TEXT 25

Devanagari

ध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना ।
अन्ये सांख्येन योगेन कर्मयोगेन चापरे ॥ २५ ॥

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Tekst

dhyānenātmani paśyanti
kecid ātmānam ātmanā
anye sāṅkhyena yogena
karma-yogena cāpare

Synonyms

dhyānena — by meditation; ātmani — within the self; paśyanti — see; kecit — some; ātmānam — the Supersoul; ātmanā — by the mind; anye — others; sāṅkhyena — of philosophical discussion; yogena — by the yoga system; karma-yogena — by activities without fruitive desire; ca — also; apare — others.

dhyānena — gennem meditation; ātmani — inden i selvet; paśyanti — ser; kecit — nogle; ātmānam — Oversjælen; ātmanā — med sindet; anye — andre; sāṅkhyena — af filosofisk diskussion; yogena — gennem yoga-systemet; karma-yogena — gennem aktiviteter uden frugtstræbende ønsker; ca — og; apare — andre.

Translation

Some perceive the Supersoul within themselves through meditation, others through the cultivation of knowledge, and still others through working without fruitive desires.

Nogle erkender Oversjælen inde i sig selv via meditation, andre igennem udvikling af viden, og atter andre erkender Ham ved at arbejde uden frugtstræbende ønsker.

Purport

The Lord informs Arjuna that the conditioned souls can be divided into two classes as far as man’s search for self-realization is concerned. Those who are atheists, agnostics and skeptics are beyond the sense of spiritual understanding. But there are others, who are faithful in their understanding of spiritual life, and they are called introspective devotees, philosophers, and workers who have renounced fruitive results. Those who always try to establish the doctrine of monism are also counted among the atheists and agnostics. In other words, only the devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are best situated in spiritual understanding, because they understand that beyond this material nature are the spiritual world and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is expanded as the Paramātmā, the Supersoul in everyone, the all-pervading Godhead. Of course there are those who try to understand the Supreme Absolute Truth by cultivation of knowledge, and they can be counted in the class of the faithful. The Sāṅkhya philosophers analyze this material world into twenty-four elements, and they place the individual soul as the twenty-fifth item. When they are able to understand the nature of the individual soul to be transcendental to the material elements, they are able to understand also that above the individual soul there is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the twenty-sixth element. Thus gradually they also come to the standard of devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Those who work without fruitive results are also perfect in their attitude. They are given a chance to advance to the platform of devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Here it is stated that there are some people who are pure in consciousness and who try to find out the Supersoul by meditation, and when they discover the Supersoul within themselves, they become transcendentally situated. Similarly, there are others who also try to understand the Supreme Soul by cultivation of knowledge, and there are others who cultivate the haṭha-yoga system and who try to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead by childish activities.

FORKLARING: Herren fortæller her Arjuna, at de betingede sjæle kan inddeles i to kategorier for så vidt menneskets søgen efter selverkendelse angår. De, der er ateister, agnostikere og skeptikere, mangler helt evnen til at forstå åndelig viden. Men der er andre, der har tillid til deres forståelse af åndeligt liv, og de kaldes selvransagende hengivne, filosoffer og arbejdere, der har forsaget alle frugtstræbende resultater. De, der bestandigt forsøger at etablere monismedoktrinen, regnes også med blandt ateisterne og agnostikerne. Med andre ord er det kun Guddommens Højeste Personligheds hengivne, der er bedst situerede i åndelig forståelse, for de forstår, at bag denne materielle natur findes den åndelige verden og Guddommens Højeste Personlighed, der er ekspanderet som Paramātmā, Oversjælen inde i hjertet på alle, den altgennemtrængende Guddom. Der findes naturligvis også dem, der forsøger at forstå den Højeste Absolutte Sandhed ved at udvikle viden, og de kan regnes med til klassen af de troende. Sāṅkhya-filosofferne analyserer denne materielle verden i 24 elementer, og de regner den individuelle sjæl for at være det 25. element. Når de bliver i stand til at forstå, at den individuelle sjæls natur er at være transcendental til de materielle elementer, kan de også forstå, at over den individuelle sjæl findes Guddommens Højeste Personlighed. Han er det 26. element. Således kommer de også gradvist til niveauet af hengiven tjeneste i Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed. De, der arbejder uden frugtstræbende resultater, har også den rigtige indstilling. De får således mulighed for at avancere til stadiet af hengiven tjeneste i Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed. Det erklæres her, at der findes mennesker, der er rene af bevidsthed, og som forsøger at finde frem til Oversjælen gennem meditation, og når de opdager Oversjælen inden i sig selv, bliver de transcendentalt situeret. Der findes på samme måde andre, der forsøger at forstå den Højeste Sjæl ved at udvikle viden, og der er dem, der følger haṭha-yoga-systemet og forsøger at tilfredsstille Guddommens Højeste Personlighed med barnlige aktiviteter.