Chapter 7

Knowledge & Realization

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Gita 7.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच। मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः। असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु।।

śrī-bhagavān uvāca mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu

"The Supreme Lord said: With mind attached to Me, O Arjuna, practicing yoga and taking refuge in Me, hear how you shall know Me completely, without any doubt."

All 30 verses of Chapter 7

  1. 7.1The Supreme Lord said: With mind attached to Me, O Arjuna, practicing yoga and taking refuge in Me, hear...
  2. 7.2I shall teach you this knowledge along with realized wisdom, completely, knowing which, nothing more...
  3. 7.3Among thousands of people, scarcely one strives for perfection. And among those who strive and succeed...
  4. 7.4Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect, and ego, these eight comprise My separated material nature.
  5. 7.5This is My lower nature. But know My higher nature, O mighty-armed, the living beings by which this entire...
  6. 7.6Know that all beings have these two natures as their source. I am the origin and dissolution of the entire...
  7. 7.7There is nothing whatsoever higher than Me, O Arjuna. All this is strung on Me like pearls on a thread.
  8. 7.8I am the taste in water, O son of Kunti, the light of the sun and moon, the sacred syllable Om in all the...
  9. 7.9I am the pure fragrance of the earth, the brilliance in fire, the life in all beings, and the austerity in...
  10. 7.10Know Me, O Arjuna, as the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intelligence of the intelligent and the...
  11. 7.11I am the strength of the strong, devoid of desire and attachment. I am desire in beings that is not...
  12. 7.12Know that all states of being, whether of goodness, passion, or ignorance, come from Me. I am not in them...
  13. 7.13Deluded by these three modes of material nature, the whole world does not recognize Me, who am above these...
  14. 7.14This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes, is very difficult to overcome. But those who...
  15. 7.15The evil-doers, the deluded, the lowest of humanity do not surrender to Me, their knowledge stolen by...
  16. 7.16Four kinds of virtuous people worship Me, O Arjuna: the distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of...
  17. 7.17Of these, the wise one who is ever united with Me through single-minded devotion is the best. For I am...
  18. 7.18All these are noble, but the wise one I consider as My very Self. For, with mind steadfast, they are...
  19. 7.19After many births, one who has true knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing 'Vasudeva is everything.' Such a...
  20. 7.20Those whose knowledge is stolen by various desires surrender to other gods, following different rules and...
  21. 7.21Whatever form a devotee wishes to worship with faith, I make that faith steady.
  22. 7.22Endowed with that faith, they worship that deity and obtain their desires, but those desires are actually...
  23. 7.23But the fruit gained by these people of small intelligence is temporary. Worshippers of the gods go to the...
  24. 7.24The unintelligent think I was unmanifest before and have now become manifest. They do not know My higher...
  25. 7.25I am not revealed to everyone, being veiled by My divine creative power. This deluded world does not know...
  26. 7.26I know all beings, past, present, and future, O Arjuna, but no one knows Me.
  27. 7.27O Bharata, by the delusion of opposites arising from desire and aversion, all beings fall into confusion...
  28. 7.28But those whose sins have ended, who perform virtuous deeds, who are freed from the delusion of duality...
  29. 7.29Those who strive for liberation from old age and death, taking refuge in Me, know Brahman completely, the...
  30. 7.30Those who know Me as governing material existence, the gods, and all sacrifice, they, with minds absorbed...