Chapter 7 · Verse 24

Self-Knowledge and Enlightenment

अव्यक्तं व्यक्ितमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः। परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम्

avyaktaṁ vyaktim āpannaṁ manyante mām abuddhayaḥ paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto mamāvyayam anuttamam

Word Meanings

avyaktam — formless; vyaktim — possessing a personality; āpannam — to have assumed; manyante — think; mām — me; abuddhayaḥ — less intelligent; param — Supreme; bhāvam — nature; ajānantaḥ — not understanding; mama — my; avyayam — imperishable; anuttamam — excellent

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Translation

The unintelligent, not knowing My supreme, imperishable, and unsurpassable nature, regard Me—the Unmanifest—as having assumed a manifest form.

Commentary

अव्यक्तम् the unmanifested? व्यक्तिम् to manifestation? आपन्नम् come to? मन्यन्ते think? माम् Me? अबुद्धयः the foolish? परम् the highest? भावम् nature? अजानन्तः not knowing? मम My? अव्ययम् immutable? अनुत्तमम् most excellent.Commentary The ignorant take Lord Krishna as a common mortal. They think that He has taken a body like ordinary human beings from the unmanifested state on account of the force of Karma of the previous birth. They have no knowledge of His higher? imperishable and selfluminous nature as the Highest Self. They think that He has just now come into manifestation? though He is selfexistent? eternal? beginningless? endless? birthless? deathless? changeless? infinite and unmanifest.