Bhagavad Gita · 7.19
॥
Devanāgarī
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।
वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate |
vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
बहूनाम्bahūnāmof many.
जन्मनाम्janmanāmbirths.
अन्तेanteat the end.
ज्ञानवान्jñānavānone who possesses true knowledge.
माम्māmto Me.
प्रपद्यतेprapadyatehe surrenders.
वासुदेवःvāsudevaḥVāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa).
सर्वम् इतिsarvam itiis everything.
सः महात्माsaḥ mahātmāsuch a great soul (mahātmā).
सुदुर्लभःsu-durlabhaḥexceedingly (su) rare (durlabhaḥ).
Translation
“After many births the one who truly possesses knowledge (jñānavān) surrenders to Me, realizing: ‘Vāsudeva [Kṛṣṇa] is everything.’ Such a great soul is exceedingly rare.”
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