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Chapter 7 · Verse 19 · Gyaan Vigyana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 7.19

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Sanskrit

बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते। वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।7.19।।

Transliteration

bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ

Word by Word

bahūnām many
janmanām births
ante after
jñāna-vān one who is endowed with knowledge
mām unto me
prapadyate surrenders
vāsudevaḥ Shree Krishna, the son of Vasudev
sarvam all
iti that
saḥ that
mahā-ātmā great soul
su-durlabhaḥ very rare
Simplified Perspective

After countless lifetimes of searching through the corridors of becoming, the truly wise soul recognizes that Krishna—the eternal essence dwelling in all things—is the source and substance of existence itself. This recognition is not mere intellectual knowing but a direct seeing that dissolves the illusion of separation.

When you release the grip of ego and truly understand that the Divine pervades all of life, all of your relationships, all of your work, you have arrived at wisdom's threshold. In our modern rush, this verse invites us to pause and ask: Am I still chasing fragments, or have I begun to recognize the wholeness that already holds me?

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Bhagavad Gita 7.19 — BG 7.19

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

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