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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 7.25
नाहं प्रकाश: सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृत: ।
मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम् ॥ २५ ॥
nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya
yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ
mūḍho ’yaṁ nābhijānāti
loko mām ajam avyayam
I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My internal potency, and therefore they do not know that I am unborn and infallible.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioWhat this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.
3 study points
Kṛṣṇa is hidden from the foolish by His internal power. They do not know that He is unborn and infallible.
Prabhupāda explains that seeing Kṛṣṇa did not mean knowing Him as the Supreme Lord. He revealed Himself to His pure devotees.
Pray for Kṛṣṇa to remove His covering so you can see His eternal form of bliss and knowledge.
“Result” for Impersonalists
Supreme Lord (Absolute Truth) hides from foolish and unintelligent
Gets covered by internal potency
They do not know Lord as “unborn and infallible”
Why Krishna does not reveal to everyone now, just like when He descended on earth
Krishna revealed only to pure devotees and not to common man, for example, only to Pandavas, Bhisma and few others and not to non-devotees like Shisupal etc.
Ref. Bg. – Except devotees, all consider Him as ordinary
Yogamaya curtain – puts the curtain of Brahmajyoti, which is the covering of the internal potency; therefore the impersonalists cannot see
Ref. SB 1.8.19 – Kunti Maharani’s prayers
Ref. Isopanishad Mantra 15
Brahma’s prayers (Ref. SB 10.14.7) – It is difficult to calculate the inexhaustible potencies,
Because You are always expanding your internal potency
e.g. Learned scholars and scientists who can even study the atom, but cannot calculate Your inexhaustible potencies
Texts 7.24 & 7.25
Why Impersonalists who are detached from matter and are also transcendental are still unable to see Krishna. Why, although Krishna’s form and pastimes are eternal, they are not visible to everyone
Those who surrender to demigods and those who are impersonalists have no knowledge of Krishna and in their foolishness, do not surrender to Him
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 7.25 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.
Mahābhārata episodes and stories from the purports that shed light on this verse.
Keep going: verses that carry this teaching further.
Study notes are editorial summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport.