Lord Krishna

Lord Krishna

Divine Teacher

The 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 7, Verse 2

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Verse 2

Hard Verse

The Yoga of Knowledge and Realization

I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge, both phenomenal and noumenal. By knowing this, nothing further shall remain for you to know.

Context & Meaning

Krishna offers two levels of knowledge: jñāna — theoretical, philosophical understanding — and vijñāna — direct, lived realization. Together, they form a completeness of knowing after which no question remains unanswered. This is the ultimate education.

Scholar Commentaries

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Adi Shankaracharya

Advaita

Jñāna is knowledge of the scriptures and the nature of Brahman. Vijñāna is the direct, experiential realization of that truth. Both together constitute the complete liberation of the intellect.