V.V.S. Manian
According to Lord Krishna, the most confidential knowledge, knowledge of devotional service, is the purest knowledge. It gives direct perception of the self through realisation, and it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting and joyfully performed. Krishna’s unmanifested form pervades everything. Krishna himself remains detached from matter. Material nature, working under His direction, produces all moving and non-moving beings.
Different worshippers attain different goals. Men who want to reach the heavenly planets worship the demigods. They take birth among them to enjoy godly delights; but such men, after exhausting their pious credits, return to earth. Men who worship ancestors go to the planets of the ancestors, and those who worship ghosts become ghosts. But one who worships Krishna with exclusive devotion goes to Him forever.
Whatever Krishna’s devotee does, eats, offers, or gives away in charity, he does it as an offering to the Lord. Krishna reciprocates by providing what his devotee lacks and preserving what he has. By taking shelter in Krishna, even lowborn people can attain the supreme destination. Shri Krishna concludes this chapter with this message: “Keep your mind in me, become my devotee, perform actions for me, and surrender to me. Chapter 10: Divine manifestations
Krishna is the unborn, the beginning less, the Supreme Lord of all worlds, the creator of the patriarchs, from whom all living beings descend. He is the origin of everything. Intelligence, knowledge, truthfulness, mental and sensory control, fearlessness, non-violence, austerity, birth, death, fear, distress, and infamy—all qualities, good and bad—are created by Krishna. Devotional service helps one develop all good qualities. The devotees who engage in devotional service have full faith in Krishna’s magnificence, mystic power, and supremacy. The thoughts of such devotees dwell on Krishna. Their lives are devoted to His service. They derive great joy and satisfaction by enlightening one another and conversing about Him.
Devotees engaged in pure devotional service, even if lacking education or knowledge of the Vedic principles, are helped from within by Krishna, who destroys the darkness born out of ignorance. Arjuna has realized Krishna’s position as the Supreme Godhead, the ultimate abode and the absolute truth, the purest, the transcendental, the unborn, the origin, and the Lord of all. Arjuna wants to get more insight into these perceptions. Lord Krishna tells more and then concludes: “All opulent, beautiful, and glorious creations spring from but a spark of my splendor.”
Here ends the tenth chapter called Vibhuti Yoga in the Yoga Sastra, which is a part of the Brahma Vidhya. Here, Lord Krishna is telling the easiest way of discovering the Lord everywhere in the universe. Wherever you see some greatness in this universe, know that it is the Lord’s own greatness reflected in a small way. The Lord is reflecting himself in all such greatness. (From various sources)
