Bg. 7.30

BG 7.30

Devanagari

साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदु: । प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतस: ॥ ३० ॥

Verse text

sādhibhūtādhidaivaṁ māṁ sādhiyajṣaṁ ca ye viduḥ prayāṇa-kāle ’pi ca māṁ te vidur yukta-cetasaḥ

Synonyms

sa-adhibhūta and the governing principle of the material manifestation ; adhidaivam governing all the demigods ; mām Me ; sa-adhiyajṣam and governing all sacrifices ; ca also ; ye those who ; viduḥ know ; prayāṇa of death ; kāle at the time ; api even ; ca and ; mām Me ; te they ; viduḥ know ; yukta-cetasaḥ their minds engaged in Me.

Translation

Those in full consciousness of Me, who know Me, the Supreme Lord, to be the governing principle of the material manifestation, of the demigods, and of all methods of sacrifice, can understand and know Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even at the time of death.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

30. Those who know Me along with matter, who know Me as the controller of devas, and who know My presence in sacrifice, fixed in knowledge, will know Me even at the time of death.

Translation (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)

30. Those who know Me along with matter, the controller of devas, and My presence in sacrifice, fixed in knowledge, will know Me even at the time of death.

Purport

Persons acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness are never deviated from the path of entirely understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the transcendental association of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one can understand how the Supreme Lord is the governing principle of the material manifestation and even of the demigods. Gradually, by such transcendental association, one becomes convinced of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and at the time of death such a Kṛṣṇa conscious person can never forget Kṛṣṇa. Naturally he is thus promoted to the planet of the Supreme Lord, Goloka Vṛndāvana. This Seventh Chapter particularly explains how one can become a fully Kṛṣṇa conscious person. The beginning of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is association of persons who are Kṛṣṇa conscious. Such association is spiritual and puts one directly in touch with the Supreme Lord, and, by His grace, one can understand Kṛṣṇa to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. At the same time one can really understand the constitutional position of the living entity and how the living entity forgets Kṛṣṇa and becomes entangled in material activities. By gradual development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness in good association, the living entity can understand that due to forgetfulness of Kṛṣṇa he has become conditioned by the laws of material nature. He can also understand that this human form of life is an opportunity to regain Kṛṣṇa consciousness and that it should be fully utilized to attain the causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord. Many subjects have been discussed in this chapter: the man in distress, the inquisitive man, the man in want of material necessities, knowledge of Brahman, knowledge of Paramātmā, liberation from birth, death and diseases, and worship of the Supreme Lord. However, he who is actually elevated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness does not care for the different processes. He simply directly engages himself in activities of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and thereby factually attains his constitutional position as an eternal servitor of Lord Kṛṣṇa. In such a situation he takes pleasure in hearing and glorifying the Supreme Lord in pure devotional service. He is convinced that by his doing so, all his objectives will be fulfilled. This determined faith is called dṛḍha-vrata, and it is the beginning of bhakti-yoga, or transcendental loving service. That is the verdict of all scriptures. This Seventh Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā is the substance of that conviction. Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the Seventh Chapter of the Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā in the matter of Knowledge of the Absolute.

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Those who develop such knowledge of Me by the influence of devotion to Me maintain that knowledge even at the time of death. It is not like the intelligence of others, established by karma, which varies according to the future body. The terms adhibhūta, adhidaiva and adhiyajṣa will be explained in the next chapter. The devotees alone, enumerated as six types, [Note: These types are three sakāma devotees mentioned in verse 16, the mokṣa-kāma-bhakta mentioned in vesre 29, the niskāma-jṣāna-miśra-bhakta mentioned in verse 16, and the kevala-bhakta mentioned in verse 1.]who know the truth about the Lord, cross over māyā. This has been presented as the meaning of the chapter. Thus, the commentary on the seventh chapter of the Gītā has been completed for the pleasure of the devotees’ minds, through the mercy of the ācāryas.

Purport (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)

That knowledge attained by their service to Me is never destroyed. Those who know Me along with the body (adhibhūta), the universal form (adhidaiva) and paramātmā (adhiyajṣa), through the association of devotees, know Me even at the time of death. They are not like others who, being confused at that time, forget Me. My devotees of five types know Me in truth and they cross over My māyā. This has been described in the seventh chapter. Chapter 8

Surrender Unto Me

Three other concepts are mentioned in this verse: (1) Adhibhuta (2) Adhidaiva and (3) Adhiyajna. These three concepts along with the other three from the previous verse, were mentioned by the Lord and will be asked about by Arjuna in the next chapter, about their meaning. For those who are materialists who worship the demigods, Krsna is the governing priciple of all the demigods as well as all the methods of sacrifice. If one understands that Krsna is the principle behind that even at the time of death, he can Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Krsna is directing the knowledge and desires of so many other classes of people ‑ to Himself. It is an important question in the battlefield: What has to be done in the time of death? What should one be conscious of at the time of death? THUS ENDS THE STUDY OF CHAPTER SEVEN. page \* arabic22