Chapter 13 verse 19
“I have thus revealed to you the nature of the field, the meaning of knowledge, and the object of knowledge. Only My devotees can understand this in reality, and by doing so, they attain My divine nature.”
Arjuna
had asked about true knowledge and what is to be known? Bhagwan first explained
in detail the characteristics of a person with true knowledge and went on to
explain what does the person with true knowledge obtain knowledge of? That
entity which he gets knowledge of is the immutable Brahman- infinite spiritual
energy which has no cause yet is the cause of the entire universe. In this
verse, Bhagwan summarizes that he has explained the field of activity-kshetram,
meaning of the true knowledge-jnananam, the object of knowledge-Jneyam. He also
declares that only His true devotees attain this true knowledge and knows Him.
I always go back to what Adi Shankara realized towards the end of his life on
earth stated in bhaja govindam that if jnanam does not lead to bhakti, it is
not true knowledge. That bhakti does not need to be personal form of Divine
even though that aspect facilitates the human being utilize their instruments
of the senses, body, mind and intellect to comprehend God. However the message
is to transcend all these instruments and know Him at the ethereal level and
know that he is resident in us in formless, infinite consciousness.
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