7. Knowledge of the Self is Enlightenment

Jñāna Vijñāna Yog

BG 7.5

This is my lower nature. There is also my distinct higher nature, which forms the basis for life in this universe.

अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्
जीवभूतां महाबाहो ययेदं धार्यते जगत्

  • apareyam — this is inferior

  • itas — besides this

  • tvanyāṁ — but another

    • tu — but

    • anyām — another

  • prakṛitiṁ — material nature

  • viddhi — know

  • me — my

  • parām — superior

  • jīva-bhūtāṁ — living beings

    • jīva

    • bhūtāṁ

  • mahā-bāho — Arjuna
    Refers to Arjuna as "mighty-armed one"

    • mahā

    • bāho

  • yayedaṁ — by whom this

  • dhāryate — the basis

  • jagat — material world

...7.3

My material nature is divided eightfold - earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect, and ego.

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This is my lower nature. There is also my distinct higher nature, which forms the basis for life in this universe.

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These two are the source of all living beings. I am the creator of the universe, and I am its dissolution.

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7.7...

Similar verses

Chapter 7, Verse 5