In the previous episode, we had witnessed Bhagawan Krishna explaining how His divine presence can be felt in several ways within our own physical body. He had mentioned earlier that He exists as the “Vaishwanara” (Agni Bhagawan) who enables combustion as part of our digestive process of the food that we consume. Subsequently, Bhagawan says that He is present within us as the divine conscience, wherein if we are about to do certain wrong things, Bhagawan keeps subtly warning us of the consequences in the form of this conscience. This is extremely powerful in every human being and subsequently Bhagawan says that He’s existing in our mind and brain as well. For instance, if we’ve to remember something, it is because of Bhagawan’s “Sankalpa” we do so. Similarly, if we’ve to forget something, this is also because of Bhagawan’s “Sankalpa” only. Hence, in every minute of our existence, we will be able to feel and experience Bhagawan’s divine presence.
Moreover, moving on further, Bhagawan is now going to talk about how He is the ultimate “Purushotthama” of this entire world. He’s talking about several “Purushas” and amongst all of them, how He’s the supreme leader! But before that, we shall witness a small list of several kinds of “Purushas” in this world – “Apurushas”, “Purushas”, “Utpurushas”, “Uttara Purushas” and finally “Utthama Purusha”. Bhagawan here mentions that amidst all these types of “Purushas”, He is the “Utthama-Purusha”! In other words, Bhagawan Krishna is in a plane above all the “Bhaktas”, “Muktas” and “Nityas” and He is the supreme Lord for everyone in this world!
Thus, Bhagawan continues further – “Oh Arjuna! Even though I can talk about so many things like this, not many people can realize me in full reality in this world. A person who is able to realize and understand that I’m the “Purushothama” in this entire world without any doubt, will be considered as the most ardent “Bhakta” ever! He / she who realizes me to this fullest level will be one of the greatest “Bhaktas” to cross several levels of “Bhakti” quite easily. For such a “Bhakta”, this would be the last birth for him / her in this world. He / she will not have to take a re-birth again ever! The only “Lokha” to which these Bhaktas will transcend to, will be the ultimate “Vaikunta” and from there, there is no chance that such people will come back to this world again!”
Saying thus, Bhagawan Krishna concludes the “Purushothama Yoga” of the Bhagawad Gita. This is a very important “Yoga” as Bhagawan is openly declaring that for those “Bhaktas” who transcend to the highest level of realization, there is no way that they would be left over in this world! This is the similar declaration which Bhagawan Krishna made during the end of the fourth “Adhyaaya” as well. Readers might remember that the fourth “Adhyaaya” is where Bhagawan Krishna lets out the secret behind His divine incarnations in this world (“Avataara Rahasya”). Here too, Bhagawan explained that if a Bhakta understands this “Rahasya” (Secret) behind His divine incarnations, he / she can be rest assured of attaining the highest “Moksha”. Here also towards the end of this “Purushothama Yoga”, Bhagawan Krishna declares that if a “Bhakta” is able to understand the reality of Him, he / she is sure to attain the highest “Moksha” at the end of this birth itself. Thus, we can see here that both the fourth and the fifteenth “Adhyaayas” of the Bhagawad Gita are extremely sacred and important. Of course not to mention, the other “Adhyaayas” are also important, however, these two “Adhyaayas” gain slightly more prominence because, Bhagawan Krishna is revealing His true nature and significance here. Thus, it is for this reason, it is advised by many “Mahatmas”, “Alwars” and “Aachaaryas” that we should keep reciting the shlokas of this “Purushothama Yoga” every day, which can make us realize Bhagawan in His full entity, which in-turn can lead us to the ultimate “Moksha”!
So for today, let us understand up to this point, and with this discussion, we come to the end of this fifteenth “Adhyaaya”. In the subsequent sixteenth “Adhyaaya”, Bhagawan Krishna is going to present a simple logic here – “All those who are able to understand about me in-depth can be equated to the “Devas” and all those who do not understand me in-depth are considered to be “Raakshasas”!” So how is Bhagawan Krishna going to drive home this logic with His explanation? Let us wait till the next episode to find out! Stay tuned! 🙂
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