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Beginningless

3 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on beginningless. Explore teachings across 3 chapters.

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Yo mam ajam anadim ca vetti loka-maheshvaram, asammudho sa martyeshu sarva-papaih pramucyate

One who knows Me as unborn, without beginning, the Supreme Lord of all worlds — that person among mortals is undeluded and freed from all sins. Recognising the eternal and beginningless nature of God purifies the soul and removes the ignorance that is the root of all bondage.

  • Knowing God as unborn and beginningless leads to liberation from sin
  • True knowledge of God dispels all delusion
  • The Lord's eternal nature is the foundation of all authentic spiritual understanding
Anadi-madhyantam ananta-viryam ananta-bahum shashi-surya-netram, pashyami tvam dipta-hutasha-vaktram sva-tejasa vishvam idam tapantam

I see You without beginning, middle, or end, of infinite power, with innumerable arms, the sun and moon as Your eyes, blazing fire as Your mouth, scorching this universe with Your own radiance.

  • The divine is beyond all temporal limits
  • Sun and moon are the eyes of God
  • The entire universe is sustained by divine energy
Prakriti purusham chaiva viddhy anadi ubhav api, vikarams cha gunams chaiva viddhi prakriti-sambhavan

Know that both Prakriti (matter) and Purusha (consciousness) are beginningless. Know also that all transformations and the three qualities (gunas) are born of Prakriti. Both material nature and the conscious observer have always existed without a prior cause.

  • Prakriti and Purusha are both beginningless realities
  • All material transformations arise from Prakriti
  • The three gunas are products of material nature