Chapter 7 · Verse 13 · Gyaan Vigyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 7.13
Sanskrit
त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्। मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्।।7.13।।
Transliteration
tribhir guṇa-mayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat mohitaṁ nābhijānāti māmebhyaḥ param avyayam
In plain words
You are caught in the spinning wheel of your own mind—the restlessness, the worry loops, the patterns that feel like *you*. Krishna says: you are not the storm of thoughts and emotions you're watching; you are the aware presence that sees it all. When you stop believing you are the anxiety itself, something shifts. The pain doesn't vanish, but suddenly you're no longer trapped *as* the pain.
Word by Word
The Lord reveals here a profound truth: the entire visible universe dances in the play of three gunas—sattva, rajas, and tamas—yet He remains forever beyond their influence, untouched and imperishable. Most beings, mesmerized by this cosmic illusion, mistake the changing play of qualities for ultimate reality and fail to recognize the eternal consciousness that witnesses all.
When you observe your own mind—its restlessness, its attachments, its patterns of clarity and confusion—you are watching the gunas at work; freedom begins the moment you realize you are the unchanging awareness observing this dance, not a performer trapped within it.
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Bhagavad Gita 7.13 — BG 7.13
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