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Shloka 13.21 “Prakriti is said to be the cause of agency, actions, and their effects; purusha is the cause of experiencing pleasure and pain.” Key Teaching: Prakriti drives actions; purusha experiences their results. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that prakriti (nature) causes agency, actions, and their effects, while purusha (spirit) […]

Shloka 13.20 “Know that prakriti and purusha are both beginningless; their modifications and gunas arise from prakriti.” Key Teaching: Prakriti and purusha are eternal; modifications arise from prakriti. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that prakriti (nature) and purusha (spirit) are beginningless, with modifications and gunas arising from prakriti. This verse,

Shloka 13.19 “Thus, the field, knowledge, and the knowable have been briefly described; My devotee, knowing this, attains My nature.” Key Teaching: Understanding the field and knowable leads to Krishna’s nature. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna summarizes that the field, knowledge, and knowable have been described, and His devotee,

Shloka 13.18 “The light of all lights, it is beyond darkness; knowledge, the knowable, and the goal, seated in all hearts.” Key Teaching: Brahman is the ultimate light and goal, residing in all. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna describes Brahman as the light of all lights, beyond darkness, embodying

Shloka 13.17 “Undivided, yet appearing divided in beings; supporter, destroyer, and creator of all, it is known.” Key Teaching: Brahman is undivided yet appears divided, fulfilling all roles. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna describes Brahman as undivided yet appearing divided in beings, acting as supporter, destroyer, and creator. This

Shloka 13.16 “Outside and inside beings, inanimate and animate; subtle, hard to know; far, yet near.” Key Teaching: Brahman is within and beyond all, subtle yet accessible. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna describes Brahman as existing outside and inside beings, inanimate and animate, subtle yet hard to know, far yet near.

Shloka 13.15 “Shining by the functions of all senses, yet without senses; unattached, yet supporting all; devoid of gunas, yet their enjoyer.” Key Teaching: Brahman transcends senses and gunas while supporting all. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna describes Brahman as shining through all senses yet without senses, unattached yet supporting all,

Shloka 13.14 “With hands and feet everywhere, eyes, heads, mouths everywhere, ears everywhere, it exists enveloping all.” Key Teaching: Brahman pervades all with infinite attributes. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna describes Brahman as having hands, feet, eyes, heads, mouths, and ears everywhere, enveloping all. This verse, continuing 13.13, addresses

Shloka 13.13 “I will declare the knowable, knowing which one attains immortality: the supreme Brahman, beginningless, neither being nor nonbeing.” Key Teaching: Knowing the supreme Brahman grants immortality. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna introduces the knowable as the supreme Brahman, beginningless, beyond being and nonbeing, knowing which one attains immortality. This

Shloka 13.12 “Constant pursuit of the knowledge of truth, inquiry into the knowable—this is declared as knowledge; what is opposed is ignorance.” Key Teaching: Knowledge is pursuing truth; its opposite is ignorance. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna defines knowledge as the constant pursuit of truth and inquiry into the knowable, declaring