Chapter 7 of Bhagavad Gita talks about knowledge & realization. Knowledge, unless assimilated & realized by us, is of not much value.

1. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
T. K. G. NAMBOODHIRI
THIRUVALLA, KERALA
INDIA

2. 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.
TKG Namboodhiri

3. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
CHAPTER 7
JNAANAVIJNAANA YOGA
THE YOGA OF KNOWLEDGE &
REALIZATION
TKG Namboodhiri

4. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
BHOOMIRAAPO 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.
TKG Namboodhiri

5. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
APAREYAMITHASTHWANYAAM 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
TKG Namboodhiri

6. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
ETHADYONEENI 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.
TKG Namboodhiri

7. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
MATHAH 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.
TKG Namboodhiri

8. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
YE’ 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.
TKG Namboodhiri

9. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
THRIBHIRGUNAMAYAIRBHAVAIRE’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.)
TKG Namboodhiri

10. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
DAIVEE 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.
TKG Namboodhiri

11. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
CHATURVIDHAA 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.
TKG Namboodhiri

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of
Bhagavad Gita
UDAARAH 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.
TKG Namboodhiri

13. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
YO 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.
TKG Namboodhiri

14. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
SA 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.
TKG Namboodhiri

15. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
NAAHAM 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.
TKG Namboodhiri

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of
Bhagavad Gita
ICHCHADWE’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.
TKG Namboodhiri

17. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
YE’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.
TKG Namboodhiri

18. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
JARAAMARANAMOKSHAAYA 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.
TKG Namboodhiri