Bhagavad Gita 7.2: meaning and translation

Chapter 7: Jnana Vijnana Yoga. Krishna says

Krishna promises to explain fully both knowledge (jñāna) and its realisation in experience (vijñāna).

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Bhagavad Gita 7.2

ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः ।यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते ॥

Jnanam teham savijnanamidam vakshyamyasheshatahYajjnatva neha bhuyonyajjnatavyamavashishyate

jñānaṃ te’haṃ savijñānamidaṃ vakṣyāmyaśeṣataḥ |yajjñātvā neha bhūyo’nyajjñātavyamavaśiṣyate ||

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Our explanation Krishna promises to explain fully both knowledge (jñāna) and its realisation in experience (vijñāna). Once this is known, he says, nothing else remains to be known here. These two words give the chapter its name.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण वचन देते हैं कि वे ज्ञान और विज्ञान (अनुभव से जाना हुआ ज्ञान) दोनों पूरी तरह समझाएँगे। वे कहते हैं कि इसे जान लेने पर यहाँ जानने को और कुछ शेष नहीं रहता। इन्हीं दो शब्दों से अध्याय का नाम बना है।

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  1. ज्ञानम् jñānam · knowledge (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 1 “knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge”
  2. ते te · to you (pronoun, dative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  3. अहम् aham · "I" (Krishna) (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: aham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “nom. sg. ‘I,’”
  4. सविज्ञानम् savijñānam · together with realised knowledge (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: 7. sa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1111, col. 2 “together or along with”; vi-jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 961, col. 2 “understanding, comprehending, recognizing, intelligence, knowledge”
  5. इदम् idam · this (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
  6. वक्ष्यामि vakṣyāmi · will explain (future, 1st person singular) Dictionary: vac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 1 “to speak, say, tell, utter, announce”
  7. अशेषतः aśeṣataḥ · fully, leaving nothing out (indeclinable) Dictionary: a-śeṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 113, col. 3 “without remainder, entire, perfect, all”
  8. यत् yat · which (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
  9. ज्ञात्वा jñātvā · having known (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
  10. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  11. इह iha · here, in this world (indeclinable) Dictionary: iha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 169, col. 3 “in this place, here”
  12. भूयः bhūyaḥ · further, more (indeclinable) Dictionary: bhūyas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 763, col. 3 “more, more numerous or abundant”
  13. अन्यत् anyat · anything else (pronoun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 “other, different”
  14. ज्ञातव्यम् jñātavyam · to be known (gerundive (to be done) (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: jñātavya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to be known or understood or investigated or inquired after”
  15. अवशिष्यते avaśiṣyate · remains (present passive, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: ava-śiṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 104, col. 2 “to be left as a remnant, remain”

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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 73.

I will now tell you exhaustively about knowledge together with experience; that being known, there is nothing further left in this world to know.

English translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882); public domain. archive.org (page 73, scan leaf n86). Shown verbatim.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 73.

I will now tell you exhaustively about knowledge together with experience; that being known, there is nothing further left in this world to know.

English translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882); public domain. archive.org (page 73, scan leaf n86). Shown verbatim.

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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 75.

I will declare to thee wholly this knowledge and wisdom, which, having known, there is nothing more here remaineth to be known.

English translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895); public domain. archive.org (page 75, scan leaf n81). Shown verbatim.

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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 145.

I shall tell you in full, of knowledge, speculative and practical, knowing which, nothing more here remains to be known.

English translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909); public domain. archive.org (page 145, scan leaf n153). Shown verbatim.

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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 73. Bhagavad Gita 7.2.

The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 75. Bhagavad Gita 7.2.

The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 145. Bhagavad Gita 7.2.

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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. Source and changes

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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 7 (Jnana Vijnana Yoga).

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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. See the source

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The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
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The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
Translation
The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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In this text, 32 words follow today's common wording, checked against sanskritdocuments.org; Sanskrit Wikisource; Gita Press, Gorakhpur; GRETIL, Göttingen and Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.
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