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Chapter 13 · Verse 12 · Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 13.12

contemplative Jnana & Wisdom Self & Identity Moksha & Liberation

Sanskrit

अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्।एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोन्यथा।।13.12।।

Transliteration

adhyātma-jñāna-nityatvaṁ tattva-jñānārtha-darśhanam etaj jñānam iti proktam ajñānaṁ yad ato ’nyathā

Word by Word

adhyātma spiritual
jñāna knowledge
nityatvam constancy
tattva-jñāna knowledge of spiritual principles
artha for
darśhanam philosophy
etat all this
jñānam knowledge
iti thus
proktam declared
ajñānam ignorance
yat what
ataḥ to this
anyathā contrary
Simplified Perspective

True knowledge is not scattered facts about the world, but the constant awareness of your eternal spiritual nature and the unchanging principles beneath all existence—this unified vision of reality is what the Gita calls jnana. Everything else that pulls you away from this inner knowing, no matter how impressive or detailed, is merely ignorance dressed in clever clothes.

When you rest in this remembrance of what you truly are, beyond body and circumstance, the fragmented mind becomes whole, and life reveals its sacred purpose.

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Bhagavad Gita 13.12 — BG 13.12

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