Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Bhagavad Gita
Practice devotion with attachment to Me
And You can know Me in full, undoubtedly
Out of many thousands of perfected men
Hardly ones truly knows Me as I am
I am the source of all that is here
I am the one who makes it disappear.
There’s is nothing beyond Me, I am the head-
All rests upon Me like pearls on a thread.
The taste of water, the life of all that lives,
The nourishing light the sun always gives,
The sound in either, ability in man-
Of all that exists, the best is what I am.
The life of all life, the heat of the fire,
The strength of the strong free of lust and desire,
The seed of existence, the prowess of man-
These are some more ways to see what I am.
All states of being come only from Me
Although I am everything, still I am free
This divine nature is hard to subdue
But surrender to Me and you’ll pass on through
(This divine nature is hard to supress
But those who surrender to Me, pass the test)
After many births, one in full knowledge
Comes to know that I’m the cause of all causes
He surrenders, seeing Me everywhere
Such a great soul is indeed very rare
Wanting a boon, foolish men surrender
To God’s lesser than I and service render
Yet they only achieve transient gain
Eternal life my devotees attain
Less intelligent men who don’t know My course
Think I come from an impersonal source
Such foolish people can’t see My real form
I cover their eyes so they think I am born
I know everything that happened in the past
All that happens now and what the future casts
I also know all living entities (beings)
But no one knows My personality
Everyone is born in a deluded state
Perplexed by the force of desire and hate
Pious souls freed from sinful inclination
Engage in My service with determination
Those who are fully conscious of Me,
Knowing Me as the controller of all that be
And of sacrifice and of the demigod’s power
Can know Me even at death’s final hour