Bhagavad Gita: Surmount the stringent laws of material nature [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 15 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca


na mam duskrtino mudhah
prapadyante naradhamah
mayayapahrta–jnana
asuram bhavam asritah

(Knowledge of the AbsoluteText 15 Chapter 7)


Meaning: Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, who are lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons do not surrender unto Me.

*** It is said in Bhagavad -gita that simply by surrendering  oneself  unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality  Krsna one can surmount the stringent laws of material nature.

Bhagavad Gita: Surmount the stringent laws of material nature [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 15 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Easily cross the three modes of material nature [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 14 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca


daivi hy esa guna-mayi
mama maya duratyaya
mam eva ye prapadyante
mayam etam taranti te

(Knowledge of the AbsoluteText 14 Chapter 7)


Meaning: The divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes [ goodness, passion and ignorance] of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered  unto Me can easily cross beyond it. 

Bhagavad Gita: Easily cross the three modes of material nature [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 14 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: God is above the modes (goodness, passion or ignorance)[Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 13 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca


tribhir guna-mayair bhavair
ebhih sarvam idam jagat
mohitam nabhijanati
mam ebhyah param avyayam

(Knowledge of the AbsoluteText 13 Chapter 7)


Meaning: Deluded by the three modes [ goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me, who am above the modes and inexhaustible.

*** Divine(Krsna) consciousness is transcendental to all these three modes(goodness, passion, ignorance) of material nature, and those who are truely established in divine(Krsna) consciousness are actually liberated.

Bhagavad Gita: God is above the modes (goodness, passion or ignorance)[Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 13 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: God is nirguna (Free from gunas or modes- goodness, passion or ignorance)[Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 12 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca


Ye caiva sattvika bhava
rajasas tamasas ca ye
matta eveti tan viddhi
na tv aham tesu te mayi

(Knowledge of the AbsoluteText 12 Chapter 7)


Meaning: Know that all states of being-be they of goodness, passion or ignorance-are manifested by My energy. I am, in one sense, everything, but I am independent. I am not under the modes of material nature, for they, on the contrary, are within Me,

Bhagavad Gita: God is nirguna (Free from gunas or modes- goodness, passion or ignorance)[Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 12 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: God is the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 11 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca


balam balavatam caham
kama-raga-vivarjitam
dharmaviruddho bhutesu
kamo’ smi bharatarsabha

(Knowledge of the AbsoluteText 11 Chapter 7)


Meaning: I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles, O lord of the Bharatas [ Arjuna] 

Bhagavad Gita: God is the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 11 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: God is the original seed of all existence [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 10 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca


bijam mam sarva-bhutanam
viddhi partha sanatanam
buddhir buddhimatam asmi
tejas tejasvinam aham

(Knowledge of the AbsoluteText 10 Chapter 7)


Meaning: O son of Prtha, know that I am the original seed of all existences, the intelligence of intelligent, and the prowess of all powerful men.


*** He is the prime eternal  among all eternals. He is the supreme living entity of all living entities, and He alone is maintaining all life. One cannot do anything without intelligence, and Krsna also says that  He is the root of all intelligence. Unless a person is intelligent, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna.


Bhagavad Gita: God is the original seed of all existence [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 10 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Earth, water, fire, air & every active principle are due to divine [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 9 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca


punyo gandhah prthivyam ca
tejas casmi vibhavasau
jivanam sarva-bhutesu
tapas casmi tapasvisu

(Knowledge of the AbsoluteText 9 Chapter 7)


Meaning:

I am the original fragrance of the earth, and I am the heat in fire. I am the life of all that lives, and I am the penances of all ascetics.

*** In divine consciousness (Krsna consciousness) we become aware that earth, water, fire, air and every active principle, all chemicals and all material elements are due to divine (Krsna).


Bhagavad Gita: Earth, water, fire, air & every active principle are due to divine [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 9 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Lord is all-pervasive by his diverse material and spiritual energies [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 8 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca


raso’ ham apsu kaunteya
prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh
pranavah sarva-vedesu
sabdah khe paurusam nrsu

(Knowledge of the AbsoluteText 8 Chapter 7)


Meaning:

O son of Kunti, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man.

*** Those who  do not know Krishna(divine) are in illusion, and so knowledge of Krsna(divine) is liberation, and ignorance of him is bondage.


Bhagavad Gita: Lord is all-pervasive by his diverse material and spiritual energies [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 8 Chapter 7)]

Bhagavad Gita: Everything rests upon Me [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 7 Chapter 7)]

sri-bhagavan uvaca


mattah parataram nanyat
kincid asti dhananjaya
mayi sarvam idam protam
sutre mani-gana iva

(Knowledge of the AbsoluteText 7 Chapter 7)


Meaning:

O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.

*** Supreme Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is all-pervading by His multi-energies, both material and spiritual.


Bhagavad Gita: Everything rests upon Me [Knowledge of the Absolute (Text 7 Chapter 7)]

Now manufacturers opting composition scheme required to pay 1%

Govt. has notified that manufacturers are required to pay 1% GST of the turnover who has taken the composition scheme under GST. Further, the traders are also required to pay 1% GST of the turnover of taxable supplies of goods under the composition scheme.



[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) 

Notification No. 1/2018- Central Tax 

New Delhi, the 1st January, 2018



G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.8/2017- Central Tax, dated the 27th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 647 (E), dated the 27th June, 2017, namely:- 

In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, –

(a) in clause (i), for the words “one per cent.”, the words “half per cent.” shall be substituted; 

(b) in clause (iii), for the words “half per cent. of the turnover”, the words “half per cent. of the turnover of taxable supplies of goods” shall be substituted.

[F. No. 354/320/2017- TRU]

(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to Government of India




[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)


Notification No.1/2018- Union Territory Tax

New Delhi, the 1st January, 2018



G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) of section 10 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act) read with section 21 of the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (14 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.2/2017- Union Territory Tax, dated the 27th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i), vide number G.S.R. 648 (E), dated the 27th June, 2017, namely:-

In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, –

(a) in clause (i), for the words “one per cent.”, the words “half per cent.” shall be substituted;

(b) in clause (iii), for the words “half per cent. of the turnover”, the words “half per cent. of the turnover of taxable supplies of goods” shall be substituted.