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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
Illustration · Sushanto Nath, Sri Aurobindo Society

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

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Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 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…
  2. 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…
  3. 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…
  4. 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.
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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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