| 22. Now, that
Highest Purusha, O son of Pritha, within Whom a11 beings dwell, by Whom
all this is pervaded, is attainable by exclusive devotion Purusha is so
called because He rests in the body, or because He is full. Than Him none
is higher. He is attained by exclusive devotion, by jnana or knowledge of
the Self. All the created beings abide within the Purusha ; for, every effect
rests within its cause ; and by that Purusha the whole world is pervaded.The
Paths of Light and Darkness.Now it is necessary to speak of the Uttaramarga,
the Northern Path, the Path of Light by which the Yogias just spoken of
attain to Brahman,those Yogins who meditate here on Brahman as inhering
in the Pranava, in the syllable Om, and who attain to moksha later on. And
this will be taught in the section beginning with vi. 23. The path of return
is also described, only with a view to extol the other path. |
