First the Story.
In the city of Kolhapur a generous king lived ruling his kingdom well, punishing the evil minded and wicked and protecting the virtuous. The King Brhadratha desired to poerform the Asvamedhayaga and therefore let loose the sacrificial animal. by the time the horse returned to the capital, king Brhadratha was dead and his body was embalmed and preserved in oils. By the time the son of the king could go and bring back the horse to the city it had mysteriously disappeared. The prince so sorrow striken went to the shrine of the goddesses and devoutly offered his prayers, she appeared to him and told him to beg the brahmin who was at the threshold of the shrine and that he would be able to bring back his horse and save him from his miserable plight.
Accordingly as the prince appeard to the Brahmin at the entrance and begged him to save him, the merciful Brahmin invoked Indra and the other Gods. They were much pleased with his prayers and got him back his horse. The prince then begged the Brahmin to bring back to life his father whose body was preserved in oils. the Brahmin sprinkled some holy water on the corpse and animated it with life and saved him.
Brhadratha literally reborn prostrated himself upon the feet of the holy Brahmin and addressed him "O! Excellent Brahmin, you have brought me back to life. Your powers are indeed marvellous. your glory is unbounded". The Brahmin replied O King it is not on account of me that you are thus saved. I have been in the habit of reciting the 12th chapter of the B G every day. All this is the wondrous consequence of the recital of the said text.
Brhadratha successfully completed hs yaga and devoutly recited the 12th chapter of the B G unto his death. when the call came from above he could go straight to heaven.
The Yoga of Devotion Bhakti Yoga.
Arjuna questions: The devotees who are ever steadfast, and worship thee and those again who worship the imperishable and the unmanifested which of these are better versed in Yoga.
The Lord replies.
Those who have fixed their minds on one and who are ever steadfast and possessed of supreme faith, worship me them do I consider perfect in Yoga. The dificulty of those whose minds are set on the unmanifested is greater, for the goal of the unmanifested is hard for the embodied to reach. Fix thy mind on me alone, let thy thoughts rest in me. And in me alone will thou live hereafter. Of this there is no doubt. If thou art not able to fix thy mind on me O! Dhananjaya, then seek to reach me by the practice of concentration of mind. If thou art not able to even practice concentration of mind, then devout thyself to my service. For even by doing service to me, thou canst reach perfection. If thou art not able to do even this then give up the fruit of all action, seeking refuge in devotion to me with thy mind subdued. For knowledge is better than the practice of concentration and meditation is better than knowledge, and renunciation of the fruit of action is even better than meditation, for renunciation leads to peace.
He who never hates any being and is friendly and compassionate, who is free from the feling of I and Mine and who looks upon pleasure and pain alike has forbearance and is ever content and steady in contemplation self restrained and has a firm conviction with his mind and understanding in me is dear to me for the devotion he has.
He who has no wants who is pure and prompt unconcerned and untroubled and who is selfless in all enterprises is dear to me. He who neither rejoices nor hates, neither grieves nor desires, and who has renounced both good and evil is dear to me.
He who is alike to friend and foe and through good and ill repute, who is alike in cold and heat, in pleasure and pain, and who is free from attachments, he who is alike in praise and dispraise, who is silent and satisfied with whatever he has and is firm in mind he is dear to me.
those who are devoted having faith and following the righteous way of everlasting life regarding me as the supreme are exceedingly dear to me.
In the city of Kolhapur a generous king lived ruling his kingdom well, punishing the evil minded and wicked and protecting the virtuous. The King Brhadratha desired to poerform the Asvamedhayaga and therefore let loose the sacrificial animal. by the time the horse returned to the capital, king Brhadratha was dead and his body was embalmed and preserved in oils. By the time the son of the king could go and bring back the horse to the city it had mysteriously disappeared. The prince so sorrow striken went to the shrine of the goddesses and devoutly offered his prayers, she appeared to him and told him to beg the brahmin who was at the threshold of the shrine and that he would be able to bring back his horse and save him from his miserable plight.
Accordingly as the prince appeard to the Brahmin at the entrance and begged him to save him, the merciful Brahmin invoked Indra and the other Gods. They were much pleased with his prayers and got him back his horse. The prince then begged the Brahmin to bring back to life his father whose body was preserved in oils. the Brahmin sprinkled some holy water on the corpse and animated it with life and saved him.
Brhadratha literally reborn prostrated himself upon the feet of the holy Brahmin and addressed him "O! Excellent Brahmin, you have brought me back to life. Your powers are indeed marvellous. your glory is unbounded". The Brahmin replied O King it is not on account of me that you are thus saved. I have been in the habit of reciting the 12th chapter of the B G every day. All this is the wondrous consequence of the recital of the said text.
Brhadratha successfully completed hs yaga and devoutly recited the 12th chapter of the B G unto his death. when the call came from above he could go straight to heaven.
The Yoga of Devotion Bhakti Yoga.
Arjuna questions: The devotees who are ever steadfast, and worship thee and those again who worship the imperishable and the unmanifested which of these are better versed in Yoga.
The Lord replies.
Those who have fixed their minds on one and who are ever steadfast and possessed of supreme faith, worship me them do I consider perfect in Yoga. The dificulty of those whose minds are set on the unmanifested is greater, for the goal of the unmanifested is hard for the embodied to reach. Fix thy mind on me alone, let thy thoughts rest in me. And in me alone will thou live hereafter. Of this there is no doubt. If thou art not able to fix thy mind on me O! Dhananjaya, then seek to reach me by the practice of concentration of mind. If thou art not able to even practice concentration of mind, then devout thyself to my service. For even by doing service to me, thou canst reach perfection. If thou art not able to do even this then give up the fruit of all action, seeking refuge in devotion to me with thy mind subdued. For knowledge is better than the practice of concentration and meditation is better than knowledge, and renunciation of the fruit of action is even better than meditation, for renunciation leads to peace.
He who never hates any being and is friendly and compassionate, who is free from the feling of I and Mine and who looks upon pleasure and pain alike has forbearance and is ever content and steady in contemplation self restrained and has a firm conviction with his mind and understanding in me is dear to me for the devotion he has.
He who has no wants who is pure and prompt unconcerned and untroubled and who is selfless in all enterprises is dear to me. He who neither rejoices nor hates, neither grieves nor desires, and who has renounced both good and evil is dear to me.
He who is alike to friend and foe and through good and ill repute, who is alike in cold and heat, in pleasure and pain, and who is free from attachments, he who is alike in praise and dispraise, who is silent and satisfied with whatever he has and is firm in mind he is dear to me.
those who are devoted having faith and following the righteous way of everlasting life regarding me as the supreme are exceedingly dear to me.
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