Text 24] The First Step in God Realization 39
able to cleanse the materially absorbed mind, it is impossible for them to
concentrate upon thoughts of transcendence. And to do so one may fix
one’s mind on the gross material or external feature of the Lord. The
different parts of the gigantic form of the Lord are described in the fol-
lowing verses. The materialistic men are very anxious to have some mystic
powers as a result of such controlling process, but the real purpose of
yogic regulations is to eradicate the accumulated dirty things like lust,
anger, avarice and all such material contaminations. If the mystic yog? is
diverted by the accompanying feats of mystic control, then his mission of
yogic success is a failure, because the ultimate aim is God realization. He is
therefore recommended to fix his gross materialistic mind by a different
conception and thus realize the potency of the Lord. As soon as the
potencies are understood to be instrumental manifestations of the tran-
scendence, the next step is automatically advanced, and gradually the stage
of full realization becomes possible for him.
TEXT 24
Rare ast afiga eritrary |
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wag asd fred ad aed Te AT IIReIl
visesas tasya deho’yarh
sthavisthas ca sthaviyasam
yatredam vyajyate visvam
bhitarh bhavyam bhavac ca sat
visesah— personal; tasya—his; dehah—body; ayam—this; sthavisthah—
grossly material; ca—and; sthaviyasam—of all matter; yatra—wherein; idam
~all these phenomenal; vyajyate—is experienced; visvam—universe; bhiitam
—past; bhavyam—future; bhavat—present; ca—and; sat—resultant.
TRANSLATION
This gigantic manifestation of the phenomenal material world as a
whole is the personal body of the Absolute Truth, wherein the universal
resultant past, present and future of material time is experienced.
