7. Knowledge of the Self is Enlightenment

Jñāna Vijñāna Yog

BG 7.28

But those whose sins have been completely eradicated by pious activities are freed from the illusion of duality, and worship me with determination.

येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम्
ते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्ता भजन्ते मां दृढव्रताः

  • yeṣhāṁ — whose

  • tvanta-gataṁ — completely destroyed
    tu—but; anta-gatam—completely destroyed

    • tvanta

    • gataṁ

  • pāpaṁ — sins

  • janānāṁ — of people

  • puṇya-karmaṇām — pious activities

    • puṇya — pious

    • karmaṇām — activities

  • te — they

  • dvandva-moha-nirmuktā — free from the illusion of dualities

    • dvandva — of dualities

    • moha — illusion

    • nirmuktā — free from

  • bhajante — worship

  • māṁ — me

  • dṛiḍha-vratāḥ — with determination

    • dṛiḍha

    • vratāḥ

...7.26

Craving and aversion arise from the illusion of duality - a delusion that all living beings are born into.

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But those whose sins have been completely eradicated by pious activities are freed from the illusion of duality, and worship me with determination.

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Those who take refuge in me are liberated from old age and death, know Brahman as the nature of Karma and the self.

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Those who see me as the law of physical nature, the nature of the gods, and the principles of sacrifice, know me even at the time of death.

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Chapter 7, Verse 28