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Shri Raajiiva Gita: Chapter-5: The Association of Enquiry of the Monism and Dualism (Verses 1-7)

(Advaita Dvaita Vicāra Yogaḥ)

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Śrī Rājīva Uvāca:-
[Shri Rajiiv Spoke]:-

Advaitaṃ dvaita mekaṃ hi,
Kṛṣṇe satyaṃ bhavet kila।
Ekaṃ niścitya bhāṣasva,
vastusthitiṃ hi vidmahe॥

[In the case of the most complete incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, whether there is monism between God and the soul of Kṛṣṇa or there is dualism between God and the soul of Kṛṣṇa, you decide one side and speak further. We want to know whether it is monism or dualism that exists in the case of Kṛṣṇa.]

 

Śrī Datta Bhagavān Uvāca:-
[God Śrī Datta Spoke]:-

Sarva śakti Parabrahma,
Kṛṣṇo dvividha ekadā।
Tamaḥprakāśayo raikyaṃ,
tasya sādhyaṃ hi māyinaḥ॥

[God Kṛṣṇa is directly Parabrahman (in fact, any incarnation is Parabrahman), who is visible-mediated-unimaginable God and is omnipotent. He can stay in both contradicting ways at the same time without any contradiction. He can be a mixture of light and darkness. Such impossible things are possible for God Kṛṣṇa, who has the unimaginable power.]

 

Ye yathā māṃ prapadyante,
tāṃstathaiva bhajāmyaham।
Iti tenaiva gītaṃ ca,
yugapat dvi prakāravān॥

[God Kṛṣṇa Himself told that He will be present in such a state as per the liking of the devotee. At the same time, He can be simultaneously in two states, which are monism and dualism because two types of devotees may approach God Kṛṣṇa at the same time.]

 

Evaṃ na syāt sarva śakti —
bhaṅgo bhakti daśā'nugaḥ।
Kṛṣṇa jīve tathā tasmin,
nātmāropaṇa mañcatu॥

[If God Kṛṣṇa is unable to be simultaneously present in both states, His omnipotence (the capacity to do any impossible thing) becomes false. When two devotees existing in different levels of devotion approach God Kṛṣṇa at the same time, God Kṛṣṇa can be God with perfect monism to one devotee and can be dualistic to another devotee simultaneously as per their requirements. The most important point here is that the monism discussed here is with the soul of Kṛṣṇa and God and not with every ordinary soul and God. You should not keep your soul in the place of the soul of Kṛṣṇa.]

 

Yadyekaṃ pakṣa māśritya,
mūḍho bhavati cet bhavān।
Sa sarva śaktimān bhūyāt,
ekona sarvaśaktimān॥

[If you are foolishly rigid to fix God Kṛṣṇa on one side only due to your rigid nature, it effectively denies God from being completely omnipotent, meaning the omnipotent God has all powers except for this one power. Then, God will be said to have 99 powers only and not 100 powers, thereby contradicting His inherent nature of omnipotence.]

 

Nara taijasa rūpābhyāṃ,
eko hi Bhagavān bhavet।
Ekaḥ kārpāsa pītāṃśu —
vastrābhyāmiva na dvidhā॥

[The same God mediated in energetic form is called God Viṣṇu. The same God mediated in human form is called God Kṛṣṇa. A single person can wear silk clothes or cotton clothes. Based on two types of clothes, there are no two persons.]

 

Kṛṣṇād anyo jīva evaṃ,
dvirūpa vastradhārakaḥ।
Ihāmutra dvidhā sthātuṃ,
na śakyaṃ śaktyabhāvataḥ॥

[Just like God Kṛṣṇa is in cotton clothes (human body) on the earth and in silk clothes (energetic body) in the upper Goloka, the ordinary soul also is in cotton clothes (human body) on the earth and in silk clothes (energetic body) in the upper worlds. But, the difference between God Kṛṣṇa and any ordinary soul is that God Kṛṣṇa is merged with omnipotent Parabrahman everywhere, whereas the ordinary soul is very little potent or almost impotent and not merged with Parabrahman anywhere.]

To be continued…


Chapters:

Chapter-1: The Association of Enquiry of Correlation of Three Vedantic Philosophies

Chapter-2: The Association of Enquiry of the Difference Between God and Soul

Chapter-3: The Association of Enquiry of the Difference Between God and World

Chapter-4: The Association of Enquiry of the Incarnation

Chapter-5: The Association of Enquiry of the Monism and Dualism

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