श्रीभगवानुवाच ।परं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ।यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca |paraṃ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi jñānānāṃ jñānam uttamam |yaj jñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṃ siddhim ito gatāḥ ||
- श्रीभगवान् · śrībhagavān
- the Blessed Lord
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- परम् · param
- supreme, highest
- भूयः · bhūyaḥ
- again, further
- प्रवक्ष्यामि · pravakṣyāmi
- I shall declare
- ज्ञानानाम् · jñānānām
- of all forms of knowledge
- उत्तमम् · uttamam
- the highest, most excellent
- ज्ञात्वा · jñātvā
- having known
- मुनयः · munayaḥ
- the sages
- पराम् · parām
- supreme
- सिद्धिम् · siddhim
- perfection, fulfillment
- इतः · itaḥ
- from this (world)
- गताः · gatāḥ
- attained
“The Blessed Lord said: I shall declare again the highest knowledge, the best of all that is known — knowing which, all the sages reached the supreme perfection from this world.”
— Original plain-language translation
Chapter 14 opens a new movement: the teaching of the three gunas, the strands of nature that shape every experience. Krishna presents it as the crowning knowledge because it explains both bondage and the way out. The sages' success is cited as proof that this wisdom works.
— Reader's notes (original)