VII: 17

[Krishna Jaya]

Chapter 7, Verse 17

 

“Of these four, the wise are the most praiseworthy.

Unattached, steadfast, and continually united with me,

They are supremely beloved by me,

As I am by them.”

 

Sri Aurobindo:

 

All the four kinds of Bhaktas are approved by the Gita, but only on the last does Krishna lay the seal of complete sanction.  The one-pointed devotion of the Bhaktas with wisdom is their whole law of living.  They have gone beyond all creeds of religious belief, rules of conduct, and personal aims of life.  There remain no griefs to be healed.  There are no more desires to hunger after.  There are no doubts or baffled seekings left, for all wisdom streams upon them from the Light in which they live.  They love whole-heartedly the divine and are his beloveds as well, for as they take joy in the divine, so too does the divine take joy in them.  These are the God-lovers who have the wisdom.

 

Swami Shivananda:

 

The Lord has an even outlook towards all.  He regards all living beings alike.  None he condemns and none he favors.  He is the enemy of none.  He is the partial lover of none.  He does not favor some and frown on others.  It is only the egoistic ones who have created a wide gulf between themselves and the Supreme Being through their wrong attitude.  The Lord is closer to them than their own breath, nearer than their hands and feet.

 

Krishna is saying in so many words, “I am like the fire.  Just as fire removes the cold of those who draw near it, but not of those who keep away from it, even so do I bestow my grace on my devotees, but not, as ignorant people may believe, owing to any kind of attachment on my part.  The Sun has neither attachment to the mirror nor hatred for the pot.  Just as the light of the Sun, though pervading everywhere, is reflected well in a clean mirror and not so well in a pot, so also I the Supreme Lord of the Universe, being present everywhere, manifest myself only in those from whose minds all kinds of impurities, accumulated on account of ignorance, have been removed through their sincere love and devotion.”