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My expressions and passions

Week 27, chapter 10, shloka 1-7

Now I tell you of my various expressions in different beings that form their nature;

First is intellect (buddhi) and then the knowledge that is unlimited. Absence of attachment, tolerance, forgiveness, and truth. Then self-control (mind), control of senses, pleasure and sorrow, birth and death, all come from me. Fear or fearlessness, non-violence and equality, contentment and penance, charity, glory/grace and disgrace, all are born from me. And whether the beings know me or not depend much on the fruits of their karmas.

And now I tell you about the eleven passions which sustain this creation and they create the bound in which the beings have to behave.

The seven immortal seers of time- (the Saptarishis) and the four (main) founders of the human race- Manus (total being seven) are born from my (manas). And these rishis and manus have created Ashtalokpaal to take care of the world. Who are like the kings of the three worlds and the whole world -their kingdom.  It's like from the seed a sprout comes out and then the stem, roots, branches, leaves, fruits, etc eventually comes out but the source (the seed) remains the same. The same way all these have come out from me while I am the source of them all.

I being the only seed, from me, came my ‘mana’, from my mana comes seven Rishis and four Manus and from them came Ashtalokpaals (Indras etc.) and they eventually created other beings. And those who know me like this- with my expressions and my passions (etc.) are in oneness with me and are always full of gratitude. So, this devotion of oneness- the Ananya bhakti allows the devotee to see me in every being.

Overwhelmed by the joy of oneness, sometimes they announce their devotion to the whole world (forgetting the conduct of the world)- can announce the most auspicious and secret recipe to attain this joy to the whole world (when it should be told in secrecy only to the deserving ones). Enchanted and intoxicated in the joy of the spirit, they go beyond the body and soul and remain indifferent to the of day and night and like this, they enjoy the complete oneness with me. 

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