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बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते। वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।7.19।।

bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 7, Verse 19
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
At the end of many births, the wise man comes to Me, realizing that all this is Vaasudeva (the innermost Self); such a great soul (Mahatma) is very hard to find.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: at the end of many births, the person of wisdom takes refuge in Krishna, understanding that Krishna is everything, such great souls are very rare, again describing this as an outcome of accumulated understanding over time, not something arriving instantly.

In life: some of the most settled, wise people you know arrived there after a long accumulation of experience and reflection, not from a single realization.

Teaching: be patient with your own slower accumulation of wisdom, this verse frames genuine, settled understanding as something rare and gradually earned, not instantly available on demand.

bahūnāmmany
janmanāmbirths
anteafter
jñāna-vānone who is endowed with knowledge
māmunto me
prapadyatesurrenders
vāsudevaḥShree Krishna, the son of Vasudev
sarvamall
itithat
saḥthat
mahā-ātmāgreat soul
su-durlabhaḥvery rare

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
7.19 बहूनाम् of many? जन्मनाम् of births? अन्ते in the end? ज्ञानवान् the wise? माम् to Me? प्रपद्यते approaches? वासुदेवः Vaasudeva? सर्वम् all? इति thus? सः he? महात्मा the great soul? सुदुर्लभः (is) very hard to find.Commentary Vaasudeva is a name of Lord Krishna as He is the son of Vasudeva. He is the allpervading Brahman.The aspirant gradually evolves through Yogic practices? selfless service? devotion and constant meditation in many births and ultimately attains the inner Self. He realises that all is Vaasudeva. It is very difficult to find such a great soul? who has attained to perfection. No one is eal to him. That is the reason why the Lord has said? One in a thousand perchance strives for perfection even among those successful strivers? only one perchance knows Me in essence. (Cf.VII.3.)