Bhagavad Gita: Attain my nature (Attaining the Supreme ,Text 5, Chapter 8)

Sri-bhagavan uvaca

anta-kale ca mam eva
smaran muktva kalevaram
yah prayati sa mad-bhavam
yati nasty atra samsayah

 (Attaining the Supreme ,Text 5, Chapter 8)

Meaning:  And whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of  this there is no doubt.

Bhagavad Gita: Attain my nature (Attaining the Supreme ,Text 5, Chapter 8)

Bhagavad Gita: Adhibhuta, adhidaiva & adhiyajna (Attaining the Supreme ,Text 4, Chapter 8)

Sri-bhagavan uvaca

adhibhutam ksaro bhavah

purusas' cadhidaivatam

adhiyajno' ham evatra

dehe dehe-bhrtam vara

 (Attaining the Supreme ,Text 4, Chapter 8)

Meaning:  O best of the embodied beings, the physical nature, which is constantly changing, is called adhibhuta [ the material manifestation ]. The universal form of the Lord, which includes all the demigods, like those of the sun and moon, is called adhidaiva. And I, the Supreme Lord, represented as the Supersoul in the  heart of every embodied beings, am called adhiyajna[ the Lord of sacrifice].

Bhagavad Gita: Adhibhuta, adhidaiva & adhiyajna (Attaining the Supreme ,Text 4, Chapter 8)

Bhagavad Gita: Brahman, Adhyatma, Karma (Attaining the Supreme ,Text 3, Chapter 8)

Sri-bhagavan uvaca

aksaram brahma paramam

svabhavo' dhyatmam ucyate

bhuta-bhavodbhava-karo

visargah karma-samjnitah

 (Attaining the Supreme ,Text 3, Chapter 8)

Meaning:  The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The indestructible, transcendental living entity is called Brahman, and his eternal nature is called adhyatma, the self. Action pertaining  to the development  of the material bodies of the living entities is called karma, or fruitive activities.

Bhagavad Gita: Brahman, Adhyatma, Karma (Attaining the Supreme ,Text 3, Chapter 8)

Bhagavad Gita: Arjuna inquired? (Attaining the Supreme ,Text 1,2 Chapter 8)

arjuna uvaca

kim tad brahma kim adhyatmam
kim karma purusottama
adhibhutam ca kim proktam
adhidaivam kim ucyate

(Attaining the Supreme, Text 1 Chapter 8)

Arjuna inquired: O my Lord, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What is the self? What are fruitive activities? What is this material manifestation? And what are the demigods? Please explain this to me.

arjuna uvaca

adhiyajnah katham ko ' tra
dehe' smin madhusudana
prayana-kale ca katham
jneyo ' si niyatatmabhih

(Attaining the Supreme, Text 2 Chapter 8)

Meaning: Who is the Lord of sacrifice, and how does He live in the body, O Madhusudana? And how can those engaged in devotional service know You at the time of death?

Bhagavad Gita: Understand and know Me, even at the time of death [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 30 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

sadhibhutadhidaivam mam
sadhiyajnam ca ye viduh
prayana-kale pi ca mam
te vidur yukta-cetasah

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 30 Chapter 7)

Meaning: Those in full consciousness of Me, who know Me, the Supreme Lord, to be the governing principle of the material manifestation, of the demigods, and of all methods of sacrifice, can understand and know Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even at the time of death.

*** Persons acting in Krsna consciousness are never deviated from the path of entirely understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the transcendental association of Krsna consciousness, one can understand how the Supreme Lord is the governing  principle of the material manifestation and even of the demigods. Gradually , by such transcendental association, one becomes convinced of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and at the time of death such a Krsna conscious person can never forget Krsna.

Bhagavad Gita: Understand and know Me, even at the time of death [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 30 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Intelligent persons take refuge in Me in devotional service [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 29 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

jara-marana-moksaya
mam asritya yatanti ye
te brahma tad viduh krtsnam
adhyatmam karma cakhilam

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 29 Chapter 7)

Meaning: Intelligent persons who are endeavoring for liberation from old age and death take refuge in Me in devotional service. They are actually Brahman because they entirely know everything about transcendental activities.

*** Birth, death, old age and diseases affect this material body, but not the spiritual body. There is no birth, death, old age and disease for the spiritual body, so one who attains a spiritual body, becomes one of the associates of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and engages in eternal devotional service is really  liberated. Aham brahmasmi: I am spirit . It is said that one should understand that he is  Brahman, spirit soul. This Brahman conception of life is also in devotional service. The pure devotee are transcendentally situated on the Brahman platform, and they know everything about transcendental activities.

Bhagavad Gita: Intelligent persons take refuge in Me in devotional service [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 29 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Freed from dualities of delusion [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 28 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

yesam tv anta-gatam papam
jananam punya-karmanam
te dvandva-moha-nirmukta
bhajante mam drdha-vratah

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 28 Chapter 7)

Meaning: Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life and whose sinful actions are completely  eradicated are freed from the dualities of delusion, and they engage themselves in My service with determination.

Bhagavad Gita: Freed from dualities  of delusion [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 28 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: All living entities are born into delusion [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 27 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

iccha-dvesa-samutthena
dvandva-mohena bharata
sarva-bhutani sammoham
sarge yanti parantapa

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 27 Chapter 7)

Meaning: O scion of Bharata, O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, bewildered by dualities arisen from desire and hate.

*** The real constitutional position of the living entity is that of  subordination to the Supreme Lord, who is pure knowledge. When one is deluded into separation from this pure knowledge, he becomes controlled by illusory energy and cannot  understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The illusory energy is manifested in the duality of desire and hate. Deluded persons, symptomatically, dwell in dualities of dishonor  and honor, misery and happiness, woman and man, good and bad, pleasure and pain, etc. thinking, " This is my wife; this is my house; I am the master of this house; I am the husband of this wife." These are the dualities of delusion. Those who are so deluded by dualities are completely foolish and therefore cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Bhagavad Gita: All living entities are born into delusion [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 27 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: I know everything (Past, Present & Future) but no one knows Me [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 26 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

vedaham samatitani
vartamanani carjuna
bhavisyani ca bhutani
mam tu veda na kascana

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 26 Chapter 7)

Meaning: O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities; but Me no one knows.

Bhagavad Gita: I know everything (Past, Present & Future) but no one knows Me [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 26 Chapter 7)]

Happy Vasant Panchami: विद्या ददाति विनयं

विद्या ददाति विनयं विनयाद् याति पात्रताम् ।

पात्रत्वात् धनमाप्नोति धनात् धर्मं ततः सुखम् ॥

अर्थ- विद्या विनय देती है, विनय से पात्रता आती है, पात्रता से धन आता है, धन से धर्म होता है, और धर्म से सुख प्राप्त होता है

Bhagavad Gita: Unborn and infallible [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 25 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

naham prakasah sarvasya
yoga-maya-samavrtah
mudho yam nabhijanati
loko mam ajam avyayam

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 25 Chapter 7)

Meaning: I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My internal potency, and therefore they do not know that I am unborn and infallible.

*** O Supreme Personality  of Godhead, O Supersoul, O master of all mystery, who can calculate your potency and pastimes in this world? You are always expanding  Your internal potency, and therefore no one can understand You. Learned scientists and learned scholars can examine the atomic constitution of the material world or even the planets, but still they are unable to calculate Your energy and potency, although You are present before them." The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna, is not only unborn but also avyaya, inexhaustible. His eternal form is bliss and knowledge, and His energies are all inexhaustible. 

Bhagavad Gita: Unborn and infallible [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 25 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Imperishable and Supreme nature [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 24 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

avyaktam vyaktim apannam
manyante mam abuddhayah
param bhavam ajananto
maavyayam anuttamam

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 24 Chapter 7)

Meaning: Unintelligent men, who do not  know Me perfectly, think that I, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was impersonal before and have now assumed this personality. Due to their small knowledge , they do not know My higher nature, which is imperishable and supreme.

Bhagavad Gita: Imperishable and Supreme nature [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 24 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: My devotees ultimately reach My Supreme Planet [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 23 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

antavat tu phalam tesam
tad bhavaty alpa-medhasam
devan deva-yajo yanti
mad-bhakta yanti mam api

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 23 Chapter 7)

Meaning: Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods, but My devotees ultimately reach My supreme planet.

Bhagavad Gita: My devotees ultimately reach My Supreme Planet [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 23 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: All benefits are bestowed by Supreme Lord [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 22 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

sa taya sraddhaya  yuktas
tasyaradhanam ihate
labhate ca tatah kaman
mayaiva vihitan hi tan

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 22 Chapter 7)

Meaning: Endowed with such a faith, he endeavors to worship a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me alone.

Bhagavad Gita: All benefits are bestowed by Supreme Lord [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 22 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: I am in everyone's heart as the Supersoul [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 21 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

yo yo yam yam tanum bhaktah
sraddhayarcitum icchati
tasya tasyacalam sraddham
tam eva vidadhamy aham

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 21 Chapter 7)

Meaning: I am in everyone's heart as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship some demigod, I make his faith steady so that he can devote himself to that particular deity.

*** The Supreme Personality of Godhead as Supersoul is present within the heart of the demigod; therefore He arranges through the demigod to fulfill the desire of the living entity. But both the demigod and the living entity are dependent on the supreme will. They are not independent. As per instruction given in Bhagavad-gita, one should give up all other engagements and fully surrender unto him. This will make man happy.

Bhagavad Gita: I am in everyone's heart as the Supersoul [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 21 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Surrender to Supreme Lord [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 20 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah
prapadyante 'nya-devatah
tam tam niyamam asthaya
prakrtya niyatah svaya

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 20 Chapter 7)

Meaning: Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.

*** A pure devotee never goes to demigods for satisfaction of his material needs.He depends on the Supreme Lord, And the pure devotee is satisfied with whatever He gives.

Bhagavad Gita: Surrender to Supreme Lord [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 20 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Cause of all causes [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 19 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

bahunam janmanam ante
jnanavan mam prapadyate
vasudevah sarvam iti
sa mahatma su-durlabhah

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 19 Chapter 7)

Meaning: After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.

*** In this body there are powers of speaking, of seeing, of hearing, of mental activities, etc. But these are not important if not related to the Supreme Lord. And because vasudeva(God) is all-pervading and everything is Vasudeva(God), the devotee surrenders in full knowledge.

Bhagavad Gita: Cause of all causes [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 19 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Being engaged in transcendental service, attain the highest and most perfect goal [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 18 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

udarah sarva evaite
jnani tv atmaiva me matam
asthitah sa hi yuktatma
mam evanuttamam gatim

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 18 Chapter 7)

Meaning: All these devotees are undoubtedly magnanimous souls, but he who is situated in knowledge of Me I consider to be just like My own self. Being engaged in My transcendental service, he is sure to attain Me, the highest and most perfect goal.

*** The devotees are always in My heart, and I am always in the hearts of the devotees. The devotee does not know anything beyond Me, and  I also cannot forget the devotee. There is a very intimate relationship between Me and the pure devotees. Pure devotees in full knowledge are never out of spiritual touch, and therefore they are very much dear to Me.

Bhagavad Gita: Being engaged in transcendental service, attain the highest and most perfect goal [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 18 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita : Pure devotional service is the best , Knowlege of the Absolute, Texr 17, Chapter 7)

Bhagavad Gita: Pure devotional Service is the best  (Text 17 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

Tesam jnani nitya-yukta
eka-bhaktir visisyate
priyo hi jnanino ' tyartham
aham sa ca mama priyah

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 17 Chapter 7)

Meaning: Of these, the one who is in full knowledge and who is always engaged in pure devotional service is the best. For I am very  dear to him, and he is dear to Me.

Bhagavad Gita: Pure devotional Service is the best, Knowlege of the Absolute  (Text 17 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Pure devotional Service (Text 16 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

Catur-vidha bhajante mam
Janah sukrtino 'rjuna
arto jijnasur artharthi
jnani ca bharatarsabha

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 16 Chapter 7)

Meaning: O best among the Bharatas, four kinds of pious men begin to render devotional service unto Me-the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.

*** One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Krsna favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service.

Bhagavad Gita: Pure devotional Service (Text 16 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Surmount the stringent laws of material nature [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 15 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

na mam duskrtino mudhah
prapadyante naradhamah
mayayapahrta--jnana
asuram bhavam asritah

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 15 Chapter 7)

Meaning: Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, who are lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons do not surrender unto Me.

*** It is said in Bhagavad -gita that simply by surrendering  oneself  unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality  Krsna one can surmount the stringent laws of material nature.

Bhagavad Gita: Surmount the stringent laws of material nature [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 15 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Easily cross the three modes of material nature [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 14 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

daivi hy esa guna-mayi
mama maya duratyaya
mam eva ye prapadyante
mayam etam taranti te

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 14 Chapter 7)

Meaning: The divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes [ goodness, passion and ignorance] of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered  unto Me can easily cross beyond it. 

Bhagavad Gita: Easily cross the three modes of material nature [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 14 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: God is above the modes (goodness, passion or ignorance)[Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 13 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

tribhir guna-mayair bhavair
ebhih sarvam idam jagat
mohitam nabhijanati
mam ebhyah param avyayam

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 13 Chapter 7)

Meaning: Deluded by the three modes [ goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me, who am above the modes and inexhaustible.

*** Divine(Krsna) consciousness is transcendental to all these three modes(goodness, passion, ignorance) of material nature, and those who are truely established in divine(Krsna) consciousness are actually liberated.

Bhagavad Gita: God is above the modes (goodness, passion or ignorance)[Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 13 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: God is nirguna (Free from gunas or modes- goodness, passion or ignorance)[Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 12 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

Ye caiva sattvika bhava
rajasas tamasas ca ye
matta eveti tan viddhi
na tv aham tesu te mayi

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 12 Chapter 7)

Meaning: Know that all states of being-be they of goodness, passion or ignorance-are manifested by My energy. I am, in one sense, everything, but I am independent. I am not under the modes of material nature, for they, on the contrary, are within Me,

Bhagavad Gita: God is nirguna (Free from gunas or modes- goodness, passion or ignorance)[Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 12 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: God is the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 11 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

balam balavatam caham
kama-raga-vivarjitam
dharmaviruddho bhutesu
kamo' smi bharatarsabha

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 11 Chapter 7)

Meaning: I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles, O lord of the Bharatas [ Arjuna] 

Bhagavad Gita: God is the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 11 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: God is the original seed of all existence [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 10 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

bijam mam sarva-bhutanam
viddhi partha sanatanam
buddhir buddhimatam asmi
tejas tejasvinam aham

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 10 Chapter 7)

Meaning: O son of Prtha, know that I am the original seed of all existences, the intelligence of intelligent, and the prowess of all powerful men.

*** He is the prime eternal  among all eternals. He is the supreme living entity of all living entities, and He alone is maintaining all life. One cannot do anything without intelligence, and Krsna also says that  He is the root of all intelligence. Unless a person is intelligent, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna.

Bhagavad Gita: God is the original seed of all existence [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 10 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Earth, water, fire, air & every active principle are due to divine [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 9 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

punyo gandhah prthivyam ca
tejas casmi vibhavasau
jivanam sarva-bhutesu
tapas casmi tapasvisu

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 9 Chapter 7)

Meaning:

I am the original fragrance of the earth, and I am the heat in fire. I am the life of all that lives, and I am the penances of all ascetics.

*** In divine consciousness (Krsna consciousness) we become aware that earth, water, fire, air and every active principle, all chemicals and all material elements are due to divine (Krsna).

Bhagavad Gita: Earth, water, fire, air & every active principle are due to divine [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 9 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Lord is all-pervasive by his diverse material and spiritual energies [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 8 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

raso' ham apsu kaunteya
prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh
pranavah sarva-vedesu
sabdah khe paurusam nrsu

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 8 Chapter 7)

Meaning:

O son of Kunti, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man.

*** Those who  do not know Krishna(divine) are in illusion, and so knowledge of Krsna(divine) is liberation, and ignorance of him is bondage.

Bhagavad Gita: Lord is all-pervasive by his diverse material and spiritual energies [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 8 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Everything rests upon Me [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 7 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

mattah parataram nanyat
kincid asti dhananjaya
mayi sarvam idam protam
sutre mani-gana iva

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 7 Chapter 7)

Meaning:

O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.

*** Supreme Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is all-pervading by His multi-energies, both material and spiritual.

Bhagavad Gita: Everything rests upon Me [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 7 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Lord is the original cause of everything [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 6 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

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

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 6 Chapter 7)

Meaning:

All created beings have their sources 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

*** Everything that exists is a product of matter and spirit. Spirit is the basic field of creation, and matter is created by spirit. Spirit is not created  at a certain stage of material development. Rather, this material world is manifested only on the basis of spiritual energy. This material body is developed  because spirit is present within matter; a child grows gradually  to boyhood and then to manhood because that superior energy, spirit soul, is present.Similarly, the entire cosmic manifestation of the gigantic universe is developed because of the presence of the Supersoul (Visnu). Therefore spirit and matter, which combine to manifest this gigantic universal form, are originally two energies of the Lord, and consequently the Lord is the original cause of everything.

Bhagavad Gita: Lord is the original cause of everything [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 6 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Constitutional position of God -Supreme Controller [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 5 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca

apareyam itas tv anyam
prakrtim viddhi me param
jiva-bhutam mah-baho
yayedam dharyate jagat

(Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 5 Chapter 7)

Meaning:

Besides these, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is another, superior energy of Mine, which comprises the living entities  who are exploiting the resources of this material , inferior nature.

*** O Supreme Eternal ! If the embodied living entities were eternal and all-pervading like you, then they would not be under your control. But if the living entities are accepted as minute energies of your  Lordship, then they are at once subject to your supreme control.Therefore real liberation entails surrender  by the living entities to your control, and that surrender will make them happy.

Bhagavad Gita: Constitutional position of God -Supreme Controller [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 5 Chapter 7)]