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Bhagavad Gita

T. K. G. NAMBOODHIRITHIRUVALLA, KERALA

INDIA

BHAGAVAD GITA – THE DIVINE SONG-An Introduction

Bhagavad Gita-Part of the Sanskrit Epic Mahabhaaratha.(200 BC to 200 AD)

700 verses in 18 chapters.

A conversation between Lord Krishna and his close friend Arjuna in the middle of the battlefield just before the start of the Kurukshetra battle.

Arjuna loses his heart and refuses to fight his teachers and relatives, and Krishna revives him by his wise words of wisdom.

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Bhagavad GitaCHAPTER 7

JNAANAVIJNAANA YOGATHE YOGA OF KNOWLEDGE &

REALIZATION

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Bhagavad GitaBHOOMIRAAPO ANALO VAAYUH KHAM MANO BUDHIRE’VACHA, AHAMKAARA ITHEEYAM ME’ BHINNA PRAKRITHIRASHTADHA. (7.4)

My Apara prakrithi (Distinctive Material nature) consists of the following 8 items: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Space, Mind, Intellect, and Ego.

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Bhagavad GitaAPAREYAMITHASTHWANYAAM PRAKRITHIM VIDHI ME’ PARAAM, JEEVABHOOTHAAM MAHABAAHO YAYE’DAM DHAARYATHE’ JAGATH. (7.5)

Arjuna, apart from this Material nature, I have a Para Prakrithi (Spiritual Nature), which is the Life Force (Soul) of all living beings, & the sustainer of all the Universe

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Bhagavad GitaETHADYONEENI BHOOTHAANI SARVAANEETHYUPADHAARAYA, AHAM KRISTNASYA JAGATHAH PRABHAVAH PRALAYASTHATHA . (7.6)

All beings are born of My material & spiritual natures. I am the source of the entire world as well as that into which it is dissolved.

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Bhagavad GitaMATHAH PARATHARAM NAANYATH KINCHIDASTHI DHANANJAYA, MAYI SARVAMIDAM PROTHAM SOOTHRE’ MANIGANA IVA. (7.7)

Arjuna, there is nothing besides me in this universe. I hold all together like the thread holding together all the beads in a garland.

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Bhagavad GitaYE’ CHAIVA SAATHWIKA BHAAVA RAJASAASTHAAMASAASCHA YE’, MATHTHAH E’VE’THI THAAN VIDHI NA THWAHAM THE’SHU THE’ MAYI. (7.12)

Whatever things are of Saathwic, Raajasic & Thaamasic nature, know these to proceed from Me alone. They are in Me, but I am not in them.

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Bhagavad GitaTHRIBHIRGUNAMAYAIRBHAVAIRE’BHIH SARVAMIDAM JAGATH, MOHITHAM NAABHIJAANAATHI MAAME’BHYAH PARAMAVYAYAM. (7.13)

Due to these three kinds of objects produced by the three constituents of nature, the whole world is deluded & it fails to cognise Me, the immutable Reality beyond them (Satwa, Rajas, & Tamas.)

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Bhagavad GitaDAIVEE HYE’SHAA GUNAMAYEE MAMA MAAYA DURATHYAYAA, MAAME’VA YE’ PRAPADYANTHE’ MAAYAME’THAAM THATANTHI THE’. (7.14)

Indeed this divine delusive power of Mine is hard to cross over. Those who surrender themselves exclusively to Me pass beyond this delusion.

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Bhagavad GitaCHATURVIDHAA BHAJANTHE’ MAAM JANAH SUKRITHINO ARJUNA, AARTHO JIJNAASUR ARTHAARTHEE JNAANEE CHA BHARATHARSHABHA. (7.16)

Arjuna, 4 types of virtuous people worship me: the afflicted, the seeker of worldly possessions, the seeker of knowledge, & the person of wisdom.

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Bhagavad GitaUDAARAH SARVA EVAITHE’ JNAANEE THWAATHMAIVA ME’ MATHAM, AASTHITHAH SA HI YUKTHAATHMAA MAAME’VAANUTHAMAAM GATHIM. (7.18)

Indeed all these 4 types are noble, but the man of wisdom is my very self. He has his mind & intellect merged in me and is firmly established in me alone.

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Bhagavad GitaYO YO YAM YAM THANUM BHAKTHAH SRADHAYA ARCHITHUMICHCHATHI, THASYA THASYAACHALAAM SRADHAAM THAAME’VA VIDADHAAMYAHAM. (7.21)

In whatever form a person wishes to worship (Me) with devotion, I stabilize his/her faith in that very form.

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Bhagavad GitaSA THAYAA SRADHHAYAA YUKTHASTHASYAARAADHANAMEEHATHE’, LABHATHE’ CHA THATHAH KAAMAAN MAYAIVA VIHITHAAN HI THAAN. (7.22)

Possessed of that faith, he desires the worship of that form. From that divinity he secures the objects of his desires; for, I Myself has ordained them.

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Bhagavad GitaNAAHAM PRAKAASAH SARVASYA YOGAMAAYAA SAMAAVRITHAH, MOODHO AYAM NAABHI JAANAATHI LOKO MAAMAJAMAVYAYAM. (7.25)

Veiled by the delusive power of My Yoga-Maaya, I do not stand revealed to all. This deluded world does not know Me, unborn & immutable.

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Bhagavad GitaICHCHADWE’SHASAMUTHE’NA DWANDAMOHE’NA BHAARATHA, SARVABHOOTHAANI SAMMOHAM SARGE’ YAANTHI PARANTHAPA. (7.27)

Arjuna, all beings in creation get confounded due to the delusion of dualities born of attachment and aversion.

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Bhagavad GitaYE’SHAAM THWANTHAGATHAM PAAPAM JANAANAAM PUNYAKARAMANAAM, THE’ DWANDA MOHA NIRMUKTHAA BHAJANTHE’ MAAM DRIDHAVRITHAH. (7.28)

But those who have no more sins, who act righteously & who are liberated from the delusion of dualities, worship Me with a steadfast will.

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Bhagavad GitaJARAAMARANAMOKSHAAYA MAAMAASRITHYA YATHANTHI YE’, THE’ BRAHMA THADWIDUH KRITHSNAMADHYAATHMAM KARMA CHAAKHILAM. (7.29)

Resorting to Me, those who strive for release from old age and death come to know that Brahman in Its wholeness, is also the self and all the work.

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