Shri Krishna Speaks: The eye of wisdom

Shri Krishna Speaks: The eye if wisdom

*|| जय श्री कृष्ण ||*🌷🙏*

*॥ श्रीमद्‍भगवद्‍गीता ॥ 15.10॥*

_उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम्‌ ।_

_विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः॥_

*भावार्थ :* 

जीवात्मा शरीर का किस प्रकार त्याग कर सकती है, किस प्रकार शरीर में स्थित रहती है और किस प्रकार प्रकृति के गुणों के अधीन होकर विषयों का भोग करती है, मूर्ख मनुष्य कभी भी इस प्रक्रिया को नहीं देख पाते हैं केवल वही मनुष्य देख पाते हैं जिनकी आँखें ज्ञान के प्रकाश से प्रकाशित हो गयी हैं। (१०)

*Meaning*:

That which leaves, stays and experiences, that which is endowed with gunaas, is not recognized by the deluded. It is seen by those with the eye of wisdom.

*Explanation*:

Let's recap our analysis of the previous shloka. We saw how a false "I" called the ego is created, by usurping the awareness or sentiency of the eternal essence. All this is possible through the illusory identification of the jeeva with the ego. Shri Krishna now wants to summarize and conclude the topic of the fall of the jeeva by distinguishing between those individuals who recognize, who know the lifecycle jeeva versus those who do not. He says that only those with the eye of wisdom can truly understand the notion of the jeeva as separate and distinct from the physical body, as well as the reason for its existence. Others cannot.

 

Most of us tend to think that the brain is sentient and self-aware, when it is inert and borrows awareness from the jeeva. Most of us think that what we our senses tell us is real, when it is actually nothing but the play of the three gunaas. Most of us derive enjoyment from the world, when our real nature is that of joy. Most of us think that the "I" is our ego, our ahankaara when it is actually the eternal essence. These incorrect beliefs are collectively termed as ajnyaana or ignorance.

 

The jnyaana chakshu, the eye of wisdom, refers to those people who have removed all of these incorrect notions. They do not hesitate to challenge any thought, idea, concept or emotion since all of this is in the plane of the three gunaas. On the other hand, most of us will not challenge the long held beliefs about the world that we are programmed with. Since we do not lost our fascination for the world even after being told several times by our scriptures, Shri Krishna addressed us as "vimoodha", completely deluded. How then, do those select few people gain the eye of wisdom? We will see in the next shloka.

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