Gita map, what the Gita cultivates
प्रज्ञा Clarity
Seeing things as they are. Linked to 23 of the core shlokas.
Verses that cultivate it
- 3.42
इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः।
मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः ॥indriyāṇi parāṇyāhur indriyebhyaḥ paraṁ manaḥ
They say that the senses are superior to the body; the mind is superior to the senses; the intellect is superior to the mind; and He (the Self) is superior even to the intellect.
manasas tu parā buddhir yo buddheḥ paratas tu saḥ - 3.43
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।
जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम् ॥evaṁ buddheḥ paraṁ buddhvā sanstabhyātmānam ātmanā
Thus, knowing Him who is superior to the intellect and restraining the self by the Self, slay thou, O mighty-armed Arjuna, the enemy in the form of desire, hard to conquer.
jahi śhatruṁ mahā-bāho kāma-rūpaṁ durāsadam - 7.4
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।
अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ॥bhūmir-āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva cha
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and egoism—thus is My Nature divided eightfold.
ahankāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛitir aṣhṭadhā - 7.5
अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्।
जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥apareyam itas tvanyāṁ prakṛitiṁ viddhi me parām
O 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.
jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat - 13.6
महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च।
इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः ॥mahā-bhūtāny ahankāro buddhir avyaktam eva cha
The great elements, egoism, intellect, and also the Unmanifested Nature, the ten senses, and one mind, and the five objects of the senses.
indriyāṇi daśhaikaṁ cha pañcha chendriya-gocharāḥ