A declaration · expansive in mood · builds on earlier teachings
“Real knowing leaves no unfinished hunger for more.”
I will reveal to you knowledge together with direct realization in full. Knowing that, nothing more remains to be known here.
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Krishna promises to explain both understanding and direct realization completely, so that after grasping it, nothing else needs to be learned about the matter.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Jnana Vijnana Yoga" (Knowledge and Wisdom).
Verse 2 sits in Chapter 7 of the Bhagavad Gita — Jnana Vijnana Yoga, "Knowledge and Wisdom". The chapter has 30 verses in total.
You finally ask the question you have avoided for years: whether to stay in the safe job, leave the relationship, or tell the truth. A real answer ends the spinning.
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It shifts the mind from endless partial answers to a truth that settles the whole search.
What this verse means
Krishna promises to explain both understanding and direct realization completely, so that after grasping it, nothing else needs to be learned about the matter.
Context & commentary
On the Kurukshetra battlefield, Arjuna has lowered his bow and Krishna begins the deepest teaching of Chapter 7. After saying he will reveal himself fully, Krishna promises a knowledge so complete that it leaves no remainder for doubt.
Why this verse still matters
You finally ask the question you have avoided for years: whether to stay in the safe job, leave the relationship, or tell the truth. A real answer ends the spinning.
“There is relief in a truth that ends restless searching.”
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