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असतो मा सद्गमय। 

तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय। 

मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय।

ॐ शांतिः शांतिः शांतिः

𝔹𝕙𝕒𝕘𝕧𝕒𝕕𝕘𝕚𝕥𝕒

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दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम् ॥11.8

You cannot see Me with these ordinary eyes of yours.Therefore, I grant you the divine eye—behold now My sovereign, divine Yoga-power.

The physical eye is capable of perceiving only gross material objects. Even subtle physical realities—such as ether—remain invisible to it. The limitations and fallibility of sense perception are evident in everyday experience. Seated in a moving train, the eye perceives stationary objects as rushing past. It sees the unmoving sun traversing the sky, and the still moon appearing to race behind drifting clouds. Such common errors reveal that the naked eye cannot be relied upon to present reality as it truly is.

Indeed, the eye is often the strongest instrument of delusion. Therefore, the Lord declares that Arjuna cannot behold the Cosmic Form through ordinary vision.

The Upaniṣads affirm this truth:

“दृश्यते त्वग्र्यया बुद्ध्या सूक्ष्मया सूक्ष्मदर्शिभिः”

—The Supreme Reality is perceived only by the subtle, purified, and concentrated intellect of the seers.

Though the Lord pervades everything, He is not perceived because ignorance (avidyā) veils perception. This veiling power is Māyā—darkness born of misunderstanding. When this covering is removed, the eye of knowledge opens, and delusion dissolves in the light of Truth.

Just as a blind man cannot see the sun, so too the ignorant cannot perceive the all-pervading Self. To deny God’s existence merely because He is not visible to the physical eye is as irrational as a blind person denying the sun. Non-perception is not non-existence.

How, then, does one gain this divine vision?

The Lord Himself answers: through His grace.

“ददामि ते चक्षुः”—I give you the divine eye.

But to whom is this grace given? To the devoted and surrendered.

As the Lord says elsewhere:

“तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम्

ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते” 

To those who worship Me with unwavering devotion, I grant the wisdom by which they attain Me.

The Lord repeatedly emphasizes bhakti, humility, and surrender:

Worship Me in every way.Take refuge in Me.Surrender yourself entirely.

Such surrender purifies the heart and prepares it to receive divine knowledge, peace, and bliss.

Arjuna had surrendered completely to Krishna; therefore, he was fit to behold the Cosmic Form, and the Lord bestowed upon him the divine eye.

This divine vision is not restricted by caste, creed, religion, or nationality. Grace is universally available.

 If the divine eye does not open, the obstruction lies within oneself.

“Knock, and it shall be opened”: Says Swamy Sivananda.

The knocking must be sincere and persistent. Relentless spiritual striving and intense longing for Truth inevitably draw down the Lord’s grace. Ramakrushna Paramahamsa says it Vyakulata.

Let all seekers follow the path of Arjuna—through devotion, surrender, and perseverance—and attain the vision of the Divine.

𝕍𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕜𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕕𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚

भ्रान्तस्य यद्यद्भ्रमतः प्रतीतं

ब्रह्मैव तत्तद्रजतं हि शुक्तिः ।

इदंतया ब्रह्म सदैव रूप्यते

त्वारोपितं ब्रह्मणि नाममात्रम् ॥ २३६ ॥

To one who is deluded, whatever appears through that delusion—that is verily Brahman alone, just as the illusory silver is nothing but nacre.Brahman is always presented as an object (“this”) due to superimposition;

names and forms are merely imagined upon Brahman.

This verse powerfully states a core Advaita principle:

Error does not create a new reality; it only misperceives the existing one.

Just as illusory silver has no existence apart from the shell, so too the entire world of names and forms has no existence apart from Brahman. Delusion (bhrānti) does not affect Brahman; it only distorts the perceiver’s understanding.

भ्रान्तस्य… प्रतीतं — Appearance to the deluded

What appears to an ignorant mind is conditioned by avidyā.

The appearance may be false, but its substratum is real.

ब्रह्मैव तत् — That is Brahman alone

Even the mistaken appearance is not other than Brahman.

There is no second substance apart from Brahman to support illusion.

Illusion borrows its being from Reality.

रजतं हि शुक्तिः — Silver is nothing but nacre

Silver = false appearance

Nacre = real substratum

Likewise:

World = appearance

Brahman = substratum

इदंतया ब्रह्म रूप्यते — Brahman appears as an object

Brahman, which is non-objectifiable pure consciousness, is falsely perceived as “this”—something external—due to ignorance.

नाममात्रम् आरोपितम् — Names alone are superimposed

Names and forms do not belong to Brahman.

They are mere conceptual projections, like names given to clouds, waves, or mirages.

No illusion can exist without Reality.

Reality is never modified by illusion.

The world does not veil Brahman; ignorance veils understanding.

When ignorance is removed, nothing new is gained—only the false attribution drops away.

Just as silver vanishes when nacre is known,

the world vanishes when Brahman is known.

All appearances, even in error, rest upon Brahman alone; names and forms are superimpositions, while Brahman ever remains the sole Reality.

HAVE A BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL DAY