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The Bhagavad Gita1444
and beings, and re-perform my creative act. Throughout Nature, which too
is mine own, I emanate, again and again, all these things that constitute the
universe, by the power of this Nature, which by itself is without power.
“But I am not bound or entangled in these works, O Prince, for I sit on
high, unattached and unbound by actions. I super-impose my power upon
nature, and she builds up and tears down—producing the animate and the
inanimate; and thus the universal action proceeds and operates.
“The unenlightened, seeing Me in human form, and being ignorant of My
true nature as Supreme Lord of All, disregard me, and hold me in but small
esteem. Such hold to vain hopes and petty actions; they lack wisdom, and
live on the lower planes of their being, the evil, brutal and deceitful nature
being their highest development.
“But the Wise Ones, they who have unfolded their higher natures, know
Me to be the Infinite and Eternal Origin of All Things, and they worship Me
with single-mind. Always realizing My Power, such worship Me continually,
firm in their faith, and earnest in their devotion, being not diverted or
tempted toward other worship or devotion. Others see Me in various forms
and aspects, and thus worship Me in various ways. Both as the One and as
the Many am I worshipped.
“Yea, in all worship am I. Yea, verily, indeed, I am the worship; I am the
sacrifice; I am the libation offered the souls of the ancestors; I am the
sacrificial spices; I am the prayers and invocation; I am the mantram; I am
the burnt offering and the butter sacrificed to the gods; I am the fire that
consumes the offering; I am that which is consumed by the fire. Yea, also am
I the Father of the universe—and likewise the Mother. I am the Preserver. I
am the Holy One whom all seek to know. I am the mystic word ‘Aum.’ I am
the three sacred books or Vedas—the Rik, Samur and Yajur.
“Even so, am I the Path; the Comforter; the Creator; the Witness; the
Resting Place; the Place of Refuge; and the Friend of All. I am the Origin and
the End—the Creation and the Destruction—the Store-house—the Eternal
Seed. I am the Sunshine—I am the Rain. I now press out, and I now draw in. I