Arjuna is in ec stasy. He has bec ome a rishi, a seer of Truth.

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frmed, they lie open be fore him in this vi sion. His sam adhi car ries him higher and
higher. One truth af ter ano ther unf olds. The Vedas are eter nal. They can be read
in all ages, they are stamped on the mind of ev ery one of us. Through the grace of
Sri rishna Arjuna!s spir i tual eye is opened and page af ter
page of the Vedas is re al i"ed by him. He is e# $ alted. %hat can he say& %ords are
'ea( in$ strum ents) Ho' to sing the praises of his be $ loved *ord& +t does not sat
isfy him. He is be $ yond all praise. +n 'hat di rect ion shall + bo' do'n to ,ou, my
*ord& + adore ,ou in the east and in the 'est, in the north and in the south) ,ou are
om ni pres ent) %here are ,ou not& %hat are ,ou not&
-.. Salu tat ions to ,ou in front, salu tat ions to ,ou be hind, salu tat ions to ,ou on
all sides) O All, inf i nite in po'er and im mea sur able in val our, ,ou per vade all/
there fore ,ou are all. 0v ery thing con tains ,ou, ev ery thing is per$ vaded by ,ou,
nothi ng e# ists 'ith out ,ou. %hat more shall + say& Oh, ho' ign o rant + have been1
-2. 3ot (no' ing this, ,our glory, and re gard ing ,ou merely as a friend, 'hat ever +
may have said pre sump tu ously, out of ei ther care less ness or fondn ess, ad dress
ing ,ou as 4O rishna, O ,adava, O 5riend!/ -6. O 7hange less One, in 'hat ever man
ner + may have been dis re spect ful to ,ou, in jest, in 'al( ing, in re pose, in sit ting,
or at meals, alone or in the pres ence of oth ers/ O un fath om$ able One, + imp lore
,ou to forg ive all that. 5or give my pre sump tion. + did not (no' any better. + meant
no of fence. Through our close friend ship and as so ci a tion + had lost sight of ,our
godly na ture. + be gan to loo( upon ,ou as my friend, bel oved and re$ spected, but
,our di vin ity + had for got ten. 3o' + (no' better. ,ou have in ,our (ind $ ness
opened my eyes. +n deed
-8. ,ou are the 5at her of the movi ng and unmoving 'orld, and its obj ect of 'ors
hip, greater than the great/ O in comp a ra ble 9o'er, no one in the three 'orlds e#
ists e:ual to ,ou. Ho' then can any one e# cel ,ou& ,ou are the +shvara, the *ord,
the 7re ator, 9re server and ;e stroyer of the uni $ verse. 7er tainly none can be li(e
,ou. There cann ot poss i bly be t'o +shvaras or t'o *ords. +f there 'ere more than
one +shvara, the 'orld could not get on as it does. %hen one +shvara de sires to
crea te, ano ther may 'ish to des troy. There is no guar ant ee that all the +shvaras
'ould be of one mind. And as they 'ould all be in de pend ent of each other, the ef
fort of one +shvara in one di rec tion 'ould be neu trali "ed by that of an other in the
op po site di rec tion. There 'ould be great con $ fu sion in the uni verse. 4%here
there are t'o, there is fear!, says the <panishad. And so, 'hen even ,our e:ual
does not e#i st, ho' can there e# ist a be ing su pe rior to ,ou& There fore,
--. O adora ble *ord) 9rost rating my body in ado r at ion, + beg ,our forg iven ess. O
=od, as a fa ther for gives his son, a friend his dear friend, a be loved one his love,
even so do ,ou for give me) 5or give me my of fences. >To be continued?
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