Bhagavad Gita 7.24 meaningSeeing the divine in everything
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Some think I am just a person. They don’t see my endless nature.”
What it means
“People who don't understand think I am just a formless being who has taken a body. They don't know my highest, unchanging nature.”
The original Sanskrit
अव्यक्तं व्यक्तिमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः । परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम् ॥
avyaktaṃ vyaktimāpannaṃ manyante māmabuddhayaḥ paraṃ bhāvamajānanto mamāvyayamanuttamam
Translations
Literal translation
The unintelligent, unaware of My supreme state which is immutable and unsurpassable, think of Me as the unmanifest that has become manifest.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
बुद्धिहीन पुरुष मेरे अनुत्तम (सर्वोत्तम) अव्यय परम भाव को न जानते हुए मुझ अव्यक्त को व्यक्त मानते हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
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Keep reading · 7.25“Veiled by my own power, I am not visible to everyone. The confused world doesn't know me as unborn and eternal.”