Bhagwad Gita - Post 83

Chapter 7

THE YOGA OF WISDOM AND REALIZATION

Verse 1

Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:

Mayyaasaktamanaah paartha

Yogam yunjanmadaashrayah;

Asamshayam samagram maam

Yathaa jnaasyasi tacchrinu.

The Blessed Lord said:

O Arjuna, hear how you shall without doubt know Me fully, with the mind intent on Me, practicing Yoga and taking refuge in Me!

Verse 2

Jnaanam te’ham savijnaanam

Idam vakshyaamyasheshatah;

Yajjnaatwaa neha bhooyo’nyaj

Jnaatavyamavashishyate.

I shall declare to thee in full this knowledge combined with direct realization, after knowing which nothing more here remains to be known.

Verse 3

Manushyaanaam sahasreshu

Kashchidyatati siddhaye;

Yatataamapi siddhaanaam

Kashchinmaam vetti tattwatah.

Among thousands of men, one perchance strives for perfection; even among those successful strivers, only one perchance knows Me in essence.

Verse 4

Bhoomiraapo’nalo vaayuh

Kham mano buddhireva cha;

Ahamkaara iteeyam me

Bhinnaa prakritirashtadhaa.

Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and egoism—thus is My Nature divided eightfold.

Verse 5

Apareyamitastwanyaam

Prakritim viddhi me paraam;

Jeevabhootaam mahaabaaho

Yayedam dhaaryate jagat.

This is the inferior Prakriti, O mighty-armed (Arjuna)! Know thou as different from it My higher Prakriti (Nature), the very life-element by which this world is upheld.

Verse 6

Etadyoneeni bhootaani

Sarvaaneetyupadhaaraya;

Aham kritsnasya jagatah

Prabhavah pralayastathaa.

Know that these two (My higher and lower Natures) are the womb of all beings. So, I am the source and dissolution of the whole universe.

Verse 7

Mattah parataram naanyat

Kinchidasti dhananjaya;

Mayi sarvamidam protam

Sootre maniganaa iva.

There is nothing whatsoever higher than Me, O Arjuna! All this is strung on Me as clusters of gems on a string.

Verse 8

Raso’hamapsu kaunteya

Prabhaasmi shashisooryayoh;

Pranavah sarvavedeshu

Shabdah khe paurusham nrishu.

I am the sapidity 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 ether, and virility in men.

Verse 9

Punyo gandhah prithivyaam cha

Tejashchaasmi vibhaavasau;

Jeevanam sarvabhooteshu

Tapashchaasmi tapaswishu.

I am the sweet fragrance in earth and the brilliance in fire, the life in all beings; and I am austerity in ascetics.

Verse 10

Beejam maam sarvabhootaanaam

Viddhi paartha sanaatanam

Buddhir buddhimataamasmi

Tejastejaswinaamaham.

Know Me, O Arjuna, as the eternal seed of all beings; I am the intelligence of the intelligent; the splendour of the splendid objects am I.

Verse 11

Balam balavataam asmi

Kaamaraagavivarjitam;

Dharmaaviruddho bhooteshu

Kaamo’smi bharatarshabha.

Of the strong, I am the strength devoid of desire and attachment, and in (all) beings, I am the desire unopposed to Dharma, O Arjuna!

Verse 12

Ye chaiva saattvikaa bhaavaa

Raajasaastaamasaashcha ye;

Matta eveti taanviddhi

Na twaham teshu te mayi.

Whatever being (and objects) that are pure, active and inert, know that they proceed from Me. They are in Me, yet I am not in them.

Verse 13

Tribhirgunamayair bhavair

Ebhih sarvamidam jagat;

Mohitam naabhijaanaati

Maamebhyah paramavyayam.

Deluded by these Natures (states or things) composed of the three qualities of Nature, all this world does not know Me as distinct from them and immutable.

Verse 14

Daivee hyeshaa gunamayee

Mama maayaa duratyayaa;

Maameva ye prapadyante

Maayaametaam taranti te.

Verily this divine illusion of Mine made up of the qualities (of Nature) is difficult to cross over; those who take refuge in Me alone cross over this illusion.

Verse 15

Na maam dushkritino moodhaah

Prapadyante naraadhamaah;

Maayayaapahritajnaanaa

Aasuram bhaavamaashritaah.

The evil-doers and the deluded, who are the lowest of men, do not seek Me; they whose knowledge is destroyed by illusion follow the ways of demons.

Continued...

Love.