|| Shri Hari ||

Gita's 'Sharanagati' Refuge

continued....

 Hari durlabh nahin jagat mein,  Harijan durlabh hoi |

hari heryaan sab jag milai, Harijan kahin ek hoi  ||

Hari se tu jani het kar, kar Harijan se het |

Hari reejhai jag det hai, harijan hari hi det ||

In this world,  God is not a rarity,  rather his loving devotee who has take refuge in Him, is a rarity.    The reason being,  that if you search for God,  he will be found everywhere,  but God’s dear and loving devotee, can be found only in a few places.   On becoming pleased,  God gives this human birth.  Then with that body,  a being can go to hell as well;   but a devotee of God, makes one attain only God.   One who has an association with devotees,  cannot go to hell.   

In the beginning of the eighteenth chapter, Arjuna had asked the Lord about the essence of Jnanayog and Karmayog,  but the Lord tells about the essence of both these in the fifty-fifth verse, and then out of His grace, on His own,  begins the description of devotion and says -  

Sarvakarmaanyapi sadaa kurvaano madvyapaashrayah |

matprasaadaadvaapnoti shaashvatam padmavyayam || (Gita 18/56).  

Continually performing all actions, taking refuge in Me, by My grace, My devotee attains the Eternal Imperishable state, i.e. he attain Paramatma (God). (Gita 18/56).      (continued....)

From book in hindi “Jit Dekhu Titi Tu” by Swami Ramsukhdasji