Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Vijnana YogaChapter 7, Shloka 26 (7.26)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन
भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन
॥ 7.26 ॥
vedāhaṃ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna
bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māṃ tu veda na kaścana
Translation
"O Arjuna, I know all beings of the past, the present and the future; but no one knows me."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Māṃ tu veda na kaścana mad-bhaktaṃ mac-charaṇam ekaṃ muktvā — no one knows me — except the one devotee who has taken refuge in me; mat-tattva-vedanābhāvād eva na māṃ bhajate — it is precisely because they do not know my essence that people do not worship me.
Acharya Ramanuja. Kāla-trayavartiṣu bhūteṣu mām evaṃvidhaṃ vāsudevaṃ sarva-samāśrayaṇīyatayā avatīrṇaṃ viditvā mām eva samāśrayam na kaścid upalabhyate (corpus: "samāśrayam" — probably "samāśrayan") — among the beings of all three times, no one is found who, knowing me as Vasudeva descended to be a refuge for all, takes refuge in me alone; ato jñānī sudurlabha eva — that is why the wise one is rare (7.19).
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.