Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 7.26
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 7.26 · 7 · Verse 26
Sanskrit Original
।।7.26।। अहं तु वेद जाने समतीतानि समतिक्रान्तानि भूतानि वर्तमानानि च अर्जुन भविष्याणि च भूतानि वेद अहम्। मां तु वेद न कश्चन मद्भक्तं मच्छरणम् एकं मुक्त्वा मत्तत्त्ववेदनाभावादेव न मां भजते।।केन पुनः मत्तत्त्ववेदनप्रतिबन्धेन प्रतिबद्धानि सन्ति जायमानानि सर्वभूतानि मां न विदन्ति इत्यपेक्षायामिदमाह
7.26 O Arjuna, aham, I, however; veda, know; samatitani, the past beings; and vartamanani, the present. I know ca, also; bhavisyani, the future; bhutani, beings. Tu, but; na kascana, no one; veda, knows; mam, Me. Except the one person who is My devotee and has taken refuge in Me, no one adores Me, jus because he does not know My reality. 'What, again,is the obstruction to knowing Your reality, being prevented by which the creatures that are born do not know You?' In anticipation of such a estion, the Lord says this: