Chapter 18 · Moksha Sannyasa Yoga - The Yoga of Liberation through RenunciationKrishna
Verse 55
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता अध्याय 18, श्लोक 55
Sanskrit Shloka (श्लोक)
भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः।
ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम्॥
Transliteration
Bhaktya mam-abhijanati yavan-yash-cha-asmi tattvatah
Tato mam tattvato jnatva vishate tad-anantaram
Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय)
भक्त्याbhaktyathrough devotion
माम्mamMe
अभिजानातिabhijanatione truly knows
यावान्yavanhow great
यः च अस्मिyah cha asmiand who I am
तत्त्वतःtattvatahin truth
ततःtatahthen
ज्ञात्वाjnatvaknowing
विशतेvishateenters
तदनन्तरम्tad-anantaramthereafter
Hindi Translation (हिन्दी अर्थ)
भक्ति द्वारा वह मुझे तत्त्व से जानता है — मैं कितना हूँ और कौन हूँ। फिर मुझे तत्त्व से जानकर वह तत्काल मुझमें प्रवेश करता है।
English Translation
Through devotion one truly knows Me — how great I am and who I am in reality. Then, having known Me in truth, one enters into Me immediately.
Commentary (टीका)
Devotion is declared as the ultimate means of knowing God completely. Intellectual understanding alone cannot reveal the full reality of the Divine — only loving devotion can. After this complete knowing through bhakti, the soul enters into God's being, achieving the supreme destination.