Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 4, Verse 35
यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव।
येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि।।
येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि।।
yaj jñātvā na punar moham evaṁ yāsyasi pāṇḍava
yena bhūtānyaśeṣeṇa drakṣyasyātmanyatho mayi
also searched as "yaj jnatva na punar moham evam yasyasi pandava"
Translation
Knowing this, O Arjuna, you will not fall again into delusion in this way—by that knowledge, you will see all beings without exception in yourself and then in Me.
Vāṇi's rendering
Once you see the truth, delusion cannot take you again. You will see all beings in yourself — and in me.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| यत्yat | which (appears as 'yaj' before the following sound) |
| ज्ञात्वाjñātvā | having known |
| नna | not |
| पुनःpunar | again |
| मोहम्moham | delusion, the confusion that clouds seeing |
| एवम्evam | in this way, like this |
| यास्यसिyāsyasi | you will go, you will fall into |
| पाण्डवpāṇḍava | O son of Pāṇḍu — Arjuna |
| येनyena | by which |
| भूतानिbhūtāni | all living beings (joined by sandhi to the next word) |
| अशेषेणaśeṣeṇa | without remainder, leaving none out |
| द्रक्ष्यसिdrakṣyasi | you will see |
| आत्मनिātmani | in yourself, in the Self |
| अथोatho | and then, and so |
| मयिmayi | in me |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 35 mean?
It is Krishna's promise about what knowing does. Once the truth is genuinely seen, moha cannot reclaim you in the old way. And the sight has a shape: every being, without exception, found in yourself — and then in Krishna. Not a feeling of oneness. A way of looking that no longer sorts the world into mine and theirs.
What does 'yaj jnatva na punar moham evam yasyasi pandava' mean?
Having known this, Arjuna, you will not go into this delusion again. Krishna says evam — this way, this particular confusion, the one that has Arjuna sitting down with his bow. Knowledge does not make you immune to grief. It makes this specific blindness impossible to fall back into.
Does this verse mean delusion can never return?
It means it cannot take you the same way. Weather still comes. But once you have seen all beings in yourself, the story that made the battlefield unbearable — my side, their side — has lost its floor. You may forget. You cannot unlearn. The seeing sits deeper than the mood does.
Why does Krishna say 'in yourself' and then 'in me'?
Because the two are one movement. You find all beings in yourself first — this is where seeing begins, close and personal, in your own body. Then you find that this self was never a small private thing. It opens into Krishna. Ātmani, atho mayi: not two discoveries, but one, arriving in order.
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Commentary
Delusion is not defeated by effort. It is defeated by sight. Krishna has just told Arjuna to go to those who know, to ask, to serve — and here is what the asking is for: not information, but a seeing that cannot be un-seen. Notice what he promises. Not that delusion will never approach, but that it cannot take you again, the same way you cannot un-know a face once you have recognized it. And what is seen? All beings in yourself. The stranger, the enemy, the one you were about to kill. Then in me. Look at whoever is nearest, and start there.