Gita Verse 7.25

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7, Verse 25

Sanskrit Verse

नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः।

मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम्।।7.25।।

Transliteration

nāhaṁ prakāśhaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛitaḥ

mūḍho ’yaṁ nābhijānāti loko mām ajam avyayam

Word meanings

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

Swami Sivananda's 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.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 7