Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 7, verse 19
"Vasudeva is everything" sums up the chapter's vision, and the verse is often quoted to show how rare and precious such insight is.
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बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥
bahūnāṃ janmanāmante jñānavānmāṃ prapadyate |vāsudevaḥ sarvamiti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ ||
At the end of many births, the wise person comes to me, seeing that Vasudeva is everything. Such a great soul is very hard to find.
बहुत से जन्मों के अंत में ज्ञानी यह जानकर मेरी शरण आता है कि सब कुछ वासुदेव ही है। ऐसा महात्मा बहुत दुर्लभ है।
अनेक जन्मांच्या शेवटी ज्ञानी माणूस 'सर्व काही वासुदेवच आहे' हे जाणून मला शरण येतो. असा महात्मा फार दुर्मिळ असतो.
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बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् ।
All of these are noble, but I consider the wise one to be my very self. With a steady mind, that person rests in me as the highest goal.
7.20कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः ।
Others, whose judgement is carried away by various desires, turn to other gods. They follow different rules, led by their own nature.
The Yoga of Knowledge and Realisation
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