Chapter 12 verse 20
“Those who honor this nectar of wisdom (immortal dharma) declared here, have faith in Me, and are devoted and intent on Me as the supreme goal, they are exceedingly dear to Me.”
In the annals of history and specifically sanatana dharma history, it has been seen that beings who grow out of their attachment to body, mind and intellect and surrender their entire instrument to Divine without doubt always reach the portals of the Divine. God’s Grace is earned verily by these “devotees”. I believe (still a belief since it is not an experiential reality for me) that the four paths enumerated in the Bhagavat Gita is not a parallel path but merge one to another. I don’t know which one is superior or the ultimate since from chapter 12, definition what a bhakta or “true devotee” matches very much with traits of a jnani, ashtanga yoga expert or karma yogi. All these I feel are labels for different paths but they all have to culminate in surrender to the divine or Self whichever you submit yourself to. As I said, it is not an experiential reality yet for me and that’s why I call it a belief. In this sloka, Krishna Bhagwan calls these 35 gems to be a darling of Krishna or Supreme as the immortal Dharma. This is the ageless dharma stipulated for a human being. Any human being who is able to exhibit these 35 qualities has fulfilled their dharma and attains moksha or enlightenment.
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