.
“Blinded by the pairs of opposites, O Prince their eyes filled with the
smoke of illusion—seeking instead of Unity, the opposing forms of like and
dislike; men walk in the field of the Universe, deluded, all. Nay, not all—for
there be a few who have freed themselves from the pair of opposites—who
have discarded attachment—who have cleared their eyes of the smoke of
illusion; such as these, O Prince, know Me to be the One—the All—and
hold to Me, steadfast and constant, in their love and devotion.
“They who have thus found Me cling to Me, even as a babe clingeth to
the breast of the mother. They move ever onward toward deliverance
and attainment—they know the Real Self—the Eternal—the Infinite—the
Absolute—the One—Myself! They know My works. They know My Wisdom.
They know My Lordship of All in All. They know that all Life is Mine—that
all worship comes to Me. With steadfast minds, and hearts overflowing with
love for Me, they know Me in life—yea, even in the hour of the passing of
their souls from their wornout bodies, such know Me.”
thus endeth part vii of the bhagavad gita, which part is called
“spiritual discernment.”