Bhagavad Gita 7.19
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते। वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।
bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| bahūnām | bahūnām | many |
| janmanām | janmanām | births |
| ante | ante | after |
| jñāna-vān | jñāna-vān | one who is endowed with knowledge |
| mām | mām | unto me |
| prapadyate | prapadyate | surrenders |
| vāsudevaḥ | vāsudevaḥ | Shree Krishna, the son of Vasudev |
| sarvam | sarvam | all |
| iti | iti | that |
| saḥ | saḥ | that |
| mahā-ātmā | mahā-ātmā | great soul |
| su-durlabhaḥ | su-durlabhaḥ | very rare |
At the end of many births, the wise man comes to Me, realizing that all this is Vaasudeva (the innermost Self); such a great soul (Mahatma) is very hard to find.
बहुत जन्मों के अन्त में (किसी एक जन्म विशेष में) ज्ञान को प्राप्त होकर कि 'यह सब वासुदेव है' ज्ञानी भक्त मुझे प्राप्त होता है; ऐसा महात्मा अति दुर्लभ है।।