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Chapter-7
Gyan-Vigyan Yog
1: The Supreme Personality of
Godhead said: Now hear, O son of Prtha, how by
practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind
attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from
doubt.
2: I shall now declare unto you in full this
knowledge, both phenomenal and numinous. This being
known, nothing further shall remain for you to know.
3: Out of many thousands among men, one may
endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved
perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.
4: Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind,
intelligence and false ego- all together these eight
constitute My separated material energies.
5: Besides these, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is
another, superior energy of Mine, which comprises the
living entities who are exploiting the resources of this
material, inferior nature.
6: All created beings have their source in these
two natures. Of all that is material and all that is
spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both
the origin and the dissolution.
7: O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth
superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are
strung on a thread.
8: O son of Kunti, I am the taste of water, the
light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the
Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in
man.
9: I am the original fragrance of the earth, and I
am the heat in fire. I am the life of all that lives,
and I am the penances of all ascetics.
10: O son of prtha, know that I am the original
seed of all existences, the intelligence of the
intelligent, and the prowess of all powerful men.
11: I am the strength of the strong, devoid of
passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary
to religious principles, O lord of the Bharatas
[Arjuna].
12: Know that all state of being-be they of
goodness, passion or ignorance-are manifested by My
energy. I am, in one sense, everything, but I am
independent. I am not under the modes of material
nature, for they, on the contrary, are within Me.
13: Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion
and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me, who am
above the modes and inexhaustible.
14: This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the
three modes of material nature, is difficult to
overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can
easily cross beyond it.
15: Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, who
are lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by
illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of
demons do not surrender unto Me.
16: O best among the Bharathas, four kinds of pious
men begin to render devotional service unto Me-the
distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and
he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.
17: Of these, the one who is in full knowledge and
who is always engaged in pure devotional service is the
best. For I am very dear to him, and he is dear to Me.
18: All these devotees are undoubtedly magnanimous
souls, but he who is situated in knowledge of Me I
consider to be just like My own self. Being engaged in
My transcendental service, he is sure to attain Me, the
highest and most perfect goal.
19: After many births and deaths, he who is
actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to
be the cause of all causes and all this is. Such a great
soul is very rare.
20: Those whose intelligence has been stolen by
material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the
particular rules and regulations of worship according to
their own natures.
21: I am in everyone’s heart as the Supersoul. As
soon as one desires to worship some demigod, I make his
faith steady so that he can devote himself to that
particular deity.
22: Endowed with such a faith, he endeavors to
worship a particular demigod and obtains his desires.
But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me
alone.
23: Men of small intelligence worship the demigods,
and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who
worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods,
but My devotees ultimately reach My supreme planet.
24: Unintelligent men, who do not know Me
perfectly, think that I, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Krsna, was impersonal before and have now
assumed this personality. Due to their small knowledge,
they do not know My higher nature, which is imperishable
and supreme.
25: I am never manifest to the foolish and
unintelligent. For them I am covered by My internal
potency, and therefore they do not know that I am unborn
and infallible.
26: O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the
past, all that is happening in the present, and all
things that are yet to come. I also know all living
entities; but Me no one knows.
27: O scion of Bharatha, O conqueror of the foe,
all living entities are born into delusion, bewildered
by dualities arisen from desire and hate.
28: Persons who have acted piously in previous
lives and in this life and whose sinful actions are
completely eradicated are freed from the dualities of
delusion, and they engage themselves in My service with
determination.
29: Intelligent persons who are endeavoring for
liberation from liberation from old age and death take
refuge in Me in devotional service. They are actually
Brahman because they entirely know everything about
transcendental activities.
30: Those in full consciousness of Me, who know Me,
the Supreme Lord, to be the governing principle of the
material manifestation, of the demigods, and of all
methods of sacrifice, can understand and know Me, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, even at the time of
death.
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