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But different from it, know thou, O mighty-armed, My higher Prakriti—the principle of self-consciousness, by which this universe is sustained. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.6) etadyonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇītyupadhāraya | ahaṃ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayastathā || 6 || > Know that these (two Prakritis) are the womb of all beings. I am the origin and dissolution of the whole universe. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.7) mattaḥ parataraṃ nānyatkiṃcidasti dhanaṃjaya | mayi sarvamidaṃ protaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva || 7 || > Beyond Me, O Dhananjaya, there is naught. All this is strung in Me, as a row of jewels on a thread. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.8) raso'hamapsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śaśisūryayoḥ | praṇavaḥ sarvavedeṣu śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṃ nṛṣu || 8 || > I am the sapidity in waters, O son of Kunti; I, the radiance in the moon and the sun; I am the Om in all the Vedas, sound in Akâsha, and manhood in men. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.9) puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṃ ca tejaścāsmi vibhāvasau | jīvanaṃ sarvabhūteṣu tapaścāsmi tapasviṣu || 9 || > I am the sweet fragrance in earth, and the brilliance in fire am I; the life in all beings, and the austerity am I in ascetics. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.10) bījaṃ māṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ viddhi pārtha sanātanam | buddhirbuddhimatāmasmi tejastejasvināmaham || 10 || > Know Me, O son of Prithâ, as the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intellect of the intelligent, and the heroism of the heroic. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.11) balaṃ balavatāṃ cāhaṃ kāmarāgavivarjitam | dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo'smi bharatarṣabha || 11 || > Of the strong, I am the strength devoid of desire and attachment. I am, O bull among the Bhâratas, desire in beings, unopposed to Dharma. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.12) ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasāstāmasāśca ye | matta eveti tānviddhi na tvahaṃ teṣu te mayi || 12 || > And whatever states pertaining to Sattva, and those pertaining to Rajas, and to Tamas, know them to proceed from Me alone; still I am not in them, but they are in Me. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.13) tribhirguṇamayairbhāvairebhiḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat | mohitaṃ nābhijānāti māmebhyaḥ paramavyayam || 13 || > Deluded by these states, the modifications of the three Gunas (of Prakriti), all this world does not know Me, beyond them, and immutable. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.14) daivī hyeṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā | māmeva ye prapadyante māyāmetāṃ taranti te || 14 || > Verily, this divine illusion of Mine, constituted of the Gunas, is difficult to cross over; those who devote themselves to Me alone, cross over this illusion. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.15) na māṃ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ | māyayāpahṛtajñānā āsuraṃ bhāvamāśritāḥ || 15 || > They do not devote themselves to Me,—the evil-doers, the deluded, the lowest of men, deprived of discrimination by Mâyâ, and following the way of the Asuras. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.16) caturvidhā bhajante māṃ janāḥ sukṛtino'rjuna | ārto jijñāsurarthārthī jñānī ca bharatarṣabha || 16 || > Four kinds of virtuous men worship Me, O Arjuna,—the distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of enjoyment, and the wise, O bull among the Bhâratas. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.17) teṣāṃ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktirviśiṣyate | priyo hi jñānino'tyarthamahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ || 17 || > Of them, the wise man, ever-steadfast, (and fired) with devotion to the One, excels; for supremely dear am I to the wise, and he is dear to Me. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.18) udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tvātmaiva me matam | āsthitaḥ sa hi yuktātmā māmevānuttamāṃ gatim || 18 || > Noble indeed are they all, but the wise man I regard as My very Self; for with the mind steadfast, he is established in Me alone, as the supreme goal. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.19) bahūnāṃ janmanāmante jñānavānmāṃ prapadyate | vāsudevaḥ sarvamiti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ || 19 || > At the end of many births, the man of wisdom takes refuge in Me, realising that all this is Vâsudeva (the innermost Self). Very rare is that great soul. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.20) kāmaistaistairhṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante'nyadevatāḥ | taṃ taṃ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā || 20 || > Others again, deprived of discrimination by this or that desire, following this or that rite, devote themselves to other gods, led by their own natures. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.21) yo yo yāṃ yāṃ tanuṃ bhaktaḥ śraddhayārcitumicchati | tasya tasyācalāṃ śraddhāṃ tāmeva vidadhāmyaham || 21 || > Whatsoever form any devotee seeks to worship with Shraddhâ,—that Shraddhâ of his do I make unwavering. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.22) sa tayā śraddhayā yuktastasyā rādhanamīhate | labhate ca tataḥ kāmānmayaiva vihitānhi tān || 22 || > Endued with that Shraddhâ, he engages in the worship of that, and from it, gains his desires,—these being verily dispensed by Me alone. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.23) antavattu phalaṃ teṣāṃ tadbhavatyalpamedhasām | devāndevayajo yānti madbhaktā yānti māmapi || 23 || > But the fruit (accruing) to these men of little understanding is limited. The worshippers of the Devas go to the Devas; My devotees too come to me. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.24) avyaktaṃ vyaktimāpannaṃ manyante māmabuddhayaḥ | paraṃ bhāvamajānanto mamāvyayamanuttamam || 24 || > The foolish regard Me, the un-manifested, as come into manifestation, not knowing My supreme state,—immutable and transcendental. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.25) nāhaṃ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yogamāyāsamāvṛtaḥ | mūḍho'yaṃ nābhijānāti loko māmajamavyayam || 25 || > Veiled by the illusion born of the congress of the Gunas, I am not manifest to all. This deluded world knows Me not, the Unborn, the Immutable. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.26) vedāhaṃ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna | bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māṃ tu veda na kaścana || 26 || > I know, O Arjuna, the beings of the whole past, and the present, and the future, but Me none knoweth. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.27) icchādveṣasamutthena dvaṃdvamohena bhārata | sarvabhūtāni saṃmohaṃ sarge yānti paraṃtapa || 27 || > By the delusion of the pairs of opposites, arising from desire and aversion, O descendant of Bharata, all beings fall into delusion at birth, O scorcher of foes. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.28) yeṣāṃ tvantagataṃ pāpaṃ janānāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām | te dvaṃdvamohanirmuktā bhajante māṃ dṛḍhavratāḥ || 28 || > Those men of virtuous deeds, whose sin has come to an end,—they, freed from the delusion of the pairs of opposites, worship Me with firm resolve. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.29) jarāmaraṇamokṣāya māmāśritya yatanti ye | te brahma tadviduḥ kṛtsnamadhyātmaṃ karma cākhilam || 29 || > Those who strive for freedom from old age and death, taking refuge in Me, they know. Brahman, the whole of Adhyâtma, and Karma in its entirety. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ### [6.29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29.30) sādhibhūtādhidaivaṃ māṃ sādhiyajñaṃ ca ye viduḥ | prayāṇakāle'pi ca māṃ te viduryuktacetasaḥ || 30 || > Those who know Me with the Adhibhuta, the Adhidaiva, and the Adhiyajna, (continue to) know Me even at the time of death, steadfast in mind. > The end of the seventh chapter, designated The Way of Knowledge with Realisation. > — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita ## Translations (2) - [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.7.1) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.6.31.1.1) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.31.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.6.31.1) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.31.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (5) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.7.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.7.1) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhāratatātparyanirṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.dvaita.sarvamula.mahabharatatatparyanirnaya.1.2.82) — Madhva, Sanskrit - [Śivādvaitamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadvaitamanjari.3.11) — Svaprabhānanda, Sanskrit - [Vicāratrayī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.vada.vicaratrayi.23.28) — Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī 1697, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.29) · Pramāṇa