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Chapter 7 · Verse 1 · Gyaan Vigyana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 7.1

devotional Bhakti & Devotion Jnana & Wisdom Attachment & Letting Go

Sanskrit

श्री भगवानुवाच मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः। असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु।।7.1।।

Transliteration

śhrī bhagavān uvācha mayyāsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśhrayaḥ asanśhayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tach chhṛiṇu

Word by Word

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha the Supreme Lord said
mayi to me
āsakta-manāḥ with the mind attached
pārtha Arjun, the son of Pritha
yogam bhakti yog
yuñjan practicing
mat-āśhrayaḥ surrendering to me
asanśhayam free from doubt
samagram completely
mām me
yathā how
jñāsyasi you shall know
tat that
śhṛiṇu listen
Simplified Perspective

Krishna opens the seventh teaching by revealing the supreme knowledge that comes not through intellectual accumulation, but through the marriage of mind, devotion, and surrender to the Divine. When your consciousness becomes absorbed in the Lord—not as a distant concept, but as the living reality you turn toward in every moment—the barrier between knower and known dissolves, and you experience Me completely, without doubt or fragmentation.

This is the promise: total understanding flows naturally when you stop grasping and instead rest your awareness in what you truly seek. In our modern spiritual path, this means releasing the need to 'figure out' God through thinking alone, and instead cultivating a receptive, devoted presence that allows wisdom to flower from within.

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Bhagavad Gita 7.1 — BG 7.1

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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