Bhagavad Gita 18.55 Meaning: Bhaktya mamabhijanati

Bhagavad Gita 18.55

भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः ।ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम् ॥

Bhaktya mamabhijanati yavanyashchasmi tattvatahTato mam tattvato jnatva vishate tadanantaram

bhaktyā māmabhijānāti yāvānyaścāsmi tattvataḥ |tato māṃ tattvato jñātvā viśate tadanantaram ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation By devotion, Krishna says, one comes to know him truly, how great he is and who he is; and knowing him truly, one then enters into him. The schools read 'enters into him' very differently (see the views).

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि भक्ति से व्यक्ति उन्हें तत्त्व से जानता है कि वे कितने हैं और कौन हैं; और उन्हें तत्त्व से जानकर फिर उनमें प्रवेश करता है। “उनमें प्रवेश” को परंपराएँ बहुत अलग ढंग से पढ़ती हैं।

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भक्त्या bhaktyā · by devotion (noun (feminine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: bhakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 2 “attachment, devotion, fondness for, devotion to”
माम् mām · "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
अभिजानाति abhijānāti · knows fully (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: abhi-jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 62, col. 2 “to recognize, perceive, know, be or become aware of”
यावान् yāvān · how great (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yāvat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 852, col. 1 “as great, as large, as much, as many”
यः yaḥ · who (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
अस्मि asmi · "I am" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
तत्त्वतः tattvataḥ · in truth (indeclinable) Dictionary: tat-tva-tas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 433, col. 1
ततः tataḥ · then (indeclinable) Dictionary: tatas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 432, col. 2 “thereupon, then, after that, afterwards”
माम् mām · "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
तत्त्वतः tattvataḥ · in truth (indeclinable) Dictionary: tat-tva-tas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 433, col. 1
ज्ञात्वा jñātvā · having known (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
विशते viśate · enters (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. viś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 989, col. 2 “to enter, enter in or settle down on, go into”
तदनन्तरम् tadanantaram · right after that (indeclinable) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”; an-antara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 25, col. 1 “immediately after; after; afterwards”

Bhagavad Gita 18.55: meaning and translation

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