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XIII - Creation and the Creator
O Arjuna, know Me to be the creator of all creation. The true understanding of both the creator and the creation is considered by Me to
be transcendental knowledge. (13.02) The physical body with all its attributes including intellect, mind, sense organs, abilities, and
all human emotions; steadfastness in acquiring knowledge of the Spirit, and seeing the omnipresent Supreme Being everywhere is said to be
Self-knowledge. That which is contrary to this is ignorance. (13.09-11)
The Supreme spirit is all pervading, and omnipresent. (13.13) He is the perceiver of all sense objects without physical sense organs;
unattached, yet the sustainer of all; devoid of the three modes of Material Nature, and yet the enjoyer of the modes of Material Nature
by becoming a living entity. (13.14) He is inside as well as outside all beings, animate and inanimate. He is incomprehensible because of
His subtlety. He resides in one’s inner psyche as well as far away in the Supreme Abode. (13.15) He is undivided, and yet appears to
exist as if divided in all beings. He is the object of knowledge, and appears as the creator, sustainer, and destroyer of all beings.
(13.16) Know that both the Material Nature and the Spiritual Being are without beginning. All manifestations and the three dispositions
of mind and matter, called modes, are born of Material Nature. Material Nature is said to be the cause of production of physical body and
organs of perception and action. Spirit (or Consciousness) is said to be the cause of experiencing pleasure and pain (disappointment).
(13.19-20)
Spiritual Being enjoys three modes of Material Nature by associating with Material Nature. Attachment to the three modes of Material
Nature is caused by previous Karma, which also causes birth of living entity in good and evil wombs. (13.21) The Spirit in the body is
the witness, the guide, the supporter, the enjoyer, and the controller. (13.22) Whatever is born animate or inanimate, know them to be
born from the union of Spirit and matter, O Arjuna. (13.26)
The one who sees the same eternal Supreme Lord dwelling as Spirit within all mortal beings truly sees. (13.27) When one beholds one and
the same Lord existing equally in every being, one does not injure anybody, because one considers every thing as one’s own self; and
thereupon attains Salvation. (13.28) The one who perceives that all work is done by the power of Material Nature truly understands, and
thus does not consider oneself as the doer. (13.29) The moment one discovers diverse variety of beings and their different ideas abiding
in One, and coming out from ‘That’ alone, one attains the Supreme Being. (13.30) Just as one sun illuminates the entire world, similarly,
Spirit gives life to entire creation, O Arjuna.(13.33)
They who perceive --- with an eye of Self-knowledge --- the difference between creation (or the body) and the Creator (or the Spirit) as
well as know the technique of liberation (through Selfless service, Knowledge, Devotion or Meditation) of the living entity from the trap
of divine illusory energy (Maya), attain the Supreme. (13.34)
Abbreviated By Harry Bhalla.
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