Arjuna
Devotee & WarriorThe great Pandava warrior and skilled archer. Overwhelmed by moral dilemma on the battlefield, he seeks guidance from Krishna, becoming the ideal disciple.
Speaking: Chapter 11, Verse 38
Verse 38
The Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form
You are the original Personality of Godhead, the oldest, the ultimate sanctuary of this manifested cosmic world. You are the knower of everything, and You are all that is knowable. You are the supreme refuge, above the material modes. O limitless form! This whole cosmic manifestation is pervaded by You.
Context & Meaning
Arjuna's recognition becomes complete: You are the first and oldest, the refuge of the universe, the knower and the known, the ultimate support beyond all qualities, pervading everything. The student who began Chapter 1 in despair, dropping his bow, now sees the full truth of who he has been sitting beside all along.
Scholar Commentaries
1 commentary · Public domainRamanujacharya
VishishtadvaitaVettāsi vedyaṃ ca — You are both the knower and the known. This is the epistemological summit: the Divine is not only the object of all knowledge but the very knowing faculty within the knower. Consciousness knowing itself.