Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7: The Yog of Realization

Continuing the dialogue, Krishna declared that with the mind attached to him and surrendering to him through Bhakti Yog, one can know Him thoroughly. Then He added that he would reveal the ultimate knowledge and wisdom to Arjuna.

“Even among those who achieved perfection, hardly a few know Me. While My Material Energy has Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Space, Mind, Intellect, and Ego as its 8 components, My Soul Energy comprises the bodily souls of worldly lives. These energies encompass all living beings, and everything rests in Me. I am the source of all creation, which dissolves in Me, too.   

Like the radiance of the Sun and Moon, the taste in water, and the eternal seed of all beings, I remain the very essence of everything, and I am beyond the 3 states of existence - Virtue, Passion, and Ignorance. Maya, My divine energy, which is tough to conquer, deludes people and prevents them from knowing Me as the imperishable, exalted, eternal, and without birth and change.    

While the ignorant, lazy, deluded and the devilish don’t surrender to Me, the pious, who worship me with knowledge, remain devoted and very dear to Me. For these resolute-minded, I remain their supreme goal while they, My very self.

Only after the spiritual practice of many births one can get the knowledge to surrender to Me, which is very rare.

Whichever celestial Gods people worship, I steady their faith, and also I only arrange for what they get from those Gods. While these worshipers go to those deities’ abodes, I accept my devotees in myself. I am aware of the past, present and future, and about all life forms, but I am beyond their knowing.

Illusion creates the duality of desire and hatred, deluding all living things, but those whose virtuous acts destroy their sins are freed of such illusions. Those seeking shelter in Me, endeavouring to get liberated from old age and death, realize the Brahman, the self and the whole gamut of Karmic action.  

The enlightened souls, knowing me as the governing principle of all matters, celestial Gods and sacrifices, will be fully conscious of Me, even at the moment of their death.”    

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