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Chapter 4

Chapter 4 · Verse 35

Jnana Yoga

ज्ञानयोग

यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव | येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि (var अशेषाणि) ||४-३५||

yajjñātvā na punarmohamevaṃ yāsyasi pāṇḍava . yena bhūtānyaśeṣāṇi drakṣyasyātmanyatho mayi ||4-35||

In plain words

That the knowledge of the Self mentioned in the previous verse that is to be learnt from the Brahmanishtha Guru through prostration estioning and service. When you acire this knowledge you will not be again subject to confusion or error. You will behold that underlying basic unity.

Translation

4.35 Knowing which, O Arjuna, you will not fall again into delusion in this way - by that knowledge you will see all beings without exception in your-self and then in Me.

Meaning

That the knowledge of the Self mentioned in the previous verse that is to be learnt from the Brahmanishtha Guru through prostration estioning and service. When you acire this knowledge you will not be again subject to confusion or error. You will behold that underlying basic unity. You will behold or directly cognise through internal experience or intuition that all beings from the Creator down to a blade of grass exist in your own Self and also in Me. (Cf. IX.15XVIII.20)

Word by word

यत् which ज्ञात्वा having known न not पुनः again मोहम् delusion एवम् thus यास्यसि will get पाण्डव O Pandava येन by this भूतानि beings अशेषेण all द्रक्ष्यसि (thou) shalt see आत्मनि in (thy) Self अथो also मयि in Me.