1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 14 - Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 1

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1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 14 - Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 1

Shri Bhagavan Uvacha

Param bhuyah pravakshyami gyananam gyanam uttamam I

Yat gyatva munayah sarve paraam siddhitim itah gatah II Sloka 1

श्री भगवान उवाच 

परम् भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानं उत्तमम् I 

यत् ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धितिं इतः गतः II श्लोक 1

The Lord said

I shall again dca;re that supreme knowledge, the best of all forms of  knowledge; by knowing which, all the sages have passed from this world to the highest perfection.

The sages who have been blessed with self-knowledge have nothing else to gain. And this supreme knowledge has also been explained. Still it is again delineated from another angle. While Brahma jnana is the easiest to acquire for those who have purified minds, it is the hardest  and the least understoodfor those whose minds are steeped in worldliness. It therefore requires to be presented in as many ways as possible. The votaries of Brahma jnana  are designated as munis. Perfection is theirs to the extent that they make progress in this knowledge. While the advanced Brahma jnanis are ever perfect in themselves, their bodily existence often puts on apparent defects. The limits of the kshetra   ought not however imputed to the kshetrajna or self. But since this error is committed frequently, self knowledge requires to be expounded repeatedly and in many ways.