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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 10.7
एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वत: ।
सोऽविकल्पेन योगेन युज्यते नात्र संशय: ॥ ७ ॥
etāṁ vibhūtiṁ yogaṁ ca
mama yo vetti tattvataḥ
so ’vikalpena yogena
yujyate nātra saṁśayaḥ
One who is factually convinced of this opulence and mystic power of Mine engages in unalloyed devotional service; of this there is no doubt.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioWhat this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.
3 study points
One who is truly convinced of Kṛṣṇa’s greatness and mystic power serves Him with pure devotion, without doubt.
Prabhupāda explains that knowing how Kṛṣṇa is great naturally leads to surrender and loving devotional service.
Study Kṛṣṇa’s greatness in Bhagavad-gītā to become steady in sincere devotional service.
Appreciating Krishna’s position leads to surrender
No-one can understand Krishna by conventional means
One who is factually convinced of ‘this opulence’ (as per glimpse given in last few verses) and His ‘mystic power’ will
Engage in unalloyed devotional service without doubt
This verse is an impetus for Arjuna’s request in Text 16 to describe Krishna’s opulence in detail
Highest summit of spiritual perfection — Knowledge of Supreme Personality of Godhead
Knowing ‘God as Great’ — Generally people know God is great, but they do not know in detail – how God is great
FOCUS OF LEARNING — PURPORT 10.7 continued…
What is the need to know these opulences — Only if one is firmly convinced about these opulences, then only:
One can accept Krishna with great faith and without doubt
One becomes fixed up and sincere in devotional service
It increases one’s interest in loving devotional service
One comes to the ‘platform of factual knowledge’ – there is no alternative but surrender
How to get this factual knowledge – from descriptions of Srimad Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita and similar other literatures
Conclusion: Do not neglect to understand fully how great Krishna is
Conclusion of Text 10.1 — 10.7 – Krishna is the forefather of ‘all the forefathers’ and ‘all the demigods in administration’
His origin is impossible to understand for He is the source of all
That which has been created cannot independently understand its own source
One who understands this fact, serves Krishna with devotion
Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Key ideas: bhakti, śaraṇāgati.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does BG 10.7 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to bhakti & surrender?
Offer one act today with devotion.
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Study notes are editorial summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport.