Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 7 · Knowledge and Realization

    Verse 18

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 7, Verse 18

    उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्। आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्।।7.18।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tvātmaiva me matam āsthitaḥ sa hi yuktātmā mām evānuttamāṁ gatim

    Translation

    All these are indeed generous, but I deem the man of knowledge to be My very self; for he, integrated, is devoted solely to Me as the highest end.
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