Knowledge of the Lord’s Glory conduces to Yoga.
एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः ।
सोऽविकम्पेन योगेन युज्यते नात्र संशयः ॥ ७ ॥
etāṃ vibhūtiṃ yogaṃ ca mama yo vetti tattvataḥ .
so’vikampena yogena yujyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 7 ..
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He who knows in truth this vast extent of My being † and My achievement (Yoga)—or Yoga may here stand for what is born of Yoga, viz., the power of achieving and controlling mighty things as well as Omniscience‡—he is endowed with unshaken Yoga, i.e., with steadiness in right knowledge. §
He who knows Me as infinite.—(A.)
i.e., he who knows the fact that the Great Rishis and the Manus possessed their power and wisdom, as partaking of a very small portion of the Lord’s power and wisdom.—(A.)
The knowledge of the Conditioned is the doorway leading to the knowledge of the Unconditioned.—(A.)
What is that unshaken Yoga with which they are endowed?—The answer follows: