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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 7.2

The promise of knowing Krishna in full

ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषत: ।

यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते ॥ २ ॥

jñānaṁ te ’haṁ sa-vijñānam

idaṁ vakṣyāmy aśeṣataḥ

yaj jñātvā neha bhūyo ’nyaj

jñātavyam avaśiṣyate

Translation

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.

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

1Kṛṣṇa promises to explain material and spiritual knowledge fully. Knowing this, nothing further remains to be known.
2Complete knowledge includes the world, spirit, and their source. Only the Lord’s devotees in disciplic succession can receive this knowledge from Him.
3Seek to know the Lord as the source of all knowledge and the focus of meditation in all yoga practice.

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Chapter 7, Knowledge of the Absolute: the promise of knowing krishna in full.

Theme summary

Recognize Kṛṣṇa as the source of all.

The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.

Key ideas: bhagavān, vibhūti.

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