POWERFUL COGNITION
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The first are the people who are distressed, i.e., the working class or śūdra. The second are the people who desire wealth, i.e., the business people or vaiśya. The third are inquisitive people, like a kṣatriya who never rests because he constantly asks, 'What next? What next? What next?' The fourth is the person who searches for knowledge of the Absolute: He is a brāhmaṇa.
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते ।
प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः
॥ ७-१७॥
teṣāṃ jñānī nityayukta eka-bhaktir
viśiṣyate priyo hi jñānino'tyartham
ahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ
Of these, the wise one who is in full
knowledge and ever united with Me
through single-minded devotion is the
best. I am very dear to him, and he is
dear to Me
POWERFUL COGNITION
When you devote yourself to the divine mission, you become a devotee. That is when you become dear to Him.
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् ।
मतम्आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्
॥ ७-१८॥
udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānītvātmaiva
me matam āsthitaḥ sa hi yuktātmā
māmevānuttamāṃ gatim
All these devotees are indeed noble;
one who knows Me, dwells in Me.
Being engaged in My mission, he
attains Me.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Kṛṣṇa says beautifully that He is in you and you are in Him. The moment you understand this ultimate Truth, the moment you approach the Divine with the right attitude, you become the Divine
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।
वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः
॥ ७-१९॥
bahūnāṃ janmanām ante
jñānavānmāṃ prapadyate vāsudevaḥ
sarvamiti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ
After many births and deaths, he
who knows Me surrenders to Me,
knowing Me to be the cause of all
causes and all that is. Such a great
soul is very rare.
POWERFUL COGNITION
with a living enlightened Master, we need to transform our life. We need to experience the truth
