TEXT 14

Devanagari

सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव ।
न हि ते भगवन्व्यक्तिं विदुर्देवा न दानवा: ॥ १४ ॥

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Tekst

sarvam etad ṛtaṁ manye
yan māṁ vadasi keśava
na hi te bhagavan vyaktiṁ
vidur devā na dānavāḥ

Synonyms

sarvam — all; etat — this; ṛtam — truth; manye — I accept; yat — which; mām — unto me; vadasi — You tell; keśava — O Kṛṣṇa; na — never; hi — certainly; te — Your; bhagavan — O Personality of Godhead; vyaktim — revelation; viduḥ — can know; devāḥ — the demigods; na — nor; dānavāḥ — the demons.

sarvam — alt; etat — dette; ṛtam — som sandhed; manye — jeg accepterer; yat — som; mām — til mig; vadasi — Du fortæller; keśava — O Kṛṣṇa; na — aldrig; hi — afgjort; te — Din; bhagavan — O Guddommens Personlighed; vyaktim — åbenbaring; viduḥ — kan forstå; devāḥ — halvguderne; na — ej heller; dānavāḥ — dæmonerne.

Translation

O Kṛṣṇa, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me. Neither the demigods nor the demons, O Lord, can understand Your personality.

O Kṛṣṇa, jeg accepterer fuldstændigt alt det, Du har fortalt mig, som sandt. Hverken halvguderne eller dæmonerne kan forstå Din personlighed, O Herre.

Purport

Arjuna herein confirms that persons of faithless and demonic nature cannot understand Kṛṣṇa. He is not known even by the demigods, so what to speak of the so-called scholars of this modern world? By the grace of the Supreme Lord, Arjuna has understood that the Supreme Truth is Kṛṣṇa and that He is the perfect one. One should therefore follow the path of Arjuna. He received the authority of Bhagavad-gītā. As described in the Fourth Chapter, the paramparā system of disciplic succession for the understanding of Bhagavad-gītā was lost, and therefore Kṛṣṇa reestablished that disciplic succession with Arjuna because He considered Arjuna His intimate friend and a great devotee. Therefore, as stated in our Introduction to Gītopaniṣad, Bhagavad-gītā should be understood in the paramparā system. When the paramparā system was lost, Arjuna was selected to rejuvenate it. The acceptance by Arjuna of all that Kṛṣṇa says should be emulated; then we can understand the essence of Bhagavad-gītā, and then only can we understand that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

FORKLARING: Her bekræfter Arjuna, at de, der af natur er troløse og dæmoniske, ikke kan forstå Kṛṣṇa. Han kan ikke engang forstås af halvguderne for slet ikke at tale om de såkaldte kloge folk i denne moderne verden. Ved den Højeste Herres barmhjertighed har Arjuna forstået, at den Højeste Sandhed er Kṛṣṇa, og at Han er den fuldendte. Man bør derfor følge i Arjunas fodspor, for han modtog Bhagavad- gītās autoritet. Som beskrevet i kapitel 4 gik paramparā-systemet eller discipelrækken, der skal til for at forstå Bhagavad-gītā, tabt, og derfor genoprettede Kṛṣṇa discipelsuccessionen med Arjuna, for Han betragtede Arjuna som Sin fortrolige ven og en stor hengiven. Som vi derfor skrev i vores Introduktion til Gītopaniṣad, skal Bhagavad-gītā forstås gennem paramparā-systemet. Da paramparā-systemet blev brudt, blev Arjuna valgt til at forny det. Ligesom Arjuna skal vi acceptere alt, hvad Kṛṣṇa siger. Først da kan vi forstå essensen af Bhagavad-gītā, og kun da kan vi forstå, at Kṛṣṇa er Guddommens Højeste Personlighed.