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 7, Verse 26
Verse 26
Hard VerseThe Yoga of Knowledge and Realization
O Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities; but Me no one knows.
Context & Meaning
The Supreme knows all beings across all time — past, present, and future — but no being fully knows the Supreme. This asymmetry is not humiliation but the nature of the relationship between the Infinite and the finite. The ocean knows every wave; not every wave knows the ocean.
Scholar Commentaries
1 commentary · Public domainAdi Shankaracharya
AdvaitaBrahman's knowledge is not sequential — it does not unfold in time. Past, present, and future are simultaneously known because Brahman is the very ground in which time arises. Time is within Brahman; Brahman is not within time.