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Chapter 14 · Verse 1 · Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 14.1

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Sanskrit

श्री भगवानुवाचपरं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम्।यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः।।14.1।।

Transliteration

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha paraṁ bhūyaḥ pravakṣhyāmi jñānānāṁ jñānam uttamam yaj jñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṁ siddhim ito gatāḥ

Word by Word

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha the Divine Lord said
param supreme
bhūyaḥ again
pravakṣhyāmi I shall explain
jñānānām of all knowledge
jñānam uttamam the supreme wisdom
yat which
jñātvā knowing
munayaḥ saints
sarve all
parām highest
siddhim perfection
itaḥ through this
gatāḥ attained
Simplified Perspective

The Lord now unveils the supreme knowledge that transcends all other understanding—the wisdom of the three gunas that govern creation itself. This is not intellectual knowledge alone, but the liberating insight that dissolves the knot of ignorance binding the soul to cycles of birth and becoming.

Every sage who touched this truth stepped directly into perfection, unshakeable and complete. When you recognize the play of gunas in your own mind and circumstances, you reclaim your freedom from compulsive reaction and discover the witness-consciousness that observes without being bound.

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Bhagavad Gita 14.1 — BG 14.1

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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