149. Free of Cavil.
K rishna says, “To you who doesn’t cavil I shall reveal the sublime mystery- knowledge and wisdom. Once this is known, you shall be free from evil (9.1). The royal knowledge, the royal secret the supreme purifier is this, directly realisable, righteous, very easy to practice, imperishable (9.2). Men devoid of shraddha in this dharma , without attaining Me, tread the death darkened path of sansar (mortal world)” (9.3). Krishna sets forth two conditions to be eligible for receiving this royal knowledge. The first is having shraddha (trust). In the absence of shraddha , even royal knowledge becomes a mere arrangement of words. The second is being free of cavil, which essentially means avoiding finding faults. In a contemporary context, this phenomenon is described as ‘we see the world as we are but not as it is’. When people cavil at the same thing or situation in different ways, differences are inevitable, leading to the bitterness we see around. When cavilling is drop...