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Chapter 9, Verse 15

"Bhagavad Gita 9.15" — meaning and explanation.

Meaning

9.15 Others also sacrificing with the wisdom-sacrifice worship Me, the All-faced, as one, as distinct, and as manifold.

।।9.15।। कोई मुझे ज्ञानयज्ञ के द्वारा पूजन करते हुए एकत्वभाव से उपासते हैं, कोई पृथक भाव से, कोई बहुत प्रकार से मुझ विराट स्वरूप (विश्वतो मुखम्) को उपासते हैं।।

Explanation

9.15 ज्ञानयज्ञेन with the wisdomsacrifice? च and? अपि also? अन्ये others? यजन्तः sacrificing? माम् Me?,उपासते worhsip? एकत्वेन as one? पृथक्त्वेन as different? बहुधा in various ways? विश्वतोमुखम् the Allfaced.Commentary Others too sacrificing by the wisdomsacrifice? i.e.? seeing the Self in all? adore Me the One and the manifold? present everywhere. They regard all the forms they see as the forms of God? all sounds they hear as the names of God. They give all objects they eat as offerings unto the Lord in vaious ways.Some adore Him with the knowledge that there is only one Reality? the Supreme Being Who is ExistenceKnowledgeBliss. They identify themselves with the Truth or Brahman. This is the Monistic view of the Vedantins. Some worship Him making a distinction between the Lord and themselves with the attitude of master and servant. This is the view of the Dualistic School of philosophy. Some worship Him with the knowledge that He exists as the various divinities? Brahma? Vishnu? Rudra? Siva? etc.Visvatomukham Others worship Him who has assumed all the manifold forms in the world? Who exists in all the forms as the Allfaced (the one Lord exists in all the different forms with His face on all sides? as it were). (Cf.IV.33)

Life Lesson

Study Bhagavad Gita 9.15 slowly, then express its central teaching through one thoughtful action in daily life.

Context

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9, verse 15, from Krishna's dialogue with Arjuna at Kurukshetra.

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