Bhagavad Gita 7.2ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः।यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते ॥
jñānaṁ te ’haṁ sa-vijñānam idaṁ vakṣhyāmyaśheṣhataḥ
yaj jñātvā neha bhūyo ’nyaj jñātavyam-avaśhiṣhyate
Sanskrit recitation
The divine inside ordinary nature · 7.1–7.14 · Teaching
Translation
I will declare to you in full this knowledge combined with realization, after knowing which nothing else remains to be known here.
Hindi translation
तेरे लिये मैं विज्ञानसहित ज्ञान सम्पूर्णतासे कहूँगा, जिसको जाननेके बाद फिर यहाँ कुछ भी जानना बाकी नहीं रहेगा।
Meaning
Jnanam is Paroksha Jnanam or indirect knowledge of Brahman obtained through the study of the Upanishads. Vijnanam is Visesha Jnanam, i.e., Aparoksha Jnanam obtained through direct Selfrealisation (intuitional wisdom).In this verse the Lord praises knowledge in order to make Arjuna follow His instruction closely with rapt attention, faith and interest. The Lord says I shall teach thee in full. You will attain to omniscience or perfect knowledge of the Self, after knowing which nothing more remains to be known here. If anyone attains the knowledge of the Self, he will know everything. That is the reason why Saunaka, the great householder, approacehd Angirasa respectfully and asked What is that, O Lord, which being known all this becomes known (Cf.XIII.11)
After Swami Sivananda
The divine inside ordinary nature· 7.1–7.14→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 7.1The Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, hear how you shall, without doubt, know Me fully, with…
7.2I will declare to you in full this knowledge combined with realization, after knowing…
- 7.3Among thousands of men, one may perchance strive for perfection; even among those…
- 7.4Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and egoism—thus is My Nature divided…
- 7.5O mighty-armed Arjuna, this is the inferior Prakriti; know it as distinct from My higher…
- 7.6Know that these two are the womb of all beings; thus, I am the source and dissolution of…
- 7.7There is nothing higher than Me, O Arjuna. All this is strung on Me, like clusters of gems…
- 7.8I am the flavor in water, O Arjuna; I am the light in the moon and the sun; I am the…
- 7.9I am the sweet fragrance in the earth and the brilliance in the fire, the life in all…
- 7.10Know Me, O Arjuna, as the eternal seed of all beings; I am the intelligence of the…
- 7.11Of the strong, I am the strength devoid of desire and attachment, and in all beings, I am…
- 7.12Whatever beings (and objects) that are pure, active, and inert, know that they proceed…
- 7.13Deluded by these Natures, composed of the three qualities of Nature, all this world does…
- 7.14Verily, this divine illusion of Mine, composed of the three qualities, is difficult to…
Word-by-word→
- na
- not
- sa
- with
- te
- unto you
- iha
- in this world
- yat
- which
- aham
- I
- idam
- this
- anyat
- anything else
- jñānam
- knowledge
- bhūyaḥ
- further
- jñātvā
- having known
- vijñānam
- wisdom
- jñātavyam
- to be known
- vakṣhyāmi
- shall reveal
- avaśhiṣhyate
- remains
- aśheṣhataḥ
- in full
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