Gita 15.12 – Let the holy name illumine the heart with wisdom and devotion

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fulfillment Pune Sarvasya Vishtitam 13th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita verses 13 to 18 talk about the inconceivable attributes of the absolute truth this is the last verse in that section which was described Jyotisham Jyotisham so among all luminous objects this lord is the outstanding, the most striking the most luminous Krishna explains later in the 12th verse that he is the source of the luminosity of the objects that illuminate the world Vidadhi tigatan tejo Jagat kasyati akhila ek chandana si jaganam tejo viddhi mamakam so he is the source of the light of the sun the moon, fire and from this all other sources of illumination that also come so luminosity is the counter to darkness and Krishna is the source of not just the light that illuminates the outer world he is the source of the light that illuminates the inner world also and let’s get to that in the 10th point 11th, last verse of the Jyotish Shloki there is jnanaditena bhasmata tesha me vanukampal tamaham agyanajam tamaham nasayamya atmabhavastu jnanaditena bhasmata for my sincere devotees I remove the darkness from their heart with the torchlight of knowledge I am residing in their heart and from there I remove the darkness so Krishna illuminates the inner world too tamaham paramachyate in the 13th point he says that he is beyond all darkness even when he stays in our heart and even if our heart is full of impurities still he is not affected by those impurities rather if we start becoming conscious of him then the impurities are driven away by his effulgent presence so the process of chanting essentially is a process of invoking Krishna’s presence within our heart we call out the holy names and Krishna hears from within our heart and when he hears depending on our sincerity and intensity of our call he reciprocates by manifesting himself negligibly fractionally significantly or entirely entirely means he completely conquers our consciousness when he manifests so just as when the sun is rising the process of sunrise is gradual although our realization the sun has risen may come abruptly similarly the inner illumination is also gradual progressively everything that we, every devotional activity that we do, every holy name that we chant we are moving to Krishna, the Krishna sun is rising in our heart and even if we don’t notice it immediately because just like the sunrise we are sitting maybe chanting in the morning looking at the sky suddenly it’s dark it’s morning the dawn has come and then the sun is rising suddenly we feel oh it’s tea now, tea time now so like that we will also become illumined at one time but till then we choose perseverance knowing that the holy name is the inviter and the harbinger of the supreme light and the source of the supreme light Krishna and once that light illumines our heart all the impurities that distract us from the relationship with Krishna will disappear and we will rejoice in this life as well as