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Bhagavad Gita · 7.25 · Self-Knowledge and Enlightenment·25 of 30

नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतःमूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम्

nāhaṁ prakāśhaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛitaḥ

mūḍho ’yaṁ nābhijānāti loko mām ajam avyayam

Sanskrit recitation

What you worship shapes you · 7.20–7.30 · Teaching

Translation

I am not manifest to all, veiled as I am by the Yoga-Maya. This deluded world does not know Me, who am unborn and imperishable.

Meaning

I am not manifest to all the people, but I am certainly manifest to the chosen few who are My devotees, who have taken sole refuge in Me alone. I am not visible to those who are deluded by the three Gunas and the pairs of opposites, and who are screened off by this universe which is a manifestation of the alities of Nature, My YogaMaya or My creative illusion. This veils the understanding of the worldlyminded people. So they are not able to behold the Lord Who keeps Maya under His perfect control.YogaMaya is the union of the three alities of Nature. The illusion or veil spread thery is called YogaMaya. The worldly people are deluded by the illusion born of the union of the three alities. Therefore, they are not able to know the Lord Who is unborn and immutable.This YogaMaya is under the perfect control of the Lord. Isvara is the wielder of Maya. Therefore it cannot obscure His own knowledge, just as the illusion created by the juggler cannot obstruct his,own knowledge or deceive him. The illusion which binds the worldly people cannot in the least affect the Lord Who has kep Maya under his perfect subjugation. (Cf.VII.13IX.5X.7XI.8)

After Swami Sivananda

What you worship shapes you· 7.20–7.30

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
na
not
aham
I
ajam
unborn
ayam
these
mām
me
avyayam
immutable
lokaḥ
persons
sarvasya
to everyone
mūḍhaḥ
deluded
yoga-māyā
God’s supreme (divine) energy
abhijānāti
know
prakāśhaḥ
manifest
samāvṛitaḥ
veiled

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