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Bhagavad Gita 7.2 meaningSeeing the divine in everything

In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it

“I’ll teach you both the idea and the experience of it.”

What it means

“I will teach you both the knowledge and the direct experience of it. Once you have these, there is nothing left to know.”

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The original Sanskrit

ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः । यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते ॥

jñānaṃ te.ahaṃ savijñānamidaṃ vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ yajjñātvā neha bhūyo.anyajjñātavyamavaśiṣyate

Translations

Literal translation

I shall tell you in detail of this Knowledge which is combined with realization, after experience which there remains nothing else here to be known again.

Swami Gambhirananda

हिंदी अनुवाद

मैं तुम्हारे लिए विज्ञान सहित इस ज्ञान को अशेष रूप से कहूँगा जिसको जानकर यहाँ (जगत् में) फिर और कुछ जानने योग्य (ज्ञातव्य) शेष नहीं रह जाता है।

Swami Tejomayananda

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