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Divine Is Located In The Hearts Of All Living Beings, And He Is The Source Of Memory, Wisdom, And Forgetting

सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि सन्निविष्टो
मत्त: स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनं च |
वेदैश्च सर्वैरहमेव वेद्यो
वेदान्तकृद्वेदविदेव चाहम् || 15.15||

sarvasya chāhaṁ hṛidi sanniviṣhṭo
mattaḥ smṛitir jñānam apohanaṁ cha
vedaiśh cha sarvair aham eva vedyo
vedānta-kṛid veda-vid eva chāham|| 15.15||

Shloka Translation
BG – Ch. 15- Ver. 15:

I am seated in the hearts of all living beings, and memory, wisdom, and forgetfulness flow from Me. I am the author of Vedant and the knower of the meaning of the Vedas, and I alone am to be recognized by all the Vedas.

Explanation

Lord Shree Krishna declares in this verse that He has given upon us this great memory and knowledge ability. According to Shree Krishna, He has also given us the ability to forget the past. Unwanted memories are erased by living beings.

The Lord has unveiled his glories in relation to the revelation of the Vedas in this verse, stating that he is the creator, knower, and writer of the Vedas. God is divine, and all of his creations are divine, including the Vedas. He is the only one who understands their inner meaning, and only through his grace can a fortunate soul comprehend the Vedas.

The Vedas contain numerous material and spiritual precepts, but the ultimate goal of all knowledge is to know Him. The objective of the rites and ceremonies taught is to entice individuals back to spirituality from the material world. They serve as a bridge between them and God, allowing them to be detached from their materialistic perspective.

All of the Vedic mantras, in fact, point to God. “Memorizing and reciting the Vedic mantras in the correct metre, performing all the rites, meditating, or even waking the kundalini force; all of this is useless until we know God.” The true lessons of all the Vedic scriptures can only be grasped by those who have learned to sincerely love God.

Verse & what we can learn

Shri Krishna claims that in our life, he is both a producer and a consumer of knowledge. In this shloka, the Vedas are referred to as the entire total of all knowledge. Knowledge is absorption is divided into three stages. We don’t know anything in the first stage; this is the state of apohanam, or memorylessness.

So, anytime we learn something new or recall anything from memory, we should remember that in this process of knowledge acquisition, Ishvara is both the subject and the object, the knower and the known.

That isn’t all, though. The ultimate knowledge is that which exposes the true nature of the self and its identity with Ishvara, which is the Bhagavad Gita’s main focus. Ishvara is the knowledge that discloses the true nature of the self. To put it another way, only the self knows itself.

In the end, it is Ishvara who provides all beings on this planet with awareness, nourishment, food, and the ability to assimilate food, as well as wisdom. Not only does he create all of stuff, but he also consumes it. If we really think about it, we’ll see that our fake “I,” our ego, is nowhere to be discovered.

To acquire knowledge and implement that knowledge in life one needs to be mentally and physically active and healthy and for that daily meditation is a great tool.

There are various types of meditation like Buddhist meditation, heartfulness meditation, mindfulness meditation, meditation for stress, and each meditation benefits are countless. There is also numerous meditation techniques for beginners which help in practicing daily meditation so go ahead and start your journey towards a peaceful and balanced life.

Shree Krishna defines the concepts kṣhar, akṣhar, and Puruṣhottam in the next two verses, putting the knowledge presented thus far into correct perspective.

Let’s learn to live with “The Gita” via Meditation Affinity…