Arjun asks Krishna about the faithful who reject the scriptures. Are they sattvic, rajasic or tamasic? Krishna says it depends on their nature. Everyone falls in one of these three categories. The sattvic make...
In this chapter Krishna compares the inherently divine and the demonic. The divine are charitable, fearless, truthful, etc. The demonic are egoistic, harsh, hypocritical and so on. They don’t know when they should take...
Krishna talks about the tree of life, which curiously has roots on top and branches below. The leaves are vedic hymns. Gunas/Qualities feed this tree. Objects of desire sprout here. This tree is strong-only...
Krishna explains sattva, rajas and tamas- the three gunas/qualities, which tie us to our bodies. Sattva- healthy and pure, connects us to knowledge and happiness. Rajas or passion comes from desire and connects us...
Arjun asks, “What is prakriti (field) and purusha (knower)?” Krishna explains that our bodies are the fields and those who realize this are the knowers. He knows every body. That’s why he says that...
Arjun asks Krishna who knows yoga better- those who worship Krishna’s person or those who choose the brahman form of Krishna? Krishna says those who worship him always single-mindedly, full of faith, are the...
Since in the previous chapter Krishna had explained the origin and end of beings, Arjun wants to see Krishna’s divine form, from which everything emerges and returns. Krishna does so and describes his divine...
Krishna talks about how even supposedly wise people like sages and deities don’t know that he is the reason why they exist. He lists states of being like intelligence, endurance, sadness, equanimity, truth, austerity,...
Krishna lets Arjun in on a secret. Krishna, unseen, is throughout the universe. Everyone’s anchored on him, but not in him. He is the reason they exist and continue to exist. Just like wind...
Arjun wants to know more about brahman and how those who practice self-control know Krishna, after they die. Krishna explains that you can only see the body die. The brahman or Krishna is the...