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 9, Verse 13
Verse 13
The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret
O son of Pritha, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.
Context & Meaning
In contrast to those who deride the incarnate Divine, the mahātmās — great souls — take shelter in the divine nature and worship with undivided minds, knowing Krishna as the primordial, inexhaustible source. Their greatness is not social status or extraordinary achievement; it is this clear-eyed recognition and the love that flows from it.
Scholar Commentaries
1 commentary · Public domainMadhvacharya
DvaitaMahātmā means literally "great self" — one whose inner being has expanded to recognize and love the Supreme. Their defining quality is not renunciation or scholarship but ananya-manasaḥ: a mind that goes to no other.