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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 7.2
ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषत: ।
यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते ॥ २ ॥
jñānaṁ te ’haṁ sa-vijñānam
idaṁ vakṣyāmy aśeṣataḥ
yaj jñātvā neha bhūyo ’nyaj
jñātavyam avaśiṣyate
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.
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3 study points
Kṛṣṇa promises to explain material and spiritual knowledge fully. Knowing this, nothing further remains to be known.
Complete knowledge includes the world, spirit, and their source. Only the Lord’s devotees in disciplic succession can receive this knowledge from Him.
Seek to know the Lord as the source of all knowledge and the focus of meditation in all yoga practice.
In this chapter, Krishna “fully reveals knowledge of Himself” as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, source of both spiritual (numinous knowledge / Vijnana) and material (phenomenal knowledge / Jnana) existence
Jnana – Phenomenal knowledge
Vijnana – Numinous knowledge
Definition of complete knowledge/transcendental knowledge — To know matter, spirit and the source of both
Eligibility of Arjuna — ‘Devotee’ and ‘Friend’
Qualification to receive transcendental knowledge
Only a devotee
In bonafide parampara
Directly from the Lord
“Nothing remains to be known” — This phrase in translation means that when one knows who is the source of all and cause of all causes and the only object of meditation of all yogis; then all knowable becomes known (Ref Mundaka Upanisad 1.3: “kasmin bhagavo vijnate sarvam...”)
Krishna requests Arjuna to hear of both His material and spiritual energies.
Declares that the transcendentalist who succeeds in truly knowing Him is most rare.
Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Key ideas: bhagavān, vibhūti.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does BG 7.2 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to krishna’s nature?
Notice something excellent and see it as His opulence.
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Study notes are editorial summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport.