Chapter 6 verse 44
“By that very former practice, he is borne on and gets attracted to the highest in spite of himself. Even he, who merely wishes to know yoga, goes beyond the sabdabrahman-(ritualistic principles of the Vedas)”
Adi Shankara says in his bhaja govindam that even if a Brahman starts by reciting the karma kanda portion of the Vedas and masters the grammer of the Sanskrit language and scriptural part of the Vedas, the spiritual benefit only happens when the person surrenders to the Divine in Bhakti. That is when the knowledge in the Vedas seeps into the being of the person and takes over. In this verse, Krishna points out that if the person has even attempted to taste the glory of the creation and the creator through the discipline of body, mind, and intellect uniting with the Soul either through direct knowledge of the Self, exhausting of tendencies through Yoga or through devotion to the supreme, then they already get ahead of the ritualistic portion of the Vedas. The ritualistic portion of the Vedas leads us to the path of Divine. They are not the ultimate destination in itself. Once the person makes this effort in one life, their path is firmly set on the highest Goal and even if they have false starts in next life, they have to finally be attracted to this spiritual path. This is my own personal experience in this life. Even though later in life, I am blessed to be on the spiritual path by HIS GRACE after the age of 37. Better late than never. Miles to go before I sleep, but overwhelmed by the HIS blessing.
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