Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 14, Verse 1
श्री भगवानुवाचपरं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम्।यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः।।
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
paraṁ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi jñānānāṁ jñānam uttamam
yaj jñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṁ siddhim ito gatāḥ
also searched as "param bhuyah pravakshyami jnananam jnanam uttamam"
Translation
The Lord said, "I shall declare again another kind of knowledge: It is the best of all forms of knowledge, by knowing which all the sages have attained the state of perfection beyond this world."
Vāṇi's rendering
Once more I will tell you the highest knowing of all — by which every sage has crossed to final perfection.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| श्री भगवान्śrī-bhagavān | Krishna, the radiant one |
| उवाचuvāca | said |
| परम्paraṁ | the supreme, the highest |
| भूयःbhūyaḥ | again, once more |
| प्रवक्ष्यामिpravakṣyāmi | I shall declare |
| ज्ञानानाम्jñānānāṁ | of all the knowings |
| ज्ञानम्jñānam | the knowing |
| उत्तमम्uttamam | highest, best |
| यत्yat | which (sandhi: yat + jñātvā becomes yaj jñātvā) |
| ज्ञात्वाjñātvā | having known |
| मुनयःmunayaḥ | the silent sages |
| सर्वेsarve | all |
| पराम्parāṁ | the supreme |
| सिद्धिम्siddhim | perfection, the finished state |
| इतःitaḥ | from here, from this life (sandhi: itaḥ becomes ito before gatāḥ) |
| गताःgatāḥ | have gone, have crossed |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14 Verse 1 mean?
Krishna opens a new chapter by saying he will speak once more of the highest knowing there is. The weight sits on bhūyaḥ, again. He is not introducing a fresh doctrine but returning to one, because the sages who reached final perfection reached it by the same knowing, heard until it took hold.
What does param bhuyah pravakshyami mean in the Gita?
It means: once more I shall declare the supreme. Krishna is signalling repetition, not novelty. He has spoken of the field and its knower; now he will speak of the three guṇas that bind. The teaching circles back because understanding rarely arrives on first hearing.
Why does Krishna say he will teach the same knowledge again?
Because hearing and knowing are different acts. Arjuna has listened for thirteen chapters and still stands unsettled. Krishna does not scold him for that. He simply says it again, from another angle, which is what every real teacher does and what you may need done for you more than once.
What is the para siddhi that sages attained through this knowledge?
Parā siddhi is the final perfection — the state reached from here, itaḥ, from this very life, not somewhere else. Krishna's point is that others have already made the crossing. The path is walked, tested, ordinary in that sense. What they knew, you are about to be told.
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Commentary
Bhūyaḥ — again. Krishna has already said this, in the chapter before and the one before that, and he says it again. Not because Arjuna is slow. Because knowing is not a thing you receive once and file away; it is a thing you are told until it becomes yours. Notice what he promises: not new information, but the highest of all knowings — and the sages who crossed by it crossed by hearing it repeated too. You have probably heard the thing you most need to hear several times already. Hearing it again is not failure. It is the method.