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The sages have described Him in many ways, in various
Vedic hymns, and also in the conclusive and convincing verses of the
Brahmasutra. (13.04)
The five basic elements, the "I" consciousness or ego, the intellect,
the unmanifest Prakriti, the ten senses, the mind, and the five sense
objects; (See also 7.04) (13.05)
Desire, hatred, pleasure, pain, the physical body, consciousness, and
resolve. Thus the field (the creation or body) has been briefly
described with its transformations. (13.06)
Humility, modesty, nonviolence, forbearance, honesty, service to guru,
purity (of thought, word, and deed), steadfastness, self-control; and
(13.07)
Aversion towards sense objects, absence of ego, constant reflection on
the agony and suffering inherent in birth, old age, disease, and death.
(13.08)
Detachment, non-fondness with son, wife, and home; unfailing equanimity
upon attainment of the desirable and the undesirable; and (13.09)
Unswerving devotion to Me by the yoga of exclusivity, love for solitude,
distaste for social gossips; and (13.10)
Steadfastness in knowledge of the Supreme Spirit, and the perception of
(the omnipresent God as) the object of true knowledge is called
knowledge; what is contrary to this is ignorance. (13.11)
I shall fully describe the object of knowledge, knowing which one
attains immortality. The beginningless Supreme Brahman is said to be
neither Sat nor Asat. (See also 9.19) (13.12)
Having hands and feet everywhere; having eyes, head, and face
everywhere; having ears everywhere; the creator exists in the creation
by pervading everything. (13.13)
He is the perceiver of all sense objects without the senses; unattached,
yet the sustainer of all; devoid of the Gunas, yet the enjoyer of the
Gunas. (13.14)
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