Knowledge
How many kinds of people do not surrender?
4 kinds
What is the name of God's powerful energy ?
Yogmaya Energy
prapadyante
Surrender
na māṁ duṣhkṛitino mūḍhāḥ __________ narādhamāḥ
______________-jñānā āsuraṁ _________ āśhritāḥ
na māṁ duṣhkṛitino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ
māyayāpahṛita-jñānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśhritāḥ
Recite Verse 13
tribhir guṇa-mayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat
mohitaṁ nābhijānāti māmebhyaḥ param avyayam
The dualities of desire and aversion arise from _______.
The dualities of desire and aversion arise from illusion.
How can we overcome maya ?
By surrendering to God and Guru with selfless love.
na māṁ duṣhkṛitino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ
Four kinds of people do not surrender unto me—those ignorant of knowledge, those who lazily follow their lower nature though capable of knowing me, those with deluded intellect, and those with a demoniac nature.
____________________ mama māyā duratyayā
mām eva ye prapadyante___________________
daivī hyeṣhā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā
mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te
Recite Verse 16
chatur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛitino ’rjuna
ārto jijñāsur arthārthī jñānī cha bharatarṣhabha
Why are we unable to know God ?
Because the Maya covers the soul from God.
Why is it hard to overcome Maya ?
Because it is God's energy. Only when we surrender to God, with his grace, we can overcome Maya.
nāhaṁ prakāśhaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛitaḥ
I am not manifest to everyone, being veiled by my divine Yogmaya energy. Hence, those without knowledge do not know that I am without birth and changeless.
eka-bhaktir viśhiṣhyate teṣhāṁ jñānī nitya-yukta
ahaṁ sa cha mama priyaḥ priyo hi jñānino ’tyartham
teṣhāṁ jñānī nitya-yukta eka-bhaktir viśhiṣhyate
priyo hi jñānino ’tyartham ahaṁ sa cha mama priyaḥ
kāmais tais tair hṛita-jñānāḥ prapadyante ’nya-devatāḥ
taṁ taṁ niyamam āsthāya prakṛityā niyatāḥ svayā
What are 3 modes of Maya?
Sattva (Goodness)
Rajo (Passion)
Tamo (Ignorance)
Are devatas Supreme God?
No, they are souls like us.
tribhir guṇa-mayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat
Deluded by the three modes of Maya, the people in this world are unable to know me, the imperishable and eternal.
sarge yānti parantapa dvandva-mohena bhārata
sarva-bhūtāni sammohaṁ ichchhā-dveṣha-samutthena
ichchhā-dveṣha-samutthena dvandva-mohena bhārata
sarva-bhūtāni sammohaṁ sarge yānti parantapa
nāhaṁ prakāśhaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛitaḥ
mūḍho ’yaṁ nābhijānāti loko mām ajam avyayam
1. Those ignorant of knowledge,
2. Those who lazily follow their lower nature though capable of knowing me,
3. Those with deluded intellect, and
4. Those with a demoniac nature.
What are the 4 kinds of people who surrender to God?
the distressed,
the seekers after knowledge,
the seekers of worldly possessions, and
those who are situated in knowledge
teṣhāṁ jñānī nitya-yukta eka-bhaktir viśhiṣhyate
Amongst these, I consider them to be the highest, who worship me with knowledge, and are steadfastly and exclusively devoted to me. I am very dear to them and they are dear to me.
avyayam māmebhyaḥ bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ mohitaṁ
jagat nābhijānāti param guṇa-mayair tribhir
tribhir guṇa-mayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat
mohitaṁ nābhijānāti māmebhyaḥ param avyayam
Recite Verse 27
ichchhā-dveṣha-samutthena dvandva-mohena bhārata
sarva-bhūtāni sammohaṁ sarge yānti parantapa