Secret in Gita

courtesy: Sri.Prof.V.Krishnamurthy

http://www.krishnamurthys.com/profvk/gohitvip/8203.html

• The first time He does so is at the beginning of the ninth chapter. It is in the seventh chapter that he changes the subject of discussion towards bhakti-yoga by saying: Now I will tell you how you can know Me as I am. He talks about the two prakRti's of His, one of which becomes the Universe and the other is the Life of all lives and about the four different ways of reaching Him. In the eighth chapter He elaborates the technicalities of remembering Him at the time of laying down this body. And now at the beginning of the ninth chapter he says: I will now tell you the Secret of Secrets. It is Knowledge both Theory and Application , the knowing of which will take you across the Ocean of Misery of samsAra:

idam to te guhya-tamam pravkshyAmy-anasUyave /

jnAnam vijnAna-sahitam yaj-jnAtvA mokshyase aSubhAt // ( 9 - 1)

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• The second time Krishna mentions something as the secret of secrets is at the end of the fifteenth chapter when he concludes the chapter by saying: I have just given out the greatest secret to you; understand this, Arjuna, intelligently, and attain fulfillment:

iti guhyatamam Sastram idam-uktam mayA-nagha /

etad-buddhvA buddhimAn-syAt kRta-kRtyaSca bhArata // (15 - 20)

The secret referred to here is the theory of the three purushas, kshara-purusha, akshara-purusha and purushottama - the explanation of which is one of the distinguishing features of the gItA among all the scriptures of Hinduism.

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• The third and last time something is called the secret of secrets by Krishna is at the very end of the eighteenth chapter when he is just about to give the famouscarama Sloka of the gItA where he tops his entire teaching by the concept of SaraNAgati. He has almost finished all that he has to say and he has concluded by saying: Thus have I told you what is more secretive (guhyAd-guhya-taram) than all the secrets of Knowledge; Analyse it carefully and in toto and do what you think is best.:

iti te jnAnam AkhyAtam guhyAd-guhyataram mayA /

vimRSyaitadaSesheNa yathecchasi tathA kuru // (18 - 63)

And then, as a final thought, almost as a postscript, He says: Now listen to My words. It is the innermost Secret of all. Because you are my favourite I am telling this to you as my confirmation of the Best that is good for you:

sarva-guhyatamam bhUyaH SRNu me paramam vacaH /

ishTo'si me dRDham-iti tato vakshyAmi te hitam // (18 -64)

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If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God.
Painful moments, trust God.

  Every moment, thank God