Chapter
18: The Varnâs'rama
System:
the Withdrawn and the
Renounced
(29) Despite of being intelligent he should enjoy
life like
a child, despite
of beingmost skilled he
should act like a stunted person, despite of being most learned he should speak like an
absent-minded person
and despite of very well knowing the injunctions, he should
live
unrestricted ['wander as a cow'].
Chapter
19: The Perfection of
Spiritual Knowledge
(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, to be
conscious of Me being present in all living beings, to dedicate all
one's normal activities to Me and also the with words defending of 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;
these are the ways, Uddhava, in which, with those human beings who
actually commit themselves to the dharma, devotional service for Me
develops - what other purpose would remain for My devotee?
Chapter
20: Trikanda Yoga: Bhakti
Surpasses
Knowledge and
Detachment
(17) The human body, which is the source of all
blessings, is easily obtained even though that rarely happens
[considering the enormous variety of life forms on this planet]. It is
a ship extremely well equipped for its duty, given a spiritual teacher
for its captain and the favorable winds that represent Me to propel it.
But when someone fails to cross the ocean of material existence with
it, he is a killer of his own soul.
Chapter
21: On Distinguishing
between Good and Bad
(19) Presuming the objects that gratify the
senses to be good, from that assumption the attachment of a
person rises, from that attachment originates the lust
and because of lust
there is quarrel among people.
(20) From quarreling there is the anger difficult to handle and the
consequent ignorance; thus is someone's consciousness quickly overtaken
by darkness.
Chapter
22: Prakriti and Purusha:
Nature and the Enjoyer
(10) A person who inevitably is born in ignorance
is in no way capable of all by himself figuring out what the process of
selfrealization
all entail, that knowledge is derived from someone else who knows
about the principle of reality [compare 11.21:
10].
(37) The Supreme Lord said:
'People's minds that are shaped by their fruitive labor are bound to
the five senses
from one world to the next. The soul, existing
separately, follows that mind
[see also linga, vâsanâ and B.G. 2: 22].
Chapter
23: Forbearance: the Song
of the Avantî
Brâhmana
(28) The Supreme Lord, the Supreme Personality
who comprises all the gods and who, satisfied with me,
led me to this
condition of detachment, constitutes assuredly the boat to carry the
soul [see also 11.17: 44].
Chapter
24: Analytic Knowledge,
Sankhya, Summarized
