Chapter 15, Verse 19
यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम् | स सर्वविद्भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत ||१५-१९||
yo māmevamasammūḍho jānāti puruṣottamam . sa sarvavidbhajati māṃ sarvabhāvena bhārata ||15-19||
Meaning
15.19 He who, undeluded, knows Me thus as the highest Purusha, he, knowing all, worships Me with his whole being (heart), O Arjuna.
Word-by-Word Meaning
Explanation & Commentary
Krishna now reveals the transformative fruit of the knowledge just imparted. One who, free from delusion (asammūḍhaḥ), truly knows Him as the Puruṣottama — the Supreme Person — becomes sarvavit, the knower of all. This is a striking claim: to know the source of everything is, in a sense, to know everything that matters. When the root is grasped, the meaning of all the branches becomes clear.
But Krishna does not let knowledge remain merely intellectual. The natural and inevitable expression of this true knowing is sarva-bhāvena bhajati — worship with one's whole being, the entire heart poured out in love. Genuine understanding of God does not produce dry detachment but flowers into wholehearted devotion. This verse beautifully unites jnana (knowledge) and bhakti (love): to truly know the Supreme is to love Him completely. The path of the chapter, which began with cutting down the tree of bondage, culminates here in joyful, total surrender to the Beloved.
💡 Key Takeaway
To truly know the Supreme is to love and worship Him with your whole heart.
Related Verses
श्रीभगवानुवाच | ऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम् | छन्दांसि यस्य पर्णानि यस्तं वेद स वेदवित् ||१५-१||
śrībhagavānuvāca . ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam . chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ veda sa vedavit ||15-1||
15.1 The Blessed Lord said They (the wise) speak of the indestructible peepul tree having its root above and branches below, whose leaves are the metres or hymns: he who knows it is a knower of the Vedas.
ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः | तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये | यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी ||१५-४||
tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ . tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye . yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī ||15-4||
15.4 Then That goal should be sought for, whither having gone none returns again. I seek refuge in that Primeval Purusha Whence streamed forth the ancient activity or energy.
उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम् | विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः ||१५-१०||
utkrāmantaṃ sthitaṃ vāpi bhuñjānaṃ vā guṇānvitam . vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ ||15-10||
15.10 The deluded do not see Him Who departs, stays and enjoys; but they who possess the eye of knowledge behold Him.