Lord Krishna
Divine TeacherThe Supreme Lord, the charioteer and divine guide of Arjuna. Krishna delivers the eternal wisdom of the Gita, revealing the nature of the soul, duty, and the path to liberation.
Speaking: Chapter 15, Verse 10
Verse 10
The Yoga of the Supreme Person
The deluded do not perceive the soul as it departs, abides, or experiences, imbued with the qualities of nature. But those with the eye of knowledge see it.
Context & Meaning
Two kinds of eyes are described here — the ordinary eye of sense, which sees only the gross surface of things, and the eye of knowledge (jñāna-cakṣus), which perceives the deeper reality. The deluded (vimūḍha — those thoroughly lost in illusion) cannot see the soul as it departs the body at death, as it inhabits the body during life, or as it experiences the world filtered through the gunas. These events — the most significant events of existence — are entirely invisible to the sensory eye. But the one who has cultivated inner discernment, who has trained the inward gaze, perceives the soul operating beneath all of life's apparent surfaces. This is the purpose of spiritual practice: not to acquire new experiences, but to develop new sight.
Scholar Commentaries
1 commentary · Public domainMadhvacharya
DvaitaThe eye of knowledge is not merely intellectual understanding — it is direct inner perception, cultivated through the grace of God and the practice of devotion. The deluded are not stupid; they may be brilliant in worldly matters. But their intelligence is directed outward, toward objects, rather than inward, toward the one who perceives objects. The turning of the gaze inward — and its purification through devotion — is what grants this second sight.