Verse 7.25
Speaker: Krishna
Sanskrit
नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः | मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम् ||२५||
Transliteration (IAST)
nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yogamāyāsamāvṛtaḥ | mūḍho'yaṁ nābhijānāti loko māmajamavyayam ||25||
Word-by-Word Meanings
न अहम्-I am not
प्रकाशः-manifest/revealed
सर्वस्य-to all
योगमाया-divine illusive power
समावृतः-covered
मूढः-deluded
अजम्-unborn
अव्ययम्-imperishable
Translation
Veiled by My yoga-maya, I am not revealed to all. This deluded world does not know Me, the unborn and imperishable.
Commentary
Yoga-maya is God's own creative power that simultaneously reveals and conceals. Unlike ordinary maya which simply deludes, yoga-maya serves a divine purpose - it allows God to be accessible to devotees while remaining hidden from the unworthy. This concept is central to understanding divine incarnation.
Themes
jnanabhakti