Bhagwad Gita - Post 84

Chapter 7 

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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.