Bhagavad Gita 7.13 meaningSeeing the divine in everything
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“People get so caught up in their moods that they forget me.”
What it means
“The world is so absorbed in these three moods of nature that it doesn't recognise me, who am beyond them and unchanging.”
The original Sanskrit
त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् । मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम् ॥
tribhirguṇamayairbhāvairebhiḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat mohitaṃ nābhijānāti māmebhyaḥ paramavyayam
Translations
Literal translation
All this world, deluded as it is by these three things made of the gunas (qualities), does not know Me who am transcendental to these and undecaying.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
त्रिगुणों से उत्पन्न इन भावों (विकारों) से सम्पूर्ण जगत् (लोग) मोहित हुआ इन (गुणों) से परे अव्यय स्वरूप मु झे नहीं जानता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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