🕉️ Chapter 7 – The Yoga of Knowledge and Wisdom: Shlokas 11–20
Krishna now reveals how even the good qualities in us are Him. Yet most people are caught in illusion (Maya) and worship external powers, forgetting the Supreme behind them all. But those with unwavering devotion reach Him directly.
📜 Shloka 11
बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम् ।
धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ ॥11॥
English Translation:
I am the strength of the strong, free from desire and attachment. I am righteous desire that is in harmony with Dharma, O Arjuna.
हिन्दी अनुवाद:
हे भरतश्रेष्ठ! मैं कामना और राग से रहित बलवानों की शक्ति हूँ। और जो धर्म के विरुद्ध नहीं है, वह काम (इच्छा) भी मैं हूँ।
🔍 Deep Reflection:
Not all desire is wrong — when aligned with Dharma, it becomes divine purpose.
🪔 Modern Insight:
Your drive, when untainted by ego or greed, is sacred energy in motion.
📜 Shloka 12
ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये ।
मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि ॥12॥
English Translation:
Whatever qualities arise from sattva, rajas, or tamas — know them as coming from Me. Yet I am not in them — they are in Me.
हिन्दी अनुवाद:
सत्त्व, रज और तम — इनसे उत्पन्न होने वाले भाव मुझसे ही उत्पन्न होते हैं। लेकिन मैं उनमें नहीं हूँ — वे मुझमें स्थित हैं।
🔍 Deep Reflection:
God is the source of all modes, but remains untouched by them — like the sun illuminating both pure and impure places.
🪔 Modern Insight:
You’re not your mood or emotion — your essence is above all three gunas.
📜 Shloka 13
त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् ।
मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम् ॥13॥
English Translation:
The world, deluded by these three gunas (modes of nature), does not recognize Me — who is beyond them and eternal.
हिन्दी अनुवाद:
यह सम्पूर्ण जगत तीन गुणों से मोहित होकर मुझे नहीं जानता, जो उनसे परे और अविनाशी हूँ।
🔍 Deep Reflection:
Illusion isn’t just distraction — it’s identifying with the temporary and forgetting the eternal.
🪔 Modern Insight:
Maya is not magic — it’s mistaking passing waves for the ocean itself.
📜 Shloka 14
दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया ।
मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते ॥14॥
English Translation:
This divine Maya, made of the three gunas, is hard to overcome. But those who surrender to Me cross beyond it.
हिन्दी अनुवाद:
यह मेरी माया, जो तीन गुणों से बनी है, अत्यंत कठिन है। लेकिन जो मेरी शरण में आते हैं — वे इस माया को पार कर जाते हैं।
🔍 Deep Reflection:
You can't fight illusion alone — you transcend it through surrender.
🪔 Modern Insight:
Control can’t defeat confusion — but connection can.
📜 Shloka 15
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः ।
माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः ॥15॥
English Translation:
The ignorant, evil-doers, and lowest of men — whose wisdom is stolen by illusion and who hold demonic views — do not surrender to Me.
हिन्दी अनुवाद:
दुष्कर्मी, मूढ़, नराधम, जिनका ज्ञान माया ने हर लिया है — और जो आसुरी स्वभाव को अपनाए हैं — वे मेरी शरण में नहीं आते।
🔍 Deep Reflection:
The refusal to surrender often comes not from intelligence, but arrogance rooted in delusion.
🪔 Modern Insight:
Spiritual blindness isn’t lack of intellect — it’s lack of humility.
📜 Shloka 16
चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन ।
आर्तो जिज्ञासुरर्थार्थी ज्ञानी च भरतर्षभ ॥16॥
English Translation:
Four kinds of virtuous people worship Me: the distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the wealth-seeker, and the wise one, O Arjuna.
हिन्दी अनुवाद:
हे अर्जुन! चार प्रकार के पुण्यात्मा लोग मेरी भक्ति करते हैं — दुखी, जिज्ञासु, धन चाहने वाले, और ज्ञानी।
🔍 Deep Reflection:
All longing — whether for help, truth, or success — eventually leads to the Divine. Every prayer matters.
🪔 Modern Insight:
Even when you're desperate — that’s still a door to devotion.
📜 Shloka 17
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते ।
प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ॥17॥
English Translation:
Of these, the wise one, ever united and devoted solely to Me, is the most dear. For I am extremely dear to the wise — and they are dear to Me.
हिन्दी अनुवाद:
इनमें जो ज्ञानी है — जो निरंतर मुझसे जुड़ा है, और एकनिष्ठ है — वह सबसे श्रेष्ठ है। मुझे वह अत्यंत प्रिय है, और मैं भी उसे प्रिय हूँ।
🔍 Deep Reflection:
Devotion with understanding becomes love that never leaves.
🪔 Modern Insight:
You don’t need a reason to love God. Just recognition.
📜 Shloka 18
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् ।
आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम् ॥18॥
English Translation:
All four are noble, but the wise one is My very Self. Steadfast in devotion, they reach Me — the highest goal.
हिन्दी अनुवाद:
ये सभी भक्त उदार हैं, लेकिन ज्ञानी तो मेरे समान ही है — वह मुझमें एक हो जाता है और परम गति को प्राप्त करता है।
🔍 Deep Reflection:
In the end, wisdom becomes union. Knowledge matures into love, and love into oneness.
🪔 Modern Insight:
The more you know the Divine, the less “other” He feels.
📜 Shloka 19
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।
वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥19॥
English Translation:
After many births, the wise one surrenders to Me, realizing: “Vasudeva is all.” Such a great soul is truly rare.
हिन्दी अनुवाद:
अनेक जन्मों के बाद जो ज्ञानी मुझे “वासुदेव ही सब कुछ है” मानकर शरण लेता है — वह महात्मा अत्यंत दुर्लभ है।
🔍 Deep Reflection:
The truth isn't new — it’s remembered after lifetimes of forgetting.
🪔 Modern Insight:
The soul’s graduation? When it stops seeking pieces and sees the Whole.
📜 Shloka 20
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः ।
तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥20॥
English Translation:
Those whose wisdom is stolen by desires worship other gods, following various rituals as guided by their nature.
हिन्दी अनुवाद:
जिनका ज्ञान कामनाओं द्वारा ढक गया है, वे विभिन्न देवी-देवताओं की पूजा करते हैं और अपने स्वभाव के अनुसार कर्मकांड अपनाते हैं।
🔍 Deep Reflection:
Desire fragments worship. Devotion unites it. True seekers don’t stop at forms — they reach the formless Source.
🪔 Modern Insight:
Don’t confuse spirituality with superstition. Seek the Source, not just symbols.
🌱 Ancient Verse – Modern Wisdom
| Gita Insight | Modern Life Lesson |
|---|---|
| Strength without ego is divine | Your energy is sacred when detached from pride |
| Maya hides the eternal | Don’t let moods mask meaning |
| Devotion grows from distress to wisdom | Your prayer evolves with your awareness |
| Rare is the one who sees “Vasudeva is all” | Be rare. Be real. Be one with the Whole. |
🧘 Message to Gen Z: Don’t Just Worship — Wake Up
- 🪄 Spirituality isn’t superstition — it’s seeking Source
- 📿 Devotion isn’t escape — it’s elevation
- 🔥 You don’t have to be “religious” — just real
- 🌊 All rivers of thought lead to the same Divine ocean
➡️ Up Next: Shlokas 21–30 – Temporary Worship, Eternal Faith & Divine Response to Devotion