Sanskrit · Devanagari
वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन। भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
vedāhaṃ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māṃ tu veda na kaścana
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882I know, O Arjuna! the things which have been, those which are, and those which are to be. But me nobody knows.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।7.26।। अहं तु वेद जाने समतीतानि समतिक्रान्तानि भूतानि वर्तमानानि च अर्जुन भविष्याणि च भूतानि वेद अहम्। मां तु वेद न कश्चन मद्भक्तं मच्छरणम् एकं मुक्त्वा मत्तत्त्ववेदनाभावादेव न मां भजते।।केन पुनः मत्तत्त्ववेदनप्रतिबन्धेन प्रतिबद्धानि सन्ति जायमानानि सर्वभूतानि मां न विदन्ति इत्यपेक्षायामिदमाह
2727b634029b…Rāmānuja
7.26 I know all being that have passed away, those that live now and those that will hereafter. But no one knows Me. Among the beings existing in the three-fold divisions of time whom I look after, no one understands Me as of the nature described and as Vasudeva incarnated to be a refuge for all. So no one resorts to Me. Therefore, the one who knows Me really (Jnanin) is extremely difficult to be found. Such is the meaning. So also:
6e5a5a17356f…Swami Sivananda
7.26 वेद know? अहम् I? समतीतानि the past? वर्तमानानि the present? च and? अर्जुन O Arjuna? भविष्याणि the future? च and? भूतानि beings? माम् Me? तु verily? वेद knows? न not? कश्चन any one.Commentary Persons who are deluded by the three alities of Nature do not know the Lord. As they lack in the knowledge of His real nature? they do not adore Hi. But the Lord knows through His omniscience the beings of the past? the present and the future. He who worships the Lord with singleminded devotion knows Him in essence. He has knowledge of His real nature.
cd78fe129763…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.