Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Verses 8-12 from the Seventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The song of God".

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7, Verse 8:

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।8।।

raso ’ham apsu kaunteya prabhāsmi śhaśhi-sūryayoḥ

praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣhu śhabdaḥ khe pauruṣhaṁ nṛiṣhu

🔴 O son of Kunti, I am the taste of water, I am the effulgence of the moon and the sun; (the letter) Om in all the Vedas, the sound in space, and manhood in men.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7, Verse 9:

पुण्यो गन्धः पृथिव्यां च तेजश्चास्मि विभावसौ।

जीवनं सर्वभूतेषु तपश्चास्मि तपस्विषु। || 9||

puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛithivyāṁ cha tejaśh chāsmi vibhāvasau

jīvanaṁ sarva-bhūteṣhu tapaśh chāsmi tapasviṣhu

🔴 I am also the sweet fragrance in the earth; I am the brillinace in the fire, and the life in all beings; and I am the austerity of the ascetics.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7, Verse 10:

बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां विद्धि पार्थ सनातनम्।

बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्। || 10||

bījaṁ māṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ viddhi pārtha sanātanam

buddhir buddhimatām asmi tejas tejasvinām aham

🔴 O Partha, know Me to be the eternal Seed of all beings. I am the intellect of the intelligent, I am the courage of the courageous.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7, Verses 11:

बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम्।

धर्माविरुद्धो भूतेषु कामोऽस्मि भरतर्षभ। || 11||

balaṁ balavatāṁ chāhaṁ kāma-rāga-vivarjitam

dharmāviruddho bhūteṣhu kāmo ’smi bharatarṣhabha

🔴 And of the strong I am the strength which is devoid of passion and attachment. Among creatures I am desire which is not contrary to righteousness, O scion of the Bharata dyansty.

🔆Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7, Verses 12:

ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये।

मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि नत्वहं तेषु ते मयि || 12||

ye chaiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāśh cha ye

matta eveti tān viddhi na tvahaṁ teṣhu te mayi

🔴 Those things that indeed are made of (the ality of ) sattva, and those things that are made of (the ality of) rajas and tamas, know them to have sprung from Me alone. However, I am not in them; they are in Me!

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