Krishna: The Absolute Truth
What does “mayy āsakta-manāḥ” mean?
Mind attached to Krishna
What are the two energies?
Aparā and Parā - Inferior and Superior - Material and Jiva
Name the three guṇas
Sattva, Rajas, Tamas
Why do people worship demigods?
Material desires
What causes illusion?
Icchā and Dveṣa
Why is knowing Krishna considered rare according to 7.3?
Out of many, few seek perfection; among them, hardly one knows Krishna in truth
Why is the jīva superior to matter?
It is conscious and uses matter (yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat)
Why can’t people recognize Krishna?
There are three points across the chapter - if you can say all the three points right you get 3 times the points For this question
• Covered by the three guṇas (7.13)
• Overpowered by māyā (7.14)
• Driven by desire and hatred (icchā–dveṣa) (7.27)
Who actually fulfills their desires?
Krishna
How can Krishna be remembered at death?
Lifelong Krishna consciousness
manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati ________
Siddhaye
Complete the shloka: bhūmir āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca _____
ahaṅkāra itīyaṁ me bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā
Camera on close the book and recite the shloka points doubled:Recite 7.14
7.14: daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī
mama māyā duratyayā
mām eva ye prapadyante
māyām etāṁ taranti te
Complete this shloka: kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante ’nya-devatāḥ
taṁ taṁ niyamam āsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā
Complete the shloka: icchā-dveṣa-samutthena dvandva-mohena bhārata __
sarva-bhūtāni sammoham sarge yānti parantapa
Your friends says: “Nobody really knows God… even if He exists.” Which chapter 7 shloka would you use to convince them?
7.1 mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha
yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ
asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ
yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu
Shloka shows Krishna as the support of everything?
7.7 mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat
kiñcid asti dhanañ-jaya
mayi sarvam idaṁ protaṁ
sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva
Your friend says:
👉 “I believe in God, but I’m too caught up in life — I just can’t seem to stay spiritually focused.”
Which shloka would you use?
7.13tribhir guṇamayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat
mohitaṁ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam
it is not your efforts 3 Gunas are responsible
Which shloka shows results from demigods are temporary?
7.23 अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम् ।
देवान्देवयजो यान्ति मद्भक्ता यान्ति मामपि ॥ २३ ॥
antavat tu phalaṁ teṣāṁ
tad bhavaty alpa-medhasām
devān deva-yajo yānti
mad-bhaktā yānti mām api
A practitioner says: “I’m trying to remember Krishna, but my mind feels scattered and unsteady.”
👉 What will you tell him from shloka 7.30 to solve his problem?
Complete understanding of Krishna (Adhibhūta + Adhidaiva + Adhiyajña) → steady consciousness
According to 7.1–7.3, what is the complete process of knowing Krishna, and why do very few people actually reach that realization?
Attach the mind to Him (mayy āsakta-manāḥ), Take shelter of Him (mad-āśrayaḥ)and Practice bhakti-yoga (yogaṁ yuñjan)
Very few reach this because - Most people do not strive for perfection. Even among those who strive, hardly one knows Krishna in truth
List any five examples in sanskrit that Krishna gives of His presence in 7.8–7.11
rasaḥ — taste in water (7.8), prabhā — light of sun and moon (7.8), praṇavaḥ — oṁ in the Vedas (7.8), śabdaḥ — sound in ether (7.8), pauruṣam — ability in man (7.8), puṇyaḥ gandhaḥ — original fragrance of earth (7.9), tejaḥ — heat/fire (7.9), jīvanam — life in all beings (7.9), tapaḥ — austerity (7.9), bījam sanātanam — original seed of all beings (7.10), buddhiḥ — intelligence of the intelligent (7.10), tejas — brilliance of the brilliant (7.10), balam — strength of the strong (without kāma/rāga) (7.11), kāmaḥ dharma-aviruddhaḥ — desire not against dharma (7.11)
A person says:
👉 “I go to God when I’m in trouble, sometimes I ask for things, and sometimes I’m just curious… but I don’t feel deeply connected.”
👉 According to Chapter 7, which category does this person belong to, and what is the next stage they should progress to?
👉 This person falls under:
• Ārta (distress)
• Arthārthī (seeking gain)
• Jijñāsu (curious) (7.16)
👉 Next stage:
• Become a Jñānī — one who engages in eka-bhakti (exclusive devotion) (7.17)
According to 7.24, what are the two wrong understandings people have about Krishna’s appearance?
(1) Thinking the unmanifest (avyaktam) has now become manifest
(2) Not knowing Krishna’s higher, eternal nature (param bhāvam)
A sincere spiritual seeker develops a deep urgency to become free from birth, death, and suffering.
According to 7.29, what step must he take, and what three kinds of knowledge arise from it?
Step: Take shelter of Krishna (mām āśritya)
Resulting knowledge:
• Brahman — spiritual reality
• Adhyātma — the self
• Karma — action and its reactions