Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 13

Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 13 Shloka Chaturvidhaa bhajante maam janaah sukritino’rjuna; Aarto jijnaasurartharthee jnaanee cha bharatarshabha. Translation 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! Interpretation In this sloka Lord Krishna talks aboutContinue reading “Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 13”

Chapter 7 Gnana-Yignana Yoga Verse 10

Chapter 7 Gnana-Yignana Yoga Verse 10 Shloka Ye chaiva saattvikaa bhaavaa raajasaastaamasaashcha ye; Matta eveti taanviddhi na twaham teshu te mayi. Translation Whatever being and objects that are pure, active and inert, know that they proceed from Me. They are in Me, yet I am not in them. Interpretation Continuing to talk about Him andContinue reading “Chapter 7 Gnana-Yignana Yoga Verse 10”

Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 9

Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 9 Shloka Balam balavataam asmi kaamaraagavivarjitam; Dharmaaviruddho bhooteshu kaamo’smi bharatarshabha. Translation Of the strong, I am the strength devoid of desire and attachment, and in all beings, I am the desire unopposed to Dharma, O Arjuna! Interpretation Lord Krishna continues to talk about Himself in this sloka also, continuing fromContinue reading “Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 9”

Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 8

Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 8 Shloka Beejam maam sarvabhootaanaam viddhi paartha sanaatanam; Buddhir buddhimataamasmi tejastejaswinaamaham. Translation Know Me, O Arjuna, as the eternal seed of all beings; I am the intelligence of the intelligent; the splendour of the splendid objects am I! Interpretation Continuing from the previous sloka, Lord Krishna in this sloka alsoContinue reading “Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 8”

Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 6

Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 6 Shloka Mattah parataram naanyat kinchidasti dhananjaya; Mayi sarvamidam protam sootre maniganaa iva. Translation There is nothing whatsoever higher than Me, O Arjuna! All this is strung on Me as clusters of gems on a string. Interpretation After talking about the higher order and lower order natures that are presentContinue reading “Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 6”

Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Sloka 5

Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Sloka 5 Shloka Apareyamitastwanyaam prakritim viddhi me paraam; Jeevabhootaam mahaabaaho yayedam dhaaryate jagat. Etadyoneeni bhootaani sarvaaneetyupadhaaraya; Aham kritsnasya jagatah prabhavah pralayastathaa. Translation This is the inferior Prakriti, O Arjuna! Know thou as different from it My higher Prakriti, the very life-element by which this world is upheld. Know that these twoContinue reading “Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Sloka 5”

Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 4

Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 4 Shloka Bhoomiraapo’nalo vaayuh kham mano buddhireva cha; Ahamkaara iteeyam me bhinnaa prakritirashtadhaa. Translation Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and egoism— thus is My Nature divided eight fold. Interpretation The previous sloka was a very important sloka where Lord Krishna tells that out of lakhs of men andContinue reading “Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 4”

Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 3

Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 3 Shloka Manushyaanaam sahasreshu kashchidyatati siddhaye; Yatataamapi siddhaanaam kashchinmaam vetti tattwatah. Translation Among thousands of men, one per chance strives for perfection; even among those successful strivers, only one per chance knows Me in essence. Interpretation In this sloka Lord Krishna talks about the difficulty of knowing God. In theContinue reading “Chapter 7 Gnana-Vignana Yoga Verse 3”

Chapter 7 Verse 2 Jnana Vijnana Yoga

Chapter 7 Verse 2 Shloka Jnaanam te’ham savijnaanam idam vakshyaamyasheshatah; Yajjnaatwaa neha bhooyo’nyaj jnaatavyamavashishyate. Translation I shall declare to thee in full this knowledge combined with direct realisation, after knowing which nothing more here remains to be known. Interpretation Lord Krishna continues his sermon to Arjuna about taking refuge in him into this sloka also.Continue reading “Chapter 7 Verse 2 Jnana Vijnana Yoga”