Bg. 10.14 · Bhagavad-gita As It Is

Devanagari

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

Verse text

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.

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

14. I accept as true all that you have told me, Keśava. But, O Lord, the devas and Dānavas do not know about Your birth.

Translation (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)

14. I accept as true all that You have told me, Keśava. But, O Lord, the devas and dānavas do not know Your true form.

Translation (Bhurijana Dasa)

O Krsna, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me. Neither the demigods nor the demons, O Lord, can understand Your personality. (com) Sages (previous verse) speak and say Your glories, yet they do not know how You are param brahma ‑ yet have taken birth. They don't know everything. Ke ‑ sha ‑ va = Ke means Brahma and sha means Siva, are working under You (va) and are bound by You so they can't understand, what to speak of others, it is not possible for them to understand. Gita Bhushan: What You've told me isn't glorification exaggeration but everything is truth, You are Ke shava, above Brahma and wht to speak of Prajapati. Bhagavan means full opulences. Neither Devas nor dhanavas know You and they therefore somtimes become envious or disregard You as they don't consider You superior.

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.

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

I do not doubt at all what You say to me. But these ṛṣis say that Your supreme body is without birth. They do not know about Your birth (vyaktim). They do not understand how You with Your svarūpa of para-brahma can be both unborn and born. What You have said in verse 10.2—that neither the devatās nor ṛṣis know about Your birth—I accept as completely true (sarvam etad ṛtaṁ manye). O Keśava, You bind up even Brahmā and Śiva with ignorance of Your true nature. (ka=Brahmā, īśa=Śiva, va=to bind). Then, certainly it must be said that the devatās and Dānavas also do not know You.

Purport (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)

I consider this all true (ṛtam). I do not consider it just praise. O Keśava! Ka means Brahmā and iśa means Śiva. Va stands for vayase, which means “you bind” from the root ve. Thus the name Keśava implies “You bind up Brahmā and Śiva by hiding from them knowledge of Your true self.” This the Lord has stated already in verse two. O Lord of all, Bhagavān! O unlimited ocean of six wonderful qualities! [Note: Bhagavān has been defined as having six special qualities or aiśvarya: lordship, strength, beauty, auspiciousness, knowledge detachment.] The devas and dānavas do not know Your beautiful form (vyaktim) endowed with qualities such as being the Supreme Brahman; rather, they disregard and insult You by thinking that You are like others.

Surrender Unto Me

Arjuna calls Krsna, Kesava. KE means Brahma, SA means Siva and VA means sometimes Visnu or sometimes means 'above'. "O One who is above even Lord Brahma or Lord Siva, only You can understand Yourself!"