Summarized by Anand Santhanam:
Recap of Chapter 7 Slokas 14-16
Aarthi -> The one who prays only when in need
Arthaarthi -> The one who prays in advance for his needs
Jigyasa -> The one who is looking for god
Gyani -> The one who knows that self is the god.
Naradha’s interaction with two saints. Once Naradha was travelling in mountains. He comes across two saints. Both asked the same question as to how many more lives they have to take before attaining moksha. For the first saint, he had many more lives. But Naradha tells him that this life is his last life. The saint jubilantly goes away to take care of his worldly pleasures. The second saint was in his last life. But Naradha said that he had as many lives as that of the leaves of the Banyan tree. Then the saint feels good that atleast it is a countable number. The moral of the story is all about perception and mental maturity of the seeker.
The logic of firewood and fire. When the fire starts the firewood initially looks only like a wood and the fire is seen separately. At the process goes on, the first engulfs the wood and the difference is not seen anymore. Likewise, when the jigyasa starts, God is seen as separately and the seeker continues to look separate. But as the Gyani stage is attained, the god and the gyani is seen as the same.
From Jigyasa to Gyani, it may take several janmas.
Bhakthi by itself, is not a sufficient condition to attain self realization. Intellectually, knowing something is different from realizing the god. So how do these stages come together. Sadhana is the most important thing.
The logic of Singer and Tanpura. When the music concert starts, the singer relies totally on the tanpura. During the concert, the singer can sing different ragas and talas but the tanpura is not only essential but also to ensure that there is a smooth transition from one raga to another.
Krishna says that gyani is his favourite.
Brhadaranyaka Upanishad says: Nobody can love anything more than themselves. When the gyani realizes that the self is the god, then the love becomes more realized.
Chapter 18’s last verse says that we should shed all other dharmas and rely only on Krishna. If this message was conveyed to Arjuna in the first chapter, there is no mahabharatha. It takes 18 chapter to understand the meaning of letting go everything.
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