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Question 1
What is Krishna teaching by saying He is the taste in water and the light of the sun and moon? A The Divine can be recognized in the essential qualities that make ordinary things what they are. B Only rare supernatural events reveal Krishna, while ordinary experience hides Him completely. C Water, sun, and moon are separate powers unrelated to the Divine. D The physical objects themselves should be worshiped as independent from Krishna.
Krishna is training perception. Taste, light, sound, and strength are not random qualities; they point to the Divine source shining through daily experience.
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Question 2
How does verse 7.8 connect sacred sound and space to Krishna? A Krishna is Om in the Vedas and sound in space, showing that sacred and subtle experience also rests in Him. B Krishna says sound is spiritually useless because only visible forms matter. C Krishna separates Om from the Vedas so that sound has no sacred meaning. D Krishna teaches that space is empty of divine presence.
The examples move from tangible water and light to subtle sound and space. Krishna is present as the essence of both visible and subtle experience.
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Question 3
What do earth's fragrance, fire's brilliance, life force, and discipline show in verse 7.9? A Natural purity, energy, vitality, and self-control are all ways Krishna is recognized in creation. B Only living beings are connected to Krishna; nature and discipline are separate. C Fire and earth are lower, so they cannot point toward the Divine. D Discipline belongs only to personal pride, not to spiritual life.
Krishna names both natural beauty and human virtue. The fragrance of earth and the discipline of disciplined people both point back to Him.
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Question 4
What does Krishna mean by calling Himself the eternal seed of all beings? A He is the undying source from which all beings and their potential arise. B He is one temporary cause among many equal causes. C He is only the source of plants, not conscious beings. D He begins creation but has no connection to what grows from it.
A seed contains potential. Krishna uses the image to show that all growth and being arise from Him as the eternal, indestructible source.
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Question 5
How should verse 7.10 change how a learner views intelligence and splendor? A They should see talent, brilliance, and excellence as reflections of Krishna rather than grounds for ego. B They should treat intelligence as a purely personal possession with no divine source. C They should reject intelligence because devotion requires ignorance. D They should value splendor only when it brings social status.
Krishna identifies Himself as the intelligence of the intelligent and the splendor of the splendid. This produces humility, not pride.
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Question 6
What kind of strength does Krishna identify with in verse 7.11? A Strength free from selfish desire and passion, used in harmony with dharma. B Strength driven by ego, anger, and the need to dominate others. C Strength that avoids all responsibility so it stays pure. D Strength measured only by physical force.
Krishna does not reject strength; He purifies it. Divine strength is calm, protective, and free from craving or egoic passion.
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Question 7
What does verse 7.11 teach about desire? A Desire is divine when it is aligned with dharma and supports righteous life. B Every desire is spiritually equal, whether selfish or dharmic. C All desire must be destroyed, including the desire to serve and protect. D Desire becomes sacred only when it ignores duty.
Krishna distinguishes craving from dharmic desire. Spiritual life does not mean killing all motivation; it means aligning desire with righteousness.
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Question 8
How does Krishna relate Himself to sattva, rajas, and tamas in verse 7.12? A All three qualities arise from Him and depend on Him, but He is not limited by them. B Krishna is trapped equally inside all three qualities. C Only sattva comes from Krishna; rajas and tamas have an independent source. D The gunas prove that nature has no divine basis.
Krishna is the source on which the qualities depend, yet He remains beyond their limitation. Nature is in Him, but He is not confined by nature.
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