Sārathi

Chapter 7 of 18

ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग Gyaan Vigyana Yoga

Self-Knowledge and Enlightenment. 30 verses.

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The seventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is "Gyaan Vigyana Yoga ". In this chapter, Krishna reveals that he is the Supreme Truth, the principal cause and the sustaining force of everything. He reveals his illusionary energy in this material world called Maya, which is very difficult to overcome but those who surrender their minds unto Him attain Him easily. He also describes the four types of people who surrender to Him in devotion and the four kinds that don't. Krishna confirms that He is the Ultimate Reality and those who realize this Truth reach the pinnacle of spiritual realization and unite with the Lord.

  1. 7.1मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः।mayyāsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśhrayaḥThe Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, hear how you shall, without doubt, know Me fully, with your mind intent on Me, practicing Yoga and taking refuge in Me."
  2. 7.2ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः।jñānaṁ te ’haṁ sa-vijñānam idaṁ vakṣhyāmyaśheṣhataḥI will declare to you in full this knowledge combined with realization, after knowing which nothing else remains to be known here.
  3. 7.3मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्िचद्यतति सिद्धये।manuṣhyāṇāṁ sahasreṣhu kaśhchid yatati siddhayeAmong thousands of men, one may perchance strive for perfection; even among those successful strivers, only one may perchance know Me in essence.
  4. 7.4भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।bhūmir-āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva chaEarth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and egoism—thus is My Nature divided eightfold.
  5. 7.5अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्।apareyam itas tvanyāṁ prakṛitiṁ viddhi me parāmO mighty-armed Arjuna, this is the inferior Prakriti; know it as distinct from My higher Prakriti, the very life-element, by which this world is upheld.
  6. 7.6एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय।etad-yonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇītyupadhārayaKnow that these two are the womb of all beings; thus, I am the source and dissolution of the whole universe.
  7. 7.7मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय।mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñchid asti dhanañjayaThere is nothing higher than Me, O Arjuna. All this is strung on Me, like clusters of gems on a string.
  8. 7.8रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।raso ’ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śhaśhi-sūryayoḥI am the flavor in water, O Arjuna; I am the light in the moon and the sun; I am the syllable Om in all the Vedas, sound in the ether and virility in men.
  9. 7.9पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ।puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛithivyāṁ cha tejaśh chāsmi vibhāvasauI am the sweet fragrance in the earth and the brilliance in the fire, the life in all beings, and I am the austerity of ascetics.
  10. 7.10बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम्।bījaṁ māṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ viddhi pārtha sanātanamKnow Me, O Arjuna, as the eternal seed of all beings; I am the intelligence of the intelligent, and the splendour of the splendid objects.
  11. 7.11बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम्।balaṁ balavatāṁ chāhaṁ kāma-rāga-vivarjitamOf the strong, I am the strength devoid of desire and attachment, and in all beings, I am the desire in accordance with Dharma, O Arjuna.
  12. 7.12ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये।ye chaiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāśh cha yeWhatever beings (and objects) that are pure, active, and inert, know that they proceed from Me. They are in Me, yet I am not in them.
  13. 7.13त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्।tribhir guṇa-mayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagatDeluded by these Natures, composed of the three qualities of Nature, all this world does not know Me as distinct from them and immutable.
  14. 7.14दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया।daivī hyeṣhā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayāVerily, this divine illusion of Mine, composed of the three qualities, is difficult to cross over; those who take refuge in Me alone, can cross over this illusion.
  15. 7.15न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः।na māṁ duṣhkṛitino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥThe evil-doers and the deluded, who are the lowest of men, do not seek Me; those whose knowledge is destroyed by illusion follow the ways of demons.
  16. 7.16चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।chatur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛitino ’rjunaFour kinds of virtuous men worship Me, O Arjuna, and they are the distressed, the seekers of knowledge, the seekers of wealth, and the wise, O Lord of the Bharatas.
  17. 7.17तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्ितर्विशिष्यते।teṣhāṁ jñānī nitya-yukta eka-bhaktir viśhiṣhyateOf them, the wise who are ever steadfast and devoted to the One, excel; for I am exceedingly dear to the wise, and they are dear to Me.
  18. 7.18उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्।udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tvātmaiva me matamIndeed, all these are noble; however, I consider the wise man as My very Self; for, he is steadfast in mind and established in Me alone as the supreme goal.
  19. 7.19बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyateAt the end of many births, the wise man comes to Me, realizing that all this is Vaasudeva (the innermost Self); such a great soul (Mahatma) is very hard to find.
  20. 7.20कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः।kāmais tais tair hṛita-jñānāḥ prapadyante ’nya-devatāḥThose whose wisdom has been taken away by this or that desire, go to other gods, following this or that rite, led by their own nature.
  21. 7.21यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति।yo yo yāṁ yāṁ tanuṁ bhaktaḥ śhraddhayārchitum ichchhatiWhatever form any devotee desires to worship with faith, I make that same faith of his firm and unflinching.
  22. 7.22स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते।sa tayā śhraddhayā yuktas tasyārādhanam īhateEndowed with that faith, he engages in the worship of that form and obtains his desired outcome, which is ordained by Me alone.
  23. 7.23अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम्।antavat tu phalaṁ teṣhāṁ tad bhavatyalpa-medhasāmVerily, the reward (fruit) that accrues to those men of small intelligence is finite. The worshippers of the gods go to them, whereas My devotees come to Me.
  24. 7.24अव्यक्तं व्यक्ितमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः।avyaktaṁ vyaktim āpannaṁ manyante mām abuddhayaḥThe foolish think of Me, the Unmanifest, as having manifestation, not knowing My higher, immutable, and most excellent nature.
  25. 7.25नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः।nāhaṁ prakāśhaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛitaḥI am not manifest to all, veiled as I am by the Yoga-Maya. This deluded world does not know Me, who am unborn and imperishable.
  26. 7.26वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन।vedāhaṁ samatītāni vartamānāni chārjunaI know, O Arjuna, the beings of the past, the present, and the future; however, no one knows Me.
  27. 7.27इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत।ichchhā-dveṣha-samutthena dvandva-mohena bhārataO Bharata, all beings are subject to delusion at birth due to the delusion of the pairs of opposites arising from desire and aversion, O Parantapa.
  28. 7.28येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम्।yeṣhāṁ tvanta-gataṁ pāpaṁ janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇāmBut those men of virtuous deeds, whose sins have come to an end and who are freed from the delusion of the pairs of opposites, worship Me steadfastly, with their vows.
  29. 7.29जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये।jarā-maraṇa-mokṣhāya mām āśhritya yatanti yeThose who strive for liberation from old age and death, taking refuge in Me, realize in full that Brahman, the whole knowledge of the Self, and all action.
  30. 7.30साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः।sādhibhūtādhidaivaṁ māṁ sādhiyajñaṁ cha ye viduḥThose who know Me with the Adhibhuta (pertaining to the elements), Adhidaiva (pertaining to the gods), and the Adhiyajna (pertaining to the sacrifice) know Me even at…