BHAGAVAD-GITA 7:2

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 7:2

 

jnanam te 'ham sa-vijnanam

idam vaksyamy asesatah

yaj jnatva neha bhuyo 'nyaj

jnatavyam avasisyate

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

jnanam--phenomenal knowledge; te--unto you; aham--I; sa--with;

vijnanam--numinous knowledge; idam--this; vaksyami--shall explain;

asesatah--in full; yat--which; jnatva--knowing; na--not; iha--in this

world; bhuyah--further; anyat--anything more; jnatavyam--knowable;

avasisyate--remains.

 

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.

 

PURPORT

 

Complete knowledge includes knowledge of the phenomenal world, the

spirit behind it, and the source of both of them. This is

transcendental knowledge. The Lord wants to explain the

above-mentioned system of knowledge because Arjuna is Krsna's

confidential devotee and friend. In the beginning of the Fourth

Chapter this explanation was given by the Lord, and it is again

confirmed here: complete knowledge can be achieved only by the devotee

of the Lord in disciplic succession directly from the Lord. Therefore

one should be intelligent enough to know the source of all knowledge,

who is the cause of all causes and the only object for meditation in

all types of yoga practice. When the cause of all causes becomes

known, then everything knowable becomes known, and nothing remains

unknown. The Vedas (Mundaka Upanisad 1.3) say, kasmin bhagavo vijnate

sarvam idam vijnatam bhavati.

 

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