Bhagavad Gita
Jnana-vijnana-yoga (The Yoga of Knowledge and Its Realisation)7.25
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Bhagavad Gita · 7.25
Devanāgarī

नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः ।
मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम् ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ |
mūḍho 'yaṁ nābhijānāti loko mām ajam avyayam ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
न अहम्na ahamnot I.
प्रकाशःprakāśaḥrevealed, visible.
सर्वस्यsarvasyato all.
योगमायासमावृतःyoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥveiled (samāvṛtaḥ) by yoga-māyā.
मूढःmūḍhaḥdeluded, bewildered.
अयम्ayamthis.
न अभिजानातिna abhijānātidoes not know, cannot comprehend.
लोकःlokaḥworld, people.
माम्māmMe.
अजम्ajamas the unborn.
अव्ययम्avyayamand the imperishable.
Translation

“I do not reveal Myself to everyone, for I am veiled by My internal energy (yoga-māyā). Therefore this deluded world does not know Me, the unborn and imperishable.”

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