Srimad Bhagavad Gita: Knowledge and Wisdom (Chapter 7)

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In the seventh chapter of the Bhagavad gita, Sri Krsna helps Arjuna think whether it is possible for a finite and limited mind to comprehend and embrace the concept of infinity.

The Lord begins by deconstructing Himself and His nature as the very essence of the world. He goes on to explain what prevents people from realising this the delusion of the three gunas or qualities Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. He concludes by listing out the ways one can be virtuous and which is the best among them; the one that can accomplish the task of realising Histruenature.

In short, Sri Krsna, in this chapter, goes on to give that knowledge, knowing which nothing more needs to be known.

The eighteen chapters of the Gita, in the arrangement of its ideas, fall into three sets of six chapters each. This is the conclusion arrived at by many Gita students. According to them, the Gita, being a book which reinterprets the very essence of the Vaidika lore in the entire scheme of its discussions, the song, expresses the Truth of the mahavakya: 'That thou art'.

The mahavakyas are four in number- each taken from each of the four Vedas and they form four definite pointers, all indicating the one and the same sacred Truth, which the Vedas unanimously declare. Of them That thou art' (Tat tvam asi) is called the 'instruction message' (upadesavakya). This crisp sentence summarizes the entire Vaidika lore and its philosophy, and, therefore, voluminous commentaries are necessary to elucidate the true significance of each of these three short words.