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 24

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Verse 24

Hard Verse

The Yoga of Knowledge and Realization

Unintelligent men, who do not know Me perfectly, think that I, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, was impersonal before and have now assumed this personality. Due to their small knowledge, they do not know My higher nature, which is imperishable and supreme.

Context & Meaning

A common misunderstanding: some think God "became" personal, that the Absolute took on form as a temporary concession. Krishna dispels this — His personal, eternal, imperishable nature is the supreme reality, not an afterthought. Form and the Formless are both real expressions of the One.

Scholar Commentaries

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Ramanujacharya

Vishishtadvaita

The personal form of the Lord is not a limitation but a supreme perfection. To think the Absolute transcends personhood in a way that makes it superior to the Personal God is itself a form of subtle ignorance.