The Yoga of Knowledge and Wisdom

The Supreme Lord said: O Partha, hear how you shall know Me completely, without doubt, by…

I shall declare to you in full this knowledge along with realized wisdom, knowing which…

Among thousands of people, hardly one strives for perfection; and among those who strive…

Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and ego — these are My eightfold…

This is My lower nature

Know that all beings have their origin in these two natures

O Dhananjaya, there is nothing whatsoever higher than Me

O son of Kunti, I am the taste in water, the radiance in the sun and moon, the sacred…

I am the pure fragrance of the earth, the brilliance in fire, the life in all beings, and…

O Partha, know Me to be the eternal seed of all beings

Of the strong, I am the strength devoid of desire and attachment

Know that all states of being — whether sattvic, rajasic, or tamasic — arise from Me alone

Deluded by these three gunas, the whole world does not know Me, who am above them and…

This divine maya of Mine, consisting of the three gunas, is difficult to overcome

The evil-doers, the deluded, the lowest of mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by maya,…

O best of the Bharatas, four kinds of virtuous people worship Me: the distressed, the…

Of these, the wise one, ever united with Me in single-minded devotion, is the best

All these are noble, but the wise I consider to be My very Self

At the end of many births, the wise one surrenders unto Me, realizing that Vasudeva is all

Those whose wisdom has been carried away by various desires surrender to other gods,…

Whatever form a devotee wishes to worship with faith, I make that faith steady

Endowed with that faith, they worship that deity and obtain their desires, which are…

But the fruit gained by these people of small understanding is temporary

The unintelligent think of Me, the unmanifest, as having come into manifestation, not…

I am not manifest to everyone, being veiled by My yoga-maya

O Arjuna, I know all beings of the past, present, and future, but no one knows Me

O Bharata, all beings are born into delusion, overcome by the dualities arising from…

But those whose sins have come to an end, who act virtuously, being freed from the…

Those who take refuge in Me, striving for liberation from old age and death, know…

Those who know Me as the governing principle of the material world, of the gods, and of…