॥ Om Sri Paramadmane Nama:॥ Ada Saptamo’dhyaayah। Gyan Vigyan Yoga (Knowledge and Realization)

Sri Bhagavan Uvacha।

mayy asakta-manah partha yogam yunjan mad-asrayah। asamsayam samagram mam yatha jnasyasi tac chrnu॥ 7.1 ॥

Sri Bhagavan said: Now hear, O Arjuna, how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt.

jnanam te ’ham sa-vijnanam idam vaksyamy asesatah। yaj jnatva neha bhuyo ’nyaj jnatavyam avasisyate॥ 7.2 ॥

Sri Krishna said: I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge, both phenomenal and numinous. This being known, nothing further shall remain for you to know.

manushyanam sahasresu kascid yatati siddhaye। yatatam api siddhanam kascin mam vetti tattvatah॥ 7.3 ॥

Sri Krishna said: Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.

bhumir apo ’nalo vayuh kham mano buddhir eva cha। ahankara itiyam me bhinna prakritir astadha॥ 7.4 ॥

Sri Krishna said: Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego—all together these eight constitute My separated material energies.

apareyam itas tv anyam prakritim viddhi me param। jiva-bhutam maha-baho yayedam dharyate jagat॥ 7.5 ॥

Sri Krishna said: Besides these, O Arjuna, there is another, superior energy of Mine, which comprises the living entities who are exploiting the resources of this material, inferior nature.

etad-yonini bhutani sarvanity upadharaya। aham krtsnasya jagatah prabhavah pralayas tatha॥ 7.6 ॥

Sri Krishna said: All created beings have their source in these two natures. Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both the origin and the dissolution.