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Bhagavad Gita 7.19 · Krishna

Krishna is everything

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बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।

वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः॥

bahūnāṃ janmanāmante jñānavānmāṃ prapadyatevāsudevaḥ sarvamiti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ

At the end of many lives, the wise one comes to Me, seeing, Vasudeva is everything. Such a great soul is very rare.

What it means

Krishna describes the wisdom that ripens over many lives. Vasudevah sarvam iti. Vasudeva, Krishna, is everything. The wise one doesn't just believe it. They see it. In every face, every tree, every moment. Krishna says such a mahatma, great soul, is very rare.

The story

Arjuna has seen Krishna as cousin, friend, teacher. This verse hints at the vision coming in chapter eleven, when Arjuna will see Krishna as the whole universe.

In your life

Picture someone who finds the sacred in washing dishes, in a stranger's smile, in a storm. Everything feels alive. Try seeing one ordinary thing today as if the divine were looking back at you.

See the divine in everything.