Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 7

Bhagavad Gita 7.30

साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः। प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः॥

sādhibhūtādhidaivaṁ māṁ sādhiyajñaṁ cha ye viduḥ prayāṇa-kāle ’pi cha māṁ te vidur yukta-chetasaḥ

Translation

They who know Me as the knowledge of the elements, as that of the Shining Ones, and as that of the Sacrifice, they harmonised in mind, know Me verily even in the time of forthgoing.

What it means

Those who know Me with the knowledge of the elements, of the gods, and of sacrifice, their minds harmonized, know Me even at the hour of death. The test of knowledge is the final moment. What is known deeply survives the transition.

Try this today

The chapter ends pointing at the final test: those who truly know hold that knowledge through death itself.

Something to reflect on

Will what I know survive my worst moment - and how would I train that now?

Read it in Yathora
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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.