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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 – Jnana Vijnana Yoga

Knowledge of the Absolute and its realization.

30 verses

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  1. 7.1 – श्रीभगवानुवाच – The Blessed Lord said: Hear, O Partha, how, with your mind attached to Me, taking refuge in Me and…
  2. 7.2 – ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः – I shall teach you in full this knowledge together with realisation, knowing which nothing further remains to…
  3. 7.3 – मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्चिद्यतति सिद्धये – Among thousands of human beings, scarcely one strives for perfection; and among those who strive and…
  4. 7.4 – भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो – Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect and ego — thus is My nature divided eightfold.
  5. 7.5 – अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे – This is My lower nature. But know, O mighty-armed, that different from it is My higher nature, the very…
  6. 7.6 – एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय – Understand that all beings have their origin in these two natures.
  7. 7.7 – मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय – There is nothing whatsoever higher than Me, O Dhananjaya.
  8. 7.8 – रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः – I am the taste in water, O son of Kunti; I am the light in the moon and the sun; I am the sacred syllable Om…
  9. 7.9 – पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च – I am the pure fragrance of the earth and the brilliance in fire; I am the life in all beings, and the…
  10. 7.10 – बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि – Know Me, O Partha, to be the eternal seed of all beings.
  11. 7.11 – बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम् – Of the strong, I am the strength that is free from desire and attachment; and in all beings, O best of the…
  12. 7.12 – ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा – Whatever states of being there are — sattvic, rajasic and tamasic — know that they proceed from Me alone.
  13. 7.13 – त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् – Deluded by these three states born of the gunas, this whole world does not recognise Me, who am beyond them…
  14. 7.14 – दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम – This divine maya of Mine, made of the gunas, is indeed very hard to cross.
  15. 7.15 – न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः – Evildoers, the deluded and the lowest of men do not take refuge in Me — those whose knowledge has been…
  16. 7.16 – चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः – Four kinds of virtuous people worship Me, O Arjuna, best of the Bharatas: the distressed, the seeker of…
  17. 7.17 – तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते – Of them, the wise one, ever united with Me and devoted to Me alone, excels; for I am exceedingly dear to the…
  18. 7.18 – उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी – All of these are indeed noble, but the wise one I regard as My very Self; for, with his mind united, he is…
  19. 7.19 – बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते – At the end of many births, the one who has realised knowledge takes refuge in Me, knowing that 'Vasudeva is…
  20. 7.20 – कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः – Those whose understanding has been carried away by various desires take refuge in other deities, following…
  21. 7.21 – यो यो यां यां – Whatever form of the divine any devotee wishes to worship with faith, I make that very faith of his firm and…
  22. 7.22 – स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते – Endowed with that faith, he engages in the worship of that deity and from it obtains his desires — but those…
  23. 7.23 – अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम् – But the fruit gained by those of small understanding is perishable.
  24. 7.24 – अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः – The unintelligent, not knowing My supreme, imperishable and unsurpassed nature, think of Me, the Unmanifest…
  25. 7.25 – नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः – Veiled by My yoga-maya, I am not revealed to all. This deluded world does not know Me, the unborn and…
  26. 7.26 – वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन – I know the beings of the past, the present and the future, O Arjuna; but no one knows Me.
  27. 7.27 – इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत – O Bharata, scorcher of foes, all beings fall into deep delusion from birth itself, through the delusion of…
  28. 7.28 – येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां – But those people of virtuous deeds whose sins have come to an end, freed from the delusion of the pairs of…
  29. 7.29 – जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये – Those who strive for freedom from old age and death, taking refuge in Me, know Brahman, the whole of the…
  30. 7.30 – साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च – Those who know Me together with the adhibhuta, the adhidaiva and the adhiyajna — they, with minds steadfast…

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