Chapter 7 · 30 verses
ज्ञानविज्ञानयोगः
Jñāna-vijñāna-yogaḥ
- 7.1मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः।The Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, hear how you shall, without doubt, know Me fully, with your mind intent on…
- 7.2ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः।I will declare to you in full this knowledge combined with realization, after knowing which nothing else…
- 7.3मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्िचद्यतति सिद्धये।Among thousands of men, one may perchance strive for perfection; even among those successful strivers, only…
- 7.4भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and egoism—thus is My Nature divided eightfold.
- 7.5अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्।O mighty-armed Arjuna, this is the inferior Prakriti; know it as distinct from My higher Prakriti, the very…
- 7.6एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय।Know that these two are the womb of all beings; thus, I am the source and dissolution of the whole universe.
- 7.7मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय।There is nothing higher than Me, O Arjuna. All this is strung on Me, like clusters of gems on a string.
- 7.8रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।I 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…
- 7.9पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ।I am the sweet fragrance in the earth and the brilliance in the fire, the life in all beings, and I am the…
- 7.10बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम्।Know Me, O Arjuna, as the eternal seed of all beings; I am the intelligence of the intelligent, and the…
- 7.11बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम्।Of the strong, I am the strength devoid of desire and attachment, and in all beings, I am the desire in…
- 7.12ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये।Whatever beings (and objects) that are pure, active, and inert, know that they proceed from Me. They are in…
- 7.13त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्।Deluded by these Natures, composed of the three qualities of Nature, all this world does not know Me as…
- 7.14दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया।Verily, this divine illusion of Mine, composed of the three qualities, is difficult to cross over; those who…
- 7.15न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः।The evil-doers and the deluded, who are the lowest of men, do not seek Me; those whose knowledge is destroyed…
- 7.16चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।Four kinds of virtuous men worship Me, O Arjuna, and they are the distressed, the seekers of knowledge, the…
- 7.17तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्ितर्विशिष्यते।Of them, the wise who are ever steadfast and devoted to the One, excel; for I am exceedingly dear to the…
- 7.18उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्।Indeed, all these are noble; however, I consider the wise man as My very Self; for, he is steadfast in mind…
- 7.19बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।At the end of many births, the wise man comes to Me, realizing that all this is Vaasudeva (the innermost…
- 7.20कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः।Those whose wisdom has been taken away by this or that desire, go to other gods, following this or that rite,…
- 7.21यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति।Whatever form any devotee desires to worship with faith, I make that same faith of his firm and unflinching.
- 7.22स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते।Endowed with that faith, he engages in the worship of that form and obtains his desired outcome, which is…
- 7.23अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम्।Verily, the reward (fruit) that accrues to those men of small intelligence is finite. The worshippers of the…
- 7.24अव्यक्तं व्यक्ितमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः।The foolish think of Me, the Unmanifest, as having manifestation, not knowing My higher, immutable, and most…
- 7.25नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः।I am not manifest to all, veiled as I am by the Yoga-Maya. This deluded world does not know Me, who am unborn…
- 7.26वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन।I know, O Arjuna, the beings of the past, the present, and the future; however, no one knows Me.
- 7.27इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत।O Bharata, all beings are subject to delusion at birth due to the delusion of the pairs of opposites arising…
- 7.28येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम्।But those men of virtuous deeds, whose sins have come to an end and who are freed from the delusion of the…
- 7.29जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये।Those who strive for liberation from old age and death, taking refuge in Me, realize in full that Brahman,…
- 7.30साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः।Those who know Me with the Adhibhuta (pertaining to the elements), Adhidaiva (pertaining to the gods), and…