Chapter 7: Jñāna-vijñāna-yoga: – Knowledge and its ActualizationVerse 1
श्रीभगवानुवाच।
मय्यासक्तमना: पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रय: ।
असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु ॥
śrī bhagavān-uvāca
mayy-āsakta-manā: pārtha
yogaṃ yuñjan-mad-āśraya:
asaṃśayaṃ samagraṃ māṃ
yathā jñāsyasi tacchṛṇu – 7.1
Lord Krishna said: Hear now, O Partha, how with your mind riveted to Me, pursuing Yoga taking refuge in Me wholesomely, you will know Me in entirety without doubt.
Chapter 7: Jñāna-vijñāna-yoga: – Knowledge and its Actualization - Verse 1
Ma Gurupriya
With no further doubt or enquiry from Arjuna, Krishna begins a fresh discussion. Spiritual pursuit is not complete by knowing the inmost Self alone. A proper assessment of how the Self represents infinitude is necessary to make the seeker’s sādhanā complete.
Thus Krishna decides to expose the visible world, its complexity, to enable the seeker to live and move without fear, appreciating everything and resenting none. Such an assimilative approach makes devotion more functional and inclusive. It leads the devotee to know how resourceful the Self is, and how its full-fold expression is beyond one’s perception and imagination. It makes a devotional heart more assimilative and harmonious.
