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Chapter VII30 verses

अथ सप्तमोऽध्यायः

ज्ञानविज्ञानयोगः

The Yoga of Essential and Comprehensive Knowledge

Jñāna-vijñāna-yoga

All that is here is strung on Him like pearls upon a thread; know the thread, and every pearl becomes a word of the Beloved. — The Delight of Krishna

The soul enters in
śraddhāvān bhajate — the inmost self given to the Divine in love and faith
and is led towards
vāsudevaḥ sarvam — the knowledge that the Divine is all that is
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30 verses

Summary of chapter 7

The seventh to the twelfth chapters lay down a large metaphysical statement of the nature of the Divine Being and on that foundation closely relate and synthetise knowledge and devotion. just as the first part of the Gita related and synthetised works and knowledge in giving the primary basis of its teachings.

I. The Two Natures (1-14)

The Gita makes the distinction between the two Natures, the phenomenal and the spiritual. Here is the first new metaphysical idea of the Site which helps it to start from the notions of the Sankhya philosophy and yet exceed them and give to their terms a Vedantic significance.

II. The Synthesis of Devotion and Knowledge (15-30)

The Gita is not a treatise of metaphysical philosophy. It seeks the highest truth for the highest practical utility. Thus it turns the philosophic truth given in the opening section of this chapter into a first starting-point for the unification of works. knowledge and devotion.

Chapter 7 illustration, titled ज्ञानविज्ञानयोगः
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Chapter outline

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  1. 7·1–6The lower and the higher Nature.
  2. 7·7–15Comprehensive Knowledge of the Divine lmmanence.
  3. 7·16–19The four kinds of God lovers, the supreme vision of the jr’iani‘lohakta.
  4. 7·20–27The worship of gods by the ignorant.
  5. 7·28–30Hints to Integral Knowledge.
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The verses

Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 7·1, a key verseमय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः । असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु ॥ १ ॥mayyāsaktamanāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjanmadāśrayaḥ, asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tacchṛṇu.Hear, O Partha, how by practising Yoga with a mind attached to me and with me as āśrayaḥ (the whole basis…
  2. 7·2ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः । यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते ॥ २ ॥jñānaṁ te’haṁ savijñānamidaṁ vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ, yajjñātvā neha bhūyo’nyajjñātavyamavaśiṣyate.I will speak to thee without omission or remainder the essential knowledge, attended with all the…
  3. 7·3मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्चिद्यतति सिद्धये । यततामपि सिद्धानां कश्चिन्मां वेत्ति तत्त्वतः ॥ ३ ॥manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścidyatati siddhaye, yatatāmapi siddhānāṁ kaścinmāṁ vetti tattvataḥ.Among thousands of men one here and there strives after perfection, and of those who strive and attain to…
  4. 7·4भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च । अहंकार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ॥ ४ ॥bhūmirāpo’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhireva ca, ahaṁkāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛtiraṣṭadhā.The five elements (conditions of material being – the solid, liquid, fiery, gaseous and ethereal), mind (with…
  5. 7·5, a key verseअपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् । जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥ ५ ॥apareyamitastvanyāṁ prakṛtiṁ viddhi me parām, jīvabhūtāṁ mahābāho yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat.These eightfold nature is the lower. But know my other Nature different from this, O mighty-armed, the supreme…
  6. 7·6एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय । अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा ॥ ६ ॥etadyonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇītyupadhāraya, ahaṁ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayastathā.Know this to be the womb of all beings. I am the birth of the whole world and so too its dissolution.
  7. 7·7, a key verseमत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय । मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ॥ ७ ॥mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyatkiñcidasti dhanañjaya, mayi sarvamidaṁ protaṁ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva.There is nothing else supreme beyond Me, O Dhananajaya. On Me all that is here is strung like pearls upon a…
  8. 7·8रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः । प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु ॥ ८ ॥raso’hamapsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśisūryayoḥ, praṇavaḥ sarvavedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṁ nṛṣu.I am taste in the waters, O son of Kunti, I am the light of sun and moon, I am pranava (the syllable OM) in…
  9. 7·9पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ । जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु ॥ ९ ॥puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṁ ca tejaścāsmi vibhāvasau, jīvanaṁ sarvabhūteṣu tapaścāsmi tapasviṣu.I am pure scent in earth and energy of light in fire; I am life in all existences, I am the ascetic force of…
  10. 7·10बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम् । बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम् ॥ १० ॥bījaṁ māṁ sarvabhūtānāṁ viddhi pārtha sanātanam, buddhirbuddhimatāmasmi tejastejasvināmaham.Know me to be the eternal seed of all existences, O son of Pritha.
  11. 7·11बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम् । धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ ॥ ११ ॥balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ kāmarāgavivarjitam, dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo’smi bharatarṣabha.I am the strength of the strong devoid of desire and liking.
  12. 7·12ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये । मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि ॥ १२ ॥ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasāstāmasāśca ye, matta eveti tānviddhi na tvahaṁ teṣu te mayi.And as for the secondary subjective becomings of Nature, bhāvaḥ which are Sāttvika, Rājasika and Tāmasika…
  13. 7·13त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् । मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम् ॥ १३ ॥tribhirguṇamayairbhāvairebhiḥ sarvamidaṁ jagat, mohitaṁ nābhijānāti māmebhyaḥ paramavyayam.By these three kinds of becoming which are of the nature of the gunas, this whole world is bewildered and does…
  14. 7·14, a key verseदैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया । मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते ॥ १४ ॥daivī hyeṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā, māmeva ye prapadyante māyāmetāṁ taranti te.This is my divine Maya of the gunas and it is hard to overcome; those cross beyond it who approach Me.
  15. 7·15न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः । माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः ॥ १५ ॥na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ, māyayāpahṛtajñānā āsuraṁ bhāvamāśritāḥ.The evil-doers attain not to Me, souls bewildered, low in the human scale…
  16. 7·16चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन । आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ ॥ १६ ॥caturvidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛtino’rjuna, ārto jijñāsurarthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha.Among the virtuous ones who turns towards Me (the Divine) with devotion, O Arjuna, there are four kinds of…
  17. 7·17, a key verseतेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते । प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ॥ १७ ॥teṣāṁ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktirviśiṣyate, priyo hi jñānino’tyarthamahaṁ sa ca mama priyaḥ.Of these the knower, who is ever in constant union with the Divine, whose bhakti is all concentrated on Him…
  18. 7·18उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् । आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम् ॥ १८ ॥udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tvātmaiva me matam, āsthitaḥ sa hi yuktātmā māmevānuttamāṁ gatim.Noble are all these without exception, but the knower is verily my self…
  19. 7·19, a key verseबहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते । वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥ १९ ॥bahūnāṁ janmanāmante jñānavānmāṁ prapadyate, vāsudevaḥ sarvamiti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ.At the end of many births the man of knowledge attains to Me.
  20. 7·20कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः । तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥ २० ॥kāmaistaistairhṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante’nyadevatāḥ, taṁ taṁ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā.Men are led away by various outer desires which take from them the working of the inner knowledge…
  21. 7·21यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति । तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम् ॥ २१ ॥yo yo yāṁ yāṁ tanuṁ bhaktaḥ śraddhayārcitumicchati, tasya tasyācalāṁ śraddhāṁ tāmeva vidadhāmyaham.Whatever form of Me any devotee with faith desires to worship, I make that faith of his firm and undeviating.
  22. 7·22स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते । लभते च ततः कामान्मयैव विहितान्हितान् ॥ २२ ॥sa tayā śraddhayā yuktastasyārādhanamīhate, labhate ca tataḥ kāmānmayaiva vihitānhitān.He endowed with that faith worships that form; and when by the force of that faith in his cult and worship he…
  23. 7·23अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम् । देवान्देवयजो यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि ॥ २३ ॥antavattu phalaṁ teṣāṁ tadbhavatyalpamedhasām, devāndevayajo yānti madbhaktā yānti māmapi.But these fruits are temporary, sought after by those who are of petty intelligence and unformed reason.
  24. 7·24अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः । परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम् ॥ २४ ॥avyaktaṁ vyaktimāpannaṁ manyante māmabuddhayaḥ, paraṁ bhāvamajānanto mamāvyayamanuttamam.Petty minds think of Me, the unmanifest, as being limited by manifestation, because they know not my supreme…
  25. 7·25नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः । मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम् ॥ २५ ॥nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yogamāyāsamāvṛtaḥ, mūḍho’yaṁ nābhijānāti loko māmajamavyayam.Nor am I revealed to all, enveloped in my Yoga-maya; this bewildered world knows Me not, the unborn, the…
  26. 7·26वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन । भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन ॥ २६ ॥vedāhaṁ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna, bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māṁ tu veda na kaścana.I know all past and all present and future existences, O Arjuna, but Me none yet knows.
  27. 7·27इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत । सर्वभूतानि सम्मोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप ॥ २७ ॥icchādveṣasamutthena dvandvamohena bhārata, sarvabhūtāni sammohaṁ sarge yānti parantapa.By the delusion of the dualities which arises from wish and disliking, O Bharata, all existences in the…
  28. 7·28येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम् । ते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्ता भजन्ते मां दृढव्रताः ॥ २८ ॥yeṣāṁ tvantagataṁ pāpaṁ janānāṁ puṇyakarmaṇām, te dvandvamohanirmuktā bhajante māṁ dṛḍhavratāḥ.But those men of virtuous deeds, in whom sin is come to an end, they, freed from the delusion of the…
  29. 7·29जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये । ते ब्रह्म तद्विदुः कृत्स्नमध्यात्मं कर्म चाखिलम् ॥ २९ ॥jarāmaraṇamokṣāya māmāśritya yatanti ye, te brahma tadviduḥ kṛtsnamadhyātmaṁ karma cākhilam.Those who have resort to Me as their refuge, those who turn to me in their spiritual effort towards release…
  30. 7·30साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः । प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः ॥ ३० ॥sādhibhūtādhidaivaṁ māṁ sādhiyajñaṁ ca ye viduḥ, prayāṇakāle’pi ca māṁ te viduryuktacetasaḥ.They know Me and know at the same time the material and the divine nature of being and the truth of the Master…

End of the chapter

ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सुब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादेज्ञानविज्ञानयोगो नाम सप्तमोऽध्यायः ॥ ७॥

om tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvādejñānavijñānayogo nāma saptamo’dhyāyaḥ

Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord, the science of Brahman, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the seventh chapter entitled “The Yoga of Essential and Comprehensive Knowledge ”

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