Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action
Verse 4.35
यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव। येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि।।4.35।।
yaj jñātvā na punar moham evaṁ yāsyasi pāṇḍava yena bhūtānyaśheṣheṇa drakṣhyasyātmanyatho mayi
Word Meanings
yat—which; jñātvā—having known; na—never; punaḥ—again; moham—delusion; evam—like this; yāsyasi—you shall get; pāṇḍava—Arjun, the son of Pandu; yena—by this; bhūtāni—living beings; aśheṣhāṇi—all; drakṣhyasi—you will see; ātmani—within me (Shree Krishna); atho—that is to say; mayi—in me
Translation · English
Knowing that thou shalt not, O Arjuna, again be deluded like this; and by that thou shalt see all beings in thyself and also in me.
Deep Meaning · English
In this pivotal verse, Lord Krishna invites Arjuna to transcend the fragmented perception of the world—a state defined by duality and 'moha' (delusion). This knowledge is not intellectual data but a transformative vision (jnana-drsti) where the seeker realizes that the boundaries between the self, the world, and the Divine are illusory. By recognizing the underlying substratum of all existence as the Self, the individual ceases to experience the world as a chaotic collection of separate entities and begins to see it as a unified manifestation of the Divine consciousness. This realization acts as a point of no return; once the veil of separation is lifted, the soul is permanently liberated from the cycle of confusion and sorrow, as there is no longer a 'them' or 'me' to feel fear or attachment against. Krishna teaches that when you see all beings within yourself and within Him, you occupy a state of non-dual reality where love and knowledge merge into one. It is an invitation to shift from the perspective of an ego-centered individual struggling in a hostile world to that of the eternal, non-dual witness residing in the heart of all creation. This is the ultimate cure for the delusion of 'otherness,' which is the root cause of all worldly conflict and existential anxiety.
True wisdom is the shift from seeing a world of separate, fearful objects to perceiving the unified presence of the Divine within every heart, including one's own.
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