बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।
वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥ १९ ॥
वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥ १९ ॥
bahūnāṃ janmanāmante jñānavānmāṃ prapadyate .
vāsudevaḥ sarvamiti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ .. 19 ..
At the end of many births, the man of wisdom comes to me, (realising) that Vasudeva is the all: he is the noble-souled (Mahatman), very hard to find.
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At the end of many births occupied in spiritual regeneration as preparatory to the attainment of wisdom, the man of mature wisdom resorts to Me, Vasudeva, the innermost Self (Pratyagātman).—How?—Realising that Vasudeva is the All. He who thus comes to Me, Nārāyaṇa, the Self of All, is a Mahatman, a man of high soul; there is no other either equal to him or superior to him. Therefore such a man is very hard to find; it has indeed been said that “among thousands of men, one perchance strives for perfection” (vii. 3.)
The ignorant worship inferior Gods.
Now will be shown the cause of (the people) not seeing that the Self or Vasudeva alone is the All :