Bhagavad Gita 7.25: meaning and translation
Chapter 7: Jnana Vijnana Yoga. Krishna says
Veiled by his yoga-māyā, Krishna says, he is not revealed to everyone.
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Bhagavad Gita 7.25
नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः ।मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम् ॥
Naham prakashah sarvasya yogamayasamavritahMudhoyam nabhijanati loko mamajamavyayam
nāhaṃ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yogamāyāsamāvṛtaḥ |mūḍho’yaṃ nābhijānāti loko māmajamavyayam ||
Our explanation Veiled by his yoga-māyā, Krishna says, he is not revealed to everyone. This confused world does not know him as unborn and unchanging.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि अपनी योगमाया से ढके होने के कारण वे सबके सामने प्रकट नहीं होते। यह मोहित जगत उन्हें अजन्मा और अविनाशी नहीं जानता।
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- न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
- अहम् aham · "I" (Krishna) (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: aham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “nom. sg. ‘I,’”
- प्रकाशः prakāśaḥ · visible, revealed (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: pra-kāśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 653, col. 1 “visible, shining, bright”
- सर्वस्य sarvasya · to all (adjective (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”
- योगमायासमावृतः yogamāyāsamāvṛtaḥ · veiled by yoga-māyā (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yoga-māyā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 857, col. 1 “the Māyā or magical power of abstract meditation”; sam-āvṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1162, col. 3 “covered all over, concealed, enveloped”
- मूढः mūḍhaḥ · confused, deluded (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: mūḍha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 825, col. 2 “stupefied, bewildered, perplexed, confused”
- अयम् ayam · this (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
- न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
- अभिजानाति abhijānāti · recognises (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: abhi-jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 62, col. 2 “to recognize, perceive, know, be or become aware of”
- लोकः lokaḥ · world, people (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: loka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 906, col. 1 “the wide space or world”
- 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.)”
- अजम् ajam · unborn (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. a-ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 9, col. 3 “not born, existing from all eternity”
- अव्ययम् avyayam · unchanging (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. a-vyaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 111, col. 3 “not liable to change, imperishable, undecaying”
Old translations
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 76.
Surrounded by the delusion of my mystic power1, I am not manifest to all. This deluded world knows not me unborn and inexhaustible.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - The veil surrounding me is created by my mysterious power, and that everybody cannot pierce through; cf. Katha, p. 117. ↩
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 76.
Surrounded by the delusion of my mystic power1, I am not manifest to all. This deluded world knows not me unborn and inexhaustible.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - The veil surrounding me is created by my mysterious power, and that everybody cannot pierce through; cf. Katha, p. 117. ↩
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 79.
Nor am I of all discovered, enveloped in My Yoga-Mâyâ.1 This deluded world knoweth Me not, the Unborn, the Imperishable.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - The creative power of Yoga, all things being the thought-forms of the One. ↩
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 156.
Veiled by the illusion born of the congress of the Gunas, I am not manifest to all. This deluded world knows Me not, the Unborn, the Immutable.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 76. Bhagavad Gita 7.25.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 79. Bhagavad Gita 7.25.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 156. Bhagavad Gita 7.25.
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Bhagavad Gita 7.25
नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः ।
मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम् ॥
“Surrounded by the delusion of my mystic power, I am not manifest to all. This deluded world knows not me unborn and inexhaustible.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 76, public domain)
“Nor am I of all discovered, enveloped in My Yoga-Mâyâ. This deluded world knoweth Me not, the Unborn, the Imperishable.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 79, public domain)
“Veiled by the illusion born of the congress of the Gunas, I am not manifest to all. This deluded world knows Me not, the Unborn, the Immutable.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 156, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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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 (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- 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.
- Translation
- 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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- October 27, 2026