POWERFUL COGNITION
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Unless we drink the milk, we will never get the benefit of the milk. Unless we imbibe Kṛṣṇa, we cannot get the benefit of the Gītā.
ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः ।
यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते
॥ ७=२ ॥
jñānaṁ te’haṁ savijñānam idaṁ
vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ yajjñātvā neha
bhūyo’nyaj jñātavyamavaśiṣyate
Let Me explain to you in detail this
phenomenal and absolute knowledge
along with its realization; by knowing
which, there shall remain nothing
further to be known.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Kṛṣṇa has created keys for all kinds of human beings. Kṛṣṇa fulfills every need of every human being.
मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्चिद्यतति सिद्धये ।
यततामपि सिद्धानां कश्चिन्मां वेत्ति तत्त्वतः
॥ ७=३ ॥
manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu kaścidyatati
siddhaye yatatāmapi siddhānāṃ
kaścinmāṃ vetti tattvataḥ
Out of many thousands of men,
hardly one endeavors or strives to
achieve perfection of self-realization;
of those so endeavoring, hardly one
achieves the perfection of self-
realization and of those, hardly one
knows Me in truth or reaches that
state of oneness with Me.
POWERFUL COGNITION
There are millions of people out there, but only a few hundred are present today to listen to the Gītā. And out of these few hundred, only a few will listen authentically.
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च ।
अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा
॥ ७-४ ॥
bhūmirāpo'nalo vāyuḥ khaṃ mano
buddhireva ca ahaṅkāra itīyaṃ me
bhinnā prakṛtiraṣṭadhā
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind,
intelligence and false ego all together
these eight constitute My separated
external energies.
POWERFUL COGNITION
With all these elements, the energy cycle is complete.
अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम् ।
जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्
॥७-५॥
apare'yamitastvanyāṁ prakṛtiṁ
viddhi me parāṁ I jīvabhūtāṁ
mahābāho yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat
Besides these external energies,
which are inferior in nature, O
mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a
superior energy of Mine. This
comprises all the embodied souls of
all the living entities by which this
material world is being utilized or
exploited.
POWERFUL COGNITION
We are above the energies that constitute us. When we realize our Self, we realize that we are Divine and nothing less.
