Chapter 7: Knowledge and Wisdom; Jnana Vijnana Yoga

Here Jnana signifies an indirect knowledge from various sources while Vijnana applies for individual experience of Atman and Parmatman as ultimate reality.

Krishna tells Arjuna that this knowledge is rare in the world. Very few seek it at this level, and of the ones who do, still, fewer come to full realization.

Krishan introduces the term Prakrti and explains the manifest universe as apara prakrti, the world of form, the elements, etc. Para prakrti is the unchanging source or primordial cause of the apara prakrti.

Krishna explains the law of creation, sustain, ability and dissolution. He mentions that “I am the cause of the entire creation and its ultimate dissolution.”

Verse 1: Krishna Said: O Paartha, please listen to the way in which you will know me totally, without any doubt, by living yoga, with a mind committed to Me and having surrendered to Me.