In the Bhagavad Gita - Text and Commentary by Sri Sivananda (Sivananda Press Durban SA) the discourse (summary) is as follows:
Sri Krishna tells Arjuna that the supreme Godhead has to be realised in both its transcendent and immanent aspects. The Yogi who has reached this summit has nothing more to know.
This complete union with the Lord is difficult of attainment. Among many thousands of human beings, very few aspire for this union, and even among those who aspire for it, few ever reach the pinnacle of spiritual realisation.
The Lord has already given a clear description of the all pervading static and infinite state of His. Now He proceeds do explain His manifestations as the universe and the power behind it. He speaks of these manifestations as His lower and higher Prakritis. The lower Prakriti is made up of the five element, mind, ego and intellect. The higher Prakriti is the life-element which upholds the universe, activitates it and causes its appearance and final dissolution.
Krishna tells Arjuna that whatever exists is nothing but Him. Krishna is the cause othe appearance of the universe and everything in it. The example is given that everything is strung on him like gems on a string. He is the essence, substance and substratum of everything that exist, whether visible or invisible. And although everything is in Him, He transcends it all and is the actionless Self. Prakriti or Nature is made up of the three Gunas or qualities - Sattwa [purity], Rajas[activity - passion] and Tamas [inertia]. These three qualities delude the soul and make it forget its true nature, which is one with God. This delusion termed Maya can only be removed by the Grace of the Lord Himself.
Thus Arjuna has been taught the highest form of devotion that leads to union God. There are other forms of devotion which are inferior since they have done or performed with various motives. Examples given are the distressed, the seeker of divine wisdom, the desirer of wealth, those who worship Him and the wise. Of these various motives, the Lord deems the wise dearest to Him, since such worship is directed at Him only.
7.1- sri-bhagavan uvacamayy asakta-manah parthayogam yunjan mad-asrayahasamsayam samagram mamyatha jnasyasi tac chrnu - "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Now hear, O son of Pritha, how by practicing yoga in full consciousness of Me, with mind attached to Me, you can know Me in full, free from doubt."
7.2 - jnanam te ’ham sa-vijnanamidam vaksyamy asesatahyaj jnatva neha bhuyo ’nyajjnatavyam avasisyate - "I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge, both phenomenal and numinous. This being known, nothing further shall remain for you to know."
7.3 - manushyanam sahasresukascid yatati siddhayeyatatam api siddhanamkascin mam vetti tattvatah- "Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth."
7.4 - bhumir apo ’nalo vayuhkham mano buddhir eva caahankara itiyam mebhinna prakritir astadha- "Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego—all together these eight constitute My separated material energies."
7.5 - apareyam itas tv anyamprakritim viddhi me paramjiva-bhutam maha-bahoyayedam dharyate jagat - "Besides these, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is another, superior energy of Mine, which comprises the living entities who are exploiting the resources of this material, inferior nature."
7.6 - etad-yonini bhutanisarvanity upadharayaaham krtsnasya jagatahprabhavah pralayas tatha - "All created beings have their source in these two natures. Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both the origin and the dissolution."
7.7 - mattah parataram nanyatkincid asti dhananjayamayi sarvam idam protamsutre mani-gana iva - "O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread."
7.8 - raso ’ham apsu kaunteyaprabhasmi sasi-suryayohpranavah sarva-vedesushabdah khe paurusam nrsu- "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."
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