Bhagavad Gita 15.19
Spoken by Krishna · Verse 19 of 20
यो माम् एवम् असम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम् । स सर्वविद् भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत ॥
yo mām evam asammūḍho jānāti puruṣottamam | sa sarva-vid bhajati māṃ sarva-bhāvena bhārata ||
Knowing Me as Puruṣottama without delusion, one becomes all-knowing and worships Me with whole being.
Word by word (3)
- yo mām evam asammūḍho jānāti puruṣottamam
- — whoever (yaḥ) knows Me (mām) thus (evam — as just taught) as Puruṣottama, free from delusion (asammūḍhaḥ) — the condition: clear knowledge, not confused by partial doctrines
- sa sarva-vid
- — he is all-knowing (sarva-vid) — knowing the Puruṣottama = knowing all, because all is contained in Him
- bhajati māṃ sarva-bhāvena bhārata
- — worships (bhajati) Me with all being/essence (sarva-bhāvena) — full-being devotion, not a fragment of oneself; O Bharata (Arjuna addressed)
Whoever thus knows Me — free from delusion — as the Supreme Purusha, that wise one knows all and worships Me with his whole being, O Arjuna.
A modern analogy
When you understand the ocean, you understand all waves, all rivers, all rain, all ice — because you understand the substance they all share. Knowing Puruṣottama (the ultimate substance) = understanding all existence at its root. And that understanding spontaneously becomes worship — because the one who truly sees cannot help but revere.
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MISSING — SH Ch.15 V19 not indexed; Ganguli and Telang used as primary. [1]
He who, free from delusion, thus knows Me, the Highest Spirit, he knowing all, worships Me with all his heart, O descendant of Bharata. [4]
He who knowing me thus as the Puruṣottama, knows all, O descendant of Bharata, and worships me with his whole heart. [9]
He who, undeluded, knows me as Purushottama, that (man) of knowledge worships me with his whole self, O Bharata. [13]
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Where this thread continues
Knowing this you will not fall into delusion again — you will see all beings in the Self, and thus in Me.
With mind attached, practising yoga, taking refuge in Me — hear how you shall know Me fully, without doubt.
My delusion is gone — dispersed by Your compassionate words on the Self and its deep mysteries.
Satisfied by knowledge and realisation, senses mastered, gold and mud equally seen — this is the true steadfast yogi.
The fruit of those of little understanding is finite — god-worshippers go to the gods; My devotees come to Me.
This most secret śāstra spoken — knowing it, one becomes truly wise and kṛta-kṛtya: all duties fulfilled.
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