Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God
Verse 10.7
एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः। सोऽविकम्पेन योगेन युज्यते नात्र संशयः।।10.7।।
etāṁ vibhūtiṁ yogaṁ cha mama yo vetti tattvataḥ so ’vikampena yogena yujyate nātra sanśhayaḥ
Word Meanings
etām—these; vibhūtim—glories; yogam—divine powers; cha—and; mama—my; yaḥ—those who; vetti—know; tattvataḥ—in truth; saḥ—they; avikalpena—unwavering; yogena—in bhakti yog; yujyate—becomes united; na—never; atra—here; sanśhayaḥ—doubt
Translation · English
He who truly knows these manifold manifestations of My Being and this Yoga-power of Mine, becomes established in unshakable Yoga; there is no doubt about it.
Deep Meaning · English
In this verse, Bhagavan Krishna invites the seeker to look beyond the surface of the sensory world. By understanding His 'vibhūti' (glories) and 'yoga' (mystic power) 'tattvataḥ'—meaning in their essential truth—the devotee realizes that the multiplicity of creation is not separate from the Divine, but is an expression of His inherent majesty. This is the transition from seeing an object to recognizing the Subject residing within it. When one perceives the entire cosmos as a vibration of the Divine will, the flickering nature of the ego begins to stabilize, anchoring itself in the immutable essence of the Lord. This transition is not merely intellectual; it is an ontological shift in consciousness where the seeker moves from the periphery of worldly observation to the center of divine communion. Krishna assures us that such a vision naturally produces 'avikampena yogena'—an unwavering, unshakable union. When the mind finally grasps that the Divine is the bedrock of all manifestation, it no longer oscillates between likes and dislikes, success and failure, or attachment and repulsion. The doubt that once plagued the seeker dissolves, replaced by the steadfast clarity of one who sees the Beloved in everything, and everything in the Beloved.
True spiritual realization is the permanent stabilization of the mind in the Divine, achieved when one recognizes the world not as an entity of its own, but as the manifest glory of the Infinite.
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This verse reinforces the practice of seeing the Lord in all beings and all things as the foundation of constant communion.
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