Chapter 7 Shlokas 26, 27

वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन।

भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन।।२६।।

इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत।

सर्वभूतानि सम्मोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप।।२७।।

O Arjuna, I know all beings that exist in the past,

present and future, but nobody knows Me;

because all beings in this world are deluded by desire

and aversion arising from duality and moha,

and are thus descending into ignorance.

Chapter 7 Shlokas 26, 27

वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन।

भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन।।२६।।

इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत।

सर्वभूतानि सम्मोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप।।२७।।

Bhagwan says:

O Arjuna, I know all beings that exist in the past, present and future, but nobody knows Me; because all beings in this world are deluded by desire and aversion arising from duality and moha, and are thus descending into ignorance.

The Lord states that He knows all individuals in the past, the present and the future, ‘But none know Me.’

The Lord has explained in the previous shloka, that He is not revealed to all, since He is cloaked by Yogmaya. He now says that people cannot perceive Him because they are deluded by duality and moha, raag and dvesh.

Kamla, you must clearly understand the reason why one is unable to know the Lord. He says:

1. “Firstly, I am veiled by My Yogmaya.

2. I am extremely ordinary and look like any ordinary mortal.

3. I never break the concepts of another.

4. I don a form in accordance with the individual who stands before Me.

5. I endure all assaults upon Me, yet I love all.

6. My body also acts in accordance with the gunas or attributes as does that of any ordinary individual.

7. I live as the servitor of all.

8. I smile – no matter what befalls Me.

9. I change Myself in accordance with the requirement of the individual before Me. Yet I lead a very ordinary existence.”

“On the other hand, how can any ordinary being know Me? Raag and dvesh blind them from birth. Myriad desires are born from these, and likes and dislikes further strengthen the individual’s predilection towards attraction and aversion. They become attached to the body and are blinded by moha. How can anyone who is thus blinded perceive Me?”

1. Such people can see only their own minds and no one else.

2. They are aware only of their own desires.

3. They focus their vision only upon the object of their interest.

4. They are aware only of what they dislike.

5. They are shrouded with greed which they ascribe to others and thus delude themselves.

This blindness gives rise to duality and augments mental turbulence and avarice. Then how can anyone perceive the Truth?

If one cannot even recognise those who stand before one, even one’s own brethren, then how can one recognise the Lord?