श्रीभगवानुवाच ।इदं तु ते गुह्यतमं प्रवक्ष्याम्यनसूयवे ।ज्ञानं विज्ञानसहितं यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca | idaṃ tu te guhyatamaṃ pravakṣyāmy anasūyave | jñānaṃ vijñānasahitaṃ yaj jñātvā mokṣyase 'śubhāt ||
- श्रीभगवान् · śrībhagavān
- the Blessed Lord
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- गुह्यतमम् · guhyatamam
- the most secret
- प्रवक्ष्यामि · pravakṣyāmi
- I shall declare
- अनसूयवे · anasūyave
- to you who do not carp, who are free of envy
- ज्ञानम् · jñānam
- knowledge
- विज्ञानसहितम् · vijñānasahitam
- joined with realization
- ज्ञात्वा · jñātvā
- having known
- मोक्ष्यसे · mokṣyase
- you shall be freed
- अशुभात् · aśubhāt
- from evil, misfortune
“The Blessed Lord said: To you who do not carp I shall declare this most secret knowledge joined with realization — knowing which, you shall be freed from misfortune.”
— Original plain-language translation
The chapter opens by praising both the teaching and its hearer. Arjuna's freedom from envy makes him fit for the secret. Knowledge here includes lived realization, not mere information — and it liberates.
— Reader's notes (original)