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Chapter 15 · The Yoga of the Supreme Person · 20 verses

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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Remember who is speaking. Kṛṣṇa is speaking. Take the verse as He directs.
  2. 2Say the verse and its words. Read the Sanskrit, then each word with its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation as it is. Let the translation say what it says, without adding your own meaning.
  4. 4Read the purport. Hear the verse through the disciplic succession.
  5. 5Bring your own question. Ask: where does this verse meet my life, my trouble, my doubt?
  6. 6Act on it, remembering Kṛṣṇa. Carry one instruction into your work today.
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Krishna’s natureChapter 15 · The Yoga of the Supreme Person

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 15.19

The Supreme Person beyond fallible and infallible

Īśvara · God

यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम् ।

स सर्वविद्भ‍जति मां सर्वभावेन भारत ॥ १९ ॥

yo mām evam asammūḍho

jānāti puruṣottamam

sa sarva-vid bhajati māṁ

sarva-bhāvena bhārata

Translation

Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without doubting, is the knower of everything. He therefore engages himself in full devotional service to Me, O son of Bharata.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

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

3 study points

Knowing and Serving Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Anyone who knows Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead without doubt knows everything and serves Him fully.

  2. 2

    Prabhupāda explains that true understanding leads to devotional service, not endless speculation. Living beings are always subordinate to Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    Hear humbly from Kṛṣṇa and His representatives, seek to understand their teachings, and engage in devotional service.

Key points from the purport

One who knows without doubt Krishna as the Paramatma, engages in full devotional service

Who is the knower of everything – One who knows “Me” as the Supreme Personality of Godhead without doubting

Result of such knowledge – One engages in full devotional service to Me

a

It refutes many philosophical speculations about the constitution of the living entity and Supreme Absolute Truth (refutes that they are one and the same)

Perfect knower (Of the purpose of the Vedas) – Engages in Krishna consciousness without any speculation

Clearly knows Krishna as the Supreme Person

Imperfect knower – Goes on speculating about the absolute truth

Does not surrender – Simply wastes time

b

No need of speculation but hear submissively

Vedic knowledge is called Sruti – learning by aural reception

Receive Vedic message from authorities like Krishna and His representatives

How to hear

Simply hearing like hogs is not sufficient

Should not simply speculate academically

One must be able to understand from authorities

Submissively hear from Bhagavad-gita about the subordinate position of living entities

c

Importance of the word “bhajati” — This word is often used in relationship with the service of the Supreme Lord

A Person engaged in Krishna consciousness has understood all Vedic knowledge

No need of any other spiritual process

Has ended all preliminary processes of understanding

Speculation for hundreds of lives – Simply waste of time

If one does not come to the point that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Connected verses · 1

Texts 15.18 & 15.19

What are the activities of one who has assimilated the knowledge of the previous three verses, especially the knowledge that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead?

Further reading

Knowing Krishna Means Knowing Everything

One knowing Krishna’s position knows everything, and he engages in Krishna’s service

Knowing this most confidential part of Vedic scriptures makes one wise and brings perfection to his endeavors

Chapter 15, section V: Knowing Krishna Means Knowing Everything
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yaḥanyone who
  2. māmMe
  3. evamthus
  4. asammūḍhaḥwithout a doubt
  5. jānātiknows
  6. puruṣa-uttamamthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  7. saḥhe
  8. sarva-vitthe knower of everything
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Key ideas in this verse

The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.

Key ideas: bhagavān, vibhūti.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does BG 15.19 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to krishna’s nature?

Practice

Notice something excellent and see it as His opulence.

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The story behind it

Mahābhārata episodes and stories from the purports that shed light on this verse.

All stories for chapter 15 ›
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Related verses

Keep going: verses that carry this teaching further.

Live this todayDetachment Through Surrender to KṛṣṇaA practice from BG 15.3-4, close to this verse

Study notes are editorial summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport.