Question 1
How does Krishna say Arjuna can come to know Him fully in verse 7.1? A By practicing yoga with the mind devoted to Krishna and taking refuge in Him. B By studying detached facts while keeping the mind emotionally separate from Krishna. C By mastering ritual details without changing the direction of the heart. D By renouncing knowledge because devotion and understanding cannot go together.
Krishna opens the chapter with relationship, not mere technique. Devotion and refuge give yoga its direction toward complete knowledge of Him.
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Question 2
What does Krishna promise to reveal in verse 7.2? A Both Gyan, intellectual knowledge, and Vigyan, direct realization, so nothing essential remains unknown. B Only information about the material elements, with no direct experience of truth. C A secret that replaces devotion with argument. D A partial teaching meant only for scholars and not for practicing seekers.
The chapter title matters here: Krishna joins knowledge with realization. The teaching is complete because it is known and lived.
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Question 3
What is the point of Krishna saying true realization is rare in verse 7.3? A Most people stop at comfort or partial striving, so the verse invites the seeker to go all the way. B Krishna is discouraging Arjuna by saying the path is not worth attempting. C Only people born into a special group can know Krishna. D Striving for perfection is unnecessary because realization happens randomly.
The rarity is not meant to close the path. It shows the value of genuine striving and warns against stopping at shallow or partial practice.
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Question 4
What makes up Krishna's eightfold lower nature in verse 7.4? A Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect, and ego. B Only the five visible elements, because mind and ego are beyond nature. C Only thoughts and emotions, because the physical world is separate from Krishna. D The soul, devotion, liberation, and four stages of meditation.
Krishna maps both gross matter and subtle inner instruments as lower prakriti. Even ego is part of nature, not the true Self.
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Question 5
How is Krishna's higher nature different from the eightfold lower nature? A It is the living conscious principle that sustains the universe and makes matter come alive. B It is a more refined form of earth, water, fire, air, and space. C It is the ego becoming stronger and more independent. D It is ordinary intellect without devotion or realization.
Krishna distinguishes matter from life. The jiva is higher prakriti: consciousness is not produced by the eight material elements.
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Question 6
What does verse 7.6 teach about Krishna and all beings? A All beings arise from Krishna's two natures, and Krishna is both the origin and dissolution of the worlds. B The universe comes from matter alone and has no conscious source. C Living beings create Krishna by their belief. D Creation and dissolution are unrelated to spiritual knowledge.
The material and living principles together form the womb of beings, but Krishna is the conscious source from whom the worlds arise and into whom they return.
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Question 7
What does the image of pearls strung on a thread teach in verse 7.7? A Krishna is the hidden support connecting all visible diversity, and nothing is higher than Him. B The visible pearls are more important than the unseen thread. C Only religious objects are connected to Krishna; ordinary life is separate. D The world has no unity behind its many forms.
The thread is unseen but essential. Krishna uses the image to show that all things are held together by the Divine support beneath their surface diversity.
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Question 8
What is the main flow of Krishna's teaching in verses 7.1-7.7? A Devoted refuge leads to complete knowing, then Krishna maps lower nature, higher life, and Himself as the source and support of all. B Krishna separates devotion from knowledge, then says matter alone explains all beings. C Krishna begins with meditation posture, then explains why realization is unnecessary. D Krishna teaches that ego is the highest reality and the world has no divine thread.
The section joins devotion, knowledge, and cosmology. Krishna shows how to know Him and then explains how all existence rests in Him.
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