Filognostic* understanding of the
Bhagavad Gītā of
Order
Text_1
The Supreme
Lord said: 'Again indeed, oh mighty armed one, just hear
My supreme
instruction about that which to you, who are so dear to
Me, I say to
your benefit.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
The fortunate one said:
'Listen
again, oh man of grip, to my supreme instruction imparted to
your
benefit, for you're very dear to me. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_2
Nor the
number
of theists, nor the great wise know My origin; I am
certainly the
source of the godly and the great sages in all respect.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
My origin is not even known to
the greatest wise or gods of enlightenment; in every respect
I am the
source of the great sages and the God-conscious ones. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_3
He who
knows
Me as the Unborn One without a beginning and also knows Me
as the great
Lord of the world, is not deluded among mortals and is
delivered from
all reactions to sin.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
He who knows me as the unborn
one
to whom there's no beginning, and the great controller of
the world,
sees it as it is; such a one not deluded among the mortals
is delivered
from all reactions to his sin. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_4-5
Intelligence,
knowledge,
composure, forgiveness, truthfulness, control over the
senses and the mind, happiness, sorrow, birth, death, fear
and
fearlessness also, nonviolence, equilibrium, contentment,
austerity,
charity, fame and infamy are the different aspects to the
living being
that are arranged by Me.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
The different aspects I
arrange
in the living being are intelligence, knowledge, composure,
forgiveness, truthfulness, control over the senses and the
mind;
happiness, grief, birth, death, fear and fearlessness as
well, as also
nonviolence, equilibrium, contentment, austerity, charity,
fame and
infamy. (Sanskrit & tradition)
Text_6
From the
mind
of the seven great sages [Marīci. Atri, Angirā, Pulastya,
Pulaha, Kratu and Vasishthha] before and the four Manus
[the
progenitors Svāyambhuva, Svārocisha, Raivata and Uttama]
who also stem from Me, all of the population born in this
world has
originated.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Every human being taking birth
in
the world, originated from the ancient, seven great sages
and the four
primal fathers who also stem from my mind.10 (Sanskrit
&
tradition)
Text_7
Anyone who
factually knows that all this opulence and unification of
consciousness
is also of Me, will be undivided in his engagement of
devotional
service, of that there is no doubt.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
They, who realize that all
this
opulence and unification of consciousness originated from
me, will
undivided be of service in their yoga, that suffers no
doubt. (Sanskrit & tradition)
Text_8
I am the
source of all, from Me everything emanates, thus knowing
the
intelligent ones with love in their hearts become devoted
to Me.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
I am the source from which all
in
existence generated, from me everything emanated and
therefore the
intelligent ones who know this, connected by their love,
will be
devoted to me. (Sanskrit & tradition)
Text_9
With the
full
of their minds and lives set on Me, they enlighten one
another talking
about Me constantly and derive contentment and delight
therefrom.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
With their minds set on me and
their lives devoted to me, they enlighten one another,
constantly
talking about me, and they thus find their satisfaction and
contentment. (Sanskrit & tradition)
Text_10
To those
who
are always engaged in the loving ecstasy of devotional
service I give that oneness of
intelligence by which they come to Me.'
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Those who are constantly
connected in the joy so fundamental to devotional service, I
grant the
intelligence of a unified consciousness by which they come
to me. (Sanskrit & tradition)
Text_11
For them
surely, to show special mercy, I, situated in their
hearts, dispel the
darkness born from ignorance with the shining light of
knowledge.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
With the wealth of my
compassion
I, situated in their hearts, with the shining light of
knowledge dispel
all the darkness of ignorance.' (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_12-13
Arjuna
said:
'The supreme spirit, the supreme abode, the purest of the
supreme You
are, the original personality, the transcendental Lord,
the unborn One
and the greatest. Of You all the great sages among the
godly like
Nārada and Asita, Devala and Vyāsa are speaking and indeed
You are now explaining it to me.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Arjuna said: 'This of you,
that
you're now discussing with me, concerns the One about whom
all the
great sages among the godly like Nārada, Asita, Devala and
Vyāsa speak: it concerns you in the form of the supreme
spirit,
the supreme abode, the purity of transcendence, the original
personality, the controller in the beyond, the one unborn
and the
greatest. (Sanskrit & tradition)
Text_14
All this
that
You have told me, oh Krishna, I accept as the truth;
surely is this
revelation of Your Supreme Lordship not known by the godly
nor by the
godless.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
All this you now confide to me
I
take for real, oh paragon of beauty, surely has no man of
God or any
ignorant soul either, knowledge of this revelation of you as
the
Original One of all Opulence! (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_15
Surely You
know Yourself personally by Yourself, greatest One and
origin of all,
Lord of all beings, God of the gods and master of the
Universe.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
You, personally knowing
yourself
as the Soul of all souls, are thus the greatest of all
persons, the
source of all living beings, the Lord of all creatures, the
God of the
gods and the master of the universe. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_16
For You are
the One to tell in detail about the Divine of Your
opulences by which,
pervading all these worlds, You remain.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
As such it is up to you to
tell
in detail everything about your divine opulence, those means
to all the
human visions by which you stand your ground throughout all
the worlds.11 (Sanskrit
&
tradition)
Text_17
How can I
know
You, Yoga, always think of You and in what and what form
are You to
be remembered by me, Supreme Lord?
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
How can I know you man of
unity; how can I keep you in mind; in what form, or being of
what kind
of nature, should I remember you, man of the opulence? (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_18
Oh killer
of
the atheists, what again is the opulence of Your Yoga as I
surely
cannot hear enough of the description of the nectar.'
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Oh excitement of man, again I
implore you, to tell me all about your powers of unifying
consciousness, for my ears never have enough of the nectar
of those
descriptions!' (Sanskrit & tradition)
Text_19
The Supreme
Personality said: 'Yes, I
will surely tell you about the divine of My personal
splendor the
principal,
about the principal, ohbest of the Kurus, as there is no
limit to My
extent.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
The fortunate one said: 'Okay,
I'll discuss with you the most important of my divine,
personal powers,
ohbest of the Kurus, for there is really no end to my
extent. (Sanskrit & tradition)
Text_20
I am,
ohArjuna, the soul in the heart of all living beings; I am
the origin
also, the middle and as well indeed the end of all
existing.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Oh conqueror of sleep, I as
that
soul situated within, am the beginning, the life in between,
as also
the end station of all living beings. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_21
Of the
Ādityas [Diti was the daughter of Daksha and wife of
Kas'yapa], I
am Vishnu, of all the luminaries I am the radiant sun,
Marīci [a
Prajāpati, a father of mankind, and father of Kas'yapa] of
the
Maruts [the flashing gods] I am and of the divisions of
the year [the
constellations or of what is fixed] I am the Moon.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Among all the sons who took
birth
from the sages I am Vishnu, of all the luminaries I am the
radiant sun,
among the brightest minds I am Marīci, and to the order of
time
in relation to the stars I am the moon.12 (Sanskrit
&
tradition)
Text_22
Of the
Vedas I
am the Sāma-veda [the songs], of the godly I am Indra [or
Vāsava], the king of heaven, of the senses I am the mind
and I am
also the living force of all creatures.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Of the religious books I am
the
book of chants, the Sāmaveda; among the gods I am Indra the
king
of heaven13; of all the senses I am the sixth
one, the
mind, and of all the living beings I am the life force. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_23
Of all the
Rudras [the dreadful ones] I am S'iva [or S'ankara]; also
I am Vittes'a
[the treasurer] of the Yakshas [attendents of Kuvera, the
heavenly
treasurer] and Rākshasas [the demons], of the Vasus [the
deities
of nature] I am fire and of all the mountains I am mount
Meru [the one
central to all] as well.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Of the ones posing a threat I
am
S'iva; and among the ones possessed and wicked I am Kuvera,
the
treasurer; of the deities of nature I am the fire, and of
all mountains
I am mount Meru in the middle of the universe.14 (Sanskrit
&
tradition)
Text_24
Know Me as
the
chief of all priests, Brihaspati [the priest of Indra], oh
son of
Prithā, of all military commanders I am Kārtikeya [Skanda,
the god of war and son of S'iva and Pārvatī] and of all
bodies of water I am the ocean.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Of all priests I am the priest
of
heaven, Brihaspati, oh son of Prithā; of all military
commanders
I
am Skanda the god of war, and of all reservoirs of water I
am the
ocean. (Sanskrit & tradition)
Text_25
Of the
great
wise I am Bhrigu [one of the ten Mahārishis to the first
Manu],
of the spoken I am the Pranava, of sacrifices I am japa
[mantra-meditation with beads] and of the things immovable
I am the
Himalayas.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Among the wise I am Bhrigu,
the
counselor of the first man alive; of all words spoken I am
the word AUM
resonating with the breath, of all the sacrifices I am japa,
the
repeated prayer performed with prayer beads, and of all the
things
immovable I am the Himalayas. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_26
Of the
trees I
am the As'vattha [Banyan or one with no specific
property], of all
seers among the godly I am Nārada, of the celestial beings
[Gandharvas] I am Cittaratha [the best singer] and of the
perfected
ones I am Kapila Muni [a Vishnu avatār, son of Devahūti].
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Among the trees I am the tree
of
life, the As'vattha; among the seers of the divine I am sage
Nārada, among the heavenly creatures I am Cittaratha, the
singer
of the divine song, and among the ones of perfect attainment
I am the
analyst Kapila who distinguishes between spirit and matter.
(Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_27
Know Me as
Uccaihs'ravā among the horses who came forth from the
churning of
the ocean to get the nectar and as Airāvata among the
elephants;
among men I am the one at the top [the king].
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Among the horses I am
Uccaihs'ravā who carries the solar order and originated from
the
political fugue between the enlightened and the
unenlightened, and
among the elephants I am Airāvata who carries Indra. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_28
Of all
weapons
I am the thunderbolt, of the cows I am the Surabhi [the
plentiful one]
and I am Cupid, the cause of begetting children; of the
serpents I am
Vāsuki [with whom the ocean was churned].
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Of all weapons I am the
thunderbolt, of the cows I am the cow of plenty, the
Surabhi; of the
causes of begetting children I am Cupid, the god of love,
and of all
the serpents I am Vāsuki, the ego which sets in motion the
debate
between the ones of strength and the ones of morality. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_29
Of the
Nāgas [the snakelike] I am Ananta [supporting Vishnu], of
all
aquatics I am [the demigod] Varuna, of the ancestors I am
Aryamā
[an Āditya] and of all the regulators I am also Yama, the
controller of death.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Among the self-satisfied I am
Ananta upon whom Vishnu rests, among all the water entities
of the
unconscious I am Varuna, the one of insight who defeats the
transgression; among all the ancestors I am Aryāma, the one
in
the beyond remembered for his civility; and of all that
controls I am
Yama, the lord of death. (Sanskrit
&
tradition)
Text_30
Of the
Daityas
[non-theist sons of Diti who churned the ocean] I am
Prahlāda, of
what rules I am the Time, of the animals the lion and of
the birds I am
Garuda [Vainateya].
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Among the atheists I am
Prahlāda, the one who found the grace; among all the
subduers I
am the time; of all animals I am the lion and of everything
winged I am
Garuda, the integrity of the mantras. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_31
Of all that
purifies I am the wind, I am Rāma [a Vishnu avatār]
of
the
armed
ones,
of all fish I am the
shark, and also I am of the flowing rivers the Ganges
['the daughter of
Jahnu'].
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Of everything that purifies I
am
the wind; of all who carry a weapon I am Lord Rāma, the one
self-satisfied; of all creatures of the sea I am the shark
and of all
the streams flowing on earth I am the Ganges flowing from
the highest
peak. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_32
Of the
multitude I am [as said] the beginning, the end and the
middle and also
I am surely, oh Arjuna, the spiritual knowledge of all
education and
the
dialectic of all argumentation.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Of all the created I am, as
said,
the beginning, the life in between and the end; I am, oh
Arjuna, of all
education the education concerning the ātmatattva, and of
all
argumentation I am the dialogue. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_33
Of the
letters
I am the first one [the A], of the compound words I am the
dual one and
certainly I am the eternal of Time and the Creator facing
all
directions [Brahmā].
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Of the letters of the alphabet
I
am the A, of the compound words I am the dual one, of what
is eternal I
am the time15, and of those who are creative I
am Lord
Brahmā, the godhead looking in all directions. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_34
I am as
well
the all-devouring death and generation to that what is
predestined and
fame, beauty and fine speech I am of women as also memory,
intelligence, firmness and patience.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Of one's fate and future I am
the
end of life as also the beginning of life, and among women I
am the
fame, the beauty, the intelligence, the speech, the memory,
the
steadfastness and the patience. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_35
Of the
Sāma-veda-hymns I am the Brihat-sāma [the metrical], of
all
poetry I am the Gāyatrī
[a
purification mantra], of the months I am the one in
Sagittarius and of
all seasons I am the spring.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Of the Sāmaveda hymns I am
the metrical Brihat-sāma, of all verses I am the
three-footed
Gāyatri, of the months I am the one in the astronomical sign
of
Sagittarius, and of the seasons I am the spring season. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_36
Of the
fallacious I am the gambling, I am the splendor of
everything splendid,
I am the victory of all adventure and the strength of the
strong I am.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Of all trickery I am the game,
of
everything splendid I am the splendor, of all victory I am
the
enterprise and of the strong I am the strength. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_37
Of the
Vrishnis I am Vāsudeva [Krishna], of the Pāndavas I am
Arjuna, of the sages I am Vyāsa [the compiler of the
Vedas] and
of all great thinkers I am Usanā [the teacher of the
atheists].
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Among the Yadus I am Krishna,
among the Pāndavas I am Arjuna; among the sages I am
Vyāsadeva16 and among the thinkers I am
Us'anā,
the teacher of the atheists. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_38
Of the
means
of suppression I am the clout, I am the morality of those
who seek
victory, the silence I am of all secrets, and of the wise
I am the
knowledge.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Of the means of suppression I
am
the clout of the legal rule17, of those who seek the victory I
am the
morality, of all secrets I am the silence. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_39
Of whatever
that of all the beings may exist I am the source, oh
Arjuna; nothing of
the moving and unmoving exists without Me.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
I am the source of whatever
living being you can think of Arjuna; there is no creature
alive,
moving or non-moving, which exists outside of me. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_40
There is no
limit to My divine opulences, oh conqueror of the enemies,
all this I
spoke of is but an example of the expanse of My wealth.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
There is no limit to my divine
opulence, oh winner of the battle, and all this I told you
is but an
example of the expanse of my grandeur. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_41
Whatever of
power that has existence and is of beauty and glory
indeed, all those
you must certainly know as being born as a part of My
splendor.
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
Oh conqueror of your
opponents,
whatever of power that may exist endowed with glory and
beauty, found
its existence as a part of my splendor. (Sanskrit &
tradition)
Text_42
But what of
your knowing the many of this, oh Arjuna, by one part I am
in the
position of pervading the entirety of this universe.'
FILOGNOSTIC
TRANSLATION
You may also wonder of what
use
it would be for you to know of all this diversity Arjuna,
when I, with
a single part of myself, permeate the entirety of the living
being that
is the universe.' (Sanskrit &
tradition)
