7. Knowledge of the Self is Enlightenment

Jñāna Vijñāna Yog

BG 7.30

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.

साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः
प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः

  • Adhibhuta (pertaining to the elements)
  • Adhidaiva (pertaining to the gods)
  • Adhiyajna (pertaining to the sacrifice) yajna is sacrifice
  • sādhibhūtādhidaivaṁ — governing principle of the gods and material nature

    • sa-adhibhūta — governing principle of the field of matter

    • adhidaivam — governing principle of the celestial gods

  • māṁ — me

  • sādhiyajñaṁ — governing principle of sacrifice

  • cha — and

  • ye — who

  • viduḥ — know

  • prayāṇa-kāle — at the time of death

    • prayāṇa — of death

    • kāle — at the time

  • ’pi — even

  • cha — and

  • māṁ — me

  • te — they

  • vidur — know

  • yukta-chetasaḥ — in full consciousness of me

    • yukta

    • chetasaḥ

...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 30