(44) Those who uplift
the learned and the ones suffering [poverty and
disease] surrendered to Me, them will I, like a boat
in the ocean, very soon deliver from all miseries.
Chapter
18:
The
Varnâs'rama System: the Withdrawn and the
Renounced
(14) To the learned one
truly taking up sannyâsa do the demigods appear in
the form of his original wife [and other
allurements] forming stumbling blocks; surpassing
them should the sannyâsî go for the beyond
[see also B.G. 6.25, 1.19: 2-3, 5.6: 4, 11.4:
7].
(23) Therefore should
the sage, completely in control with the six divisions
[the senses and the mind], detached from the
futile matters of lust having experienced the great
happiness in the soul, live by the consciousness of
Me.
(44) The one who thus
according his nature worships Me with no other object of
devotion, will come to realize Me in all living entities
and achieves unflinching devotional service unto Me.
Chapter
19:
The
Perfection of Spiritual Knowledge
(3) They who are
completely perfected in knowledge and wisdom know My
lotusfeet as the supreme object and thus is the learned
transcendentalist by the spiritual knowledge keeping to
Me, most dear to Me [see also B.G. 7: 17-18].
(20-24) Faith in the
nectar of the narrations about Me, always chanting My
glories, fixed in the attachment of ceremonial worship,
to relate with hymns and prayers to Me; being of a high
regard for My devotional service, with all of one's body
to be offering obeisances, to be of the first-class
worship of My devotees, being conscious of Me present in
all living beings, dedicating all one's normal activities
to Me as also with words defending My qualities, placing
the mind in Me and rejecting all material desires; for My
sake giving up on money as also on sensual pleasures,
material happiness and passions, being of charity and
offering in sacrifice, chanting the names to achieve Me
and keeping to vows and austerities; thus, Uddhava,
arises with those human beings who by such dharmic
activities dedicated themselves the loving devotion unto
Me - what other purpose remains there for My devotee?
Chapter
20:
Trikanda
Yoga: Bhakti Surpasses Knowledge and
Detachment
(17) With the human
body, the foremost of all bodies, effortlessly obtained
but difficult to obtain with endeavor, as a boat that
most suitable has the preceptor as its captain and My
favorable winds as a drive, is the person that does not
cross the ocean of material existence the killer of his
own soul.
Chapter
21:
On
Distinguishing between Good and Bad
(15) The purification
derived from a mantra so follows the correct knowledge of
it and the purification by a certain act so follows the
dedication to Me; the religiousness is achieved by the
six [as mentioned: the place, the time, the
substance, the mantras, the doer and the devotional
act] but the irreligious follows the contrary.
(32) Not worshiping Me
the proper way do they, established in the mode of
passion, goodness or ignorance worship the gods and
others headed by Indra who delight in that passion,
goodness and ignorance [see also B.G. 9: 23 and 10:
24 & 25].
Chapter
22:
Prakriti
and Purusha: Nature and the Enjoyer
(10) The process of
selfrealization is with a person caught in ignorance
without a beginning; it cannot occur by dint of his own
strength, so there must be someone else knowing the
reality who can bestow the spiritual knowledge
[compare 11.21: 10].
(37) The Supreme Lord
said: 'The mind of men conjoined with their five senses
is shaped by the karma; it follows the spirit soul which,
separate from that, travels from one world to the other
[see also linga, vâsanâ and B.G. 2:
22].
(58-59) When insulted,
neglected, ridiculed or envied by bad people, or else
chastised, tied up or deprived of his means of
livelihood; or when repeatedly spat upon or urinated upon
by ignorant people, should the one desiring the Supreme
thus being shaken having difficulties, save himself by
resorting to his essence [see also 5.5: 30].'
Chapter
23:
Forbearance:
the Song of the Avantî
Brâhmana.
(28) The Supreme Lord,
the Supreme Personality comprising all the gods by whom I
have been brought to this condition of detachment, is for
certain, satisfied with me, the boat for the soul
[see also 11.17: 44].
(57) By the worship of
the feet of Mukunda will I cross over the hard to
overcome ocean of material nescience; of this I am
certain by the foregoing great seers [or
âcâryas] anchored in the worship of the
Soul Supreme [see also B.G. 6:
1-2].'
Chapter
24:
Analytic
Knowledge, Sankhya, Summarized
