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Baghawat Geeta, Class 110: Chapter 7 Summary

Greetings All, Providing the summary swamiji said, chapter 7 is a turning point in the Gita teaching. In the first six chapters, three topics were dealt with: jiva svarupam; prayathnah; and karma yogah; Jiva svarupam means the essential nature of the individual. The individual is neither the perishable body, nor the changing mind, but the […]

Baghawad Gita Class 109: Chapter 7 Verses 25 to 30

Greetings All, Shloka # 25: नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः। मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम्।।7.25।। Veiled by the delusive power of My Yoga-Maya, I do not stand revealed to all. This deluded world knows not Me, unborn and immutable. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, from shloka # 20 onwards Sri Krishna is dealing […]

Baghawat Geeta, Class 108: Chapter 7, Verses 22 to 25

Greetings All, Shloka # 22: स तया श्रद्धया युक्तस्तस्याराधनमीहते। लभते च ततः कामान्मयैव विहितान् हि तान्।।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 have ordained them. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, Sri Krishna is […]

Baghawat Geeta, Class 107: Chapter 7, Verses 19 to 22

Greetings All, Shloka # 19: बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते। वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।7.19।। At the end of many births, the man of knowledge directly reaches Me, realizing, “Vasudeva is all”. Such a magnanimous soul is extremely rare. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, having talked about the problem of samasara in […]

Bhagawat Geeta, Class 106: Chapter 7, Verses 16 to 19

Shloka # 16: चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन। आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ।।7.16।। Arjuna! Men of righteous acts are four fold. They resort to Me, O best of Bharatas! They are afflicted, The knowledge seeker, wealth seeker and the knower. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, after dealing with Ishwaraswarupam, consisting of […]

Bhagawat Geeta, Class 105: Chapter 7, Verses 13 to 16

Shloka # 13: त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्। मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्।।7.13।। Due to three (kinds of) objects, consisting of (prakriti’s) constituents, this whole world is deluded; it fails to cognize Me, the immutable (Reality) beyond them. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, with the 12th shloka of chapter 7, Sri Krishna has completed […]

Baghawat Geeta, Class 104: Chapter 7, Verses 10 to 13

Shloka # 10: बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम्। बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्।।7.10।। Know Me, Arjuna! to be the eternal seed power in all beings; of intellectual beings I am the intellect; of those who are splendorous, I am the splendor.  Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, in chapter 7 from shloka # 4 […]

Baghawat Geeta, Class 103: Chapter 7, Verses 7 to 10

Shloka # 7: मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय। मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव।।7.7।। Nothing whatsoever is beyond Me. All this is strung on Me like clusters of gems on a thread. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, after introducing the subject matter in the first three shlokas of chapter 7, Sri Krishna […]

Baghawat Geeta Class 102: Chapter 7, Verses 4 to 7

Greetings All, Shloka # 4: भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च। अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।। The earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect and the ego-sense constitute My distinctive eight-fold nature. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, after the first three shlokas of chapter 7, Sri Krishna has now entered the […]

Baghawat Geeta, Class 101: Chapter 7, Verses 2 to 4

Shloka # 2:7.2 ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः। यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते।।7.2।। Exhaustively I shall set forth that knowledge together with its realization; once it is grasped, nothing more will remain to be known. Continuing his teaching of the Gita, Swami Paramarthananda said, in the first three shlokas of chapter 7, Sri Krishna is introducing the subject […]

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