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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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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

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Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 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…
  2. 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…
  3. 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…
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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…
  7. 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…
  8. 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.
  9. 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…
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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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