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sa tayā śraddhayā yuktas tasyārādhanam īhate labhate ca tataḥ kāmān mayaiva vihitān hi tān Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.22 Endowed with such a faith, he endeavors to worship a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But...

antavat tu phalaḿ teṣāḿ tad bhavaty alpa-medhasām devān deva-yajo yānti mad-bhaktā yānti mām api Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.23 Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and...

avyaktaḿ vyaktim āpannaḿ manyante mām abuddhayaḥ paraḿ bhāvam ajānanto mamāvyayam anuttamam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.24 Unintelligent men, who do not know Me perfectly, think that I, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,...

nāhaḿ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ mūḍho ’yaḿ nābhijānāti loko mām ajam avyayam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.25 I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My internal potency,...

vedāhaḿ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māḿ tu veda na kaścana Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.26 O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that...

icchā-dveṣa-samutthena dvandva-mohena bhārata sarva-bhūtāni sammohaḿ sarge yānti paran-tapa Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.27 O scion of Bharata, O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, bewildered...

yeṣāḿ tv anta-gataḿ pāpaḿ janānāḿ puṇya-karmaṇām te dvandva-moha-nirmuktā bhajante māḿ dṛḍha-vratāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.28 Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life and whose sinful...

jarā-maraṇa-mokṣāya mām āśritya yatanti ye te brahma tad viduḥ kṛtsnam adhyātmaḿ karma cākhilam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.29 Intelligent persons who are endeavoring for liberation from old age and death take refuge in...

sādhibhūtādhidaivaḿ māḿ sādhiyajñaḿ ca ye viduḥ prayāṇa-kāle ’pi ca māḿ te vidur yukta-cetasaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 7.30 Those in full consciousness of Me, who know Me, the Supreme Lord, to be the governing...

arjuna uvāca kiḿ tad brahma kim adhyātmaḿ kiḿ karma puruṣottama adhibhūtaḿ ca kiḿ proktam adhidaivaḿ kim ucyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 8.1 Arjuna inquired: O my Lord, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What is the...