Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Bhagwad Gita - Post 84


Chapter 7 
(continued...)

Verse 16

Chaturvidhaa bhajante maam
Janaah sukritino’rjuna;
Aarto jijnaasur artharthee
Jnaanee cha bharatarshabha.

Four kinds of virtuous men worship Me, O Arjuna! They are the distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of wealth, and the wise, O Lord of the Bharatas!

Verse 17

Teshaam jnaanee nityayukta
Eka bhaktirvishishyate;
Priyo hi jnaanino’tyartham
Aham sa cha mama priyah.

Of them, the wise, ever steadfast and devoted to the One, excels (is the best); for, I am exceedingly dear to the wise and he is dear to Me.

Verse 18

Udaaraah sarva evaite jnaanee
Twaatmaiva me matam;
Aasthitah sa hi yuktaatmaa
Maamevaanuttamaam gatim.

Noble indeed are all these; but I deem the wise man as My very Self; for, steadfast in mind, he is established in Me alone as the supreme goal.

Verse 19

Bahoonaam janmanaamante
Jnaanavaanmaam prapadyate;
Vaasudevah sarvamiti sa
Mahaatmaa sudurlabhah.

At the end of many births the wise man comes to Me, realizing that all this is Vasudeva (the innermost Self); such a great soul (Mahatma) is very hard to find.

Verse 20

Kaamaistaistairhritajnaanaah
Prapadyante’nyadevataah;
Tam tam niyamamaasthaaya
Prakrityaa niyataah swayaa.

Those whose wisdom has been rent away by this or that desire, go to other gods, following this or that rite, led by their own nature.

Verse 21

Yo yo yaam yaam tanum bhaktah
Shraddhayaarchitum icchati;
Tasya tasyaachalaam shraddhaam
Taameva vidadhaamyaham.

Whatsoever form any devotee desires to worship with faith—that (same) faith of his I make firm and unflinching.

Verse 22

Sa tayaa shraddhayaa yuktah
Tasyaaraadhanameehate;
Labhate cha tatah kaamaan
Mayaiva vihitaan hi taan.

Endowed with that faith, he engages in the worship of that (form), and from it he obtains his desire, these being verily ordained by Me (alone).

Verse 23

Antavattu phalam teshaam
Tadbhavatyalpamedhasaam;
Devaan devayajo yaanti
Madbhaktaa yaanti maamapi.

Verily the reward (fruit) that accrues to those men of small intelligence is finite. The worshippers of the Gods go to them, but My devotees come to Me.

Verse 24

Avyaktam vyaktimaapannam
manyante maamabuddhayah;
Param bhaavamajaananto
mamaavyayamanuttamam.

The foolish think of Me, the Unmanifest, as having manifestation, knowing not My higher, immutable and most excellent nature.

Verse 25

Naaham prakaashah sarvasya
Yogamaayaasamaavritah;
Moodho’yam naabhijaanaati
Loko maamajamavyayam.

I am not manifest to all (as I am), being veiled by the Yoga Maya. This deluded world does not know Me, the unborn and imperishable.

Verse 26

Vedaaham samateetaani
Vartamaanaani chaarjuna;
Bhavishyaani cha bhootani
Maam tu veda na kashchana.

I know, O Arjuna, the beings of the past, the present and the future, but no one knows Me.

Verse 27

Icchaadweshasamutthena
Dwandwamohena bhaarata;
Sarvabhootaani sammoham
Sarge yaanti parantapa.

By the delusion of the pairs of opposites arising from desire and aversion, O Bharata, all beings are subject to delusion at birth, O Parantapa!

Verse 28

Yeshaam twantagatam
Paapam janaanaam punyakarmanaam;
Te dwandwamohanirmuktaa
Bhajante maam dridhavrataah.

But 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, steadfast in their vows.

Verse 29

Jaraamaranamokshaaya
Maamaashritya yatanti ye;
Te brahma tadviduh kritsnam
Adhyaatmam karma chaakhilam.

Those 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.

Verse 30

Saadhibhootaadhidaivam maam
Saadhiyajnam cha ye viduh;
Prayaanakaale’pi cha maam
Te vidur yuktachetasah.


Those who know Me with the Adhibhuta (pertaining to the elements), the Adhidaiva (pertaining to the gods), and Adhiyajna (pertaining to the sacrifice), know Me even at the time of death, steadfast in mind.

Hari Om Tat Sat.

Iti Srimad Bhagavadgeetaasoopanishatsu
Brahmavidyaayaam Yogashaastre
Sri Krishnaarjunasamvaade
Jnaanavijnaanayogo Naama Saptamo’dhyaayah

Thus, in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the seventh discourse

Love.




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