Knowledge reveals unity beneath diversity.
Krishna speaks to Arjuna
यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव |येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि (var अशेषाणि) ||४-३५||
yajjñātvā na punarmohamevaṃ yāsyasi pāṇḍava . yena bhūtānyaśeṣāṇi drakṣyasyātmanyatho mayi ||4-35||
Use this verse when separation or resentment rises.
Meaning
Knowing this, you will not fall into delusion again. Through it, you will see all beings fully in the Self and also in Me.
Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).
In plain words
True knowledge ends delusion and reveals unity.
Word-by-word meaning
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Explanation
Krishna describes the fruit of real knowledge: delusion does not return in the same way, and the seeker sees all beings in the Self and in Krishna. This is not merely intellectual unity. It changes how we treat others. Seeing beings in the Self creates compassion, humility, and freedom from hatred.
Read the traditional commentary
Krishna describes the fruit of the knowledge gained from the realized teacher. Once attained, it ends delusion permanently: na punar moham — 'never again will you fall into this confusion.' The bewilderment that has gripped Arjuna on the battlefield, and that grips all of us in moments of inner conflict, is dissolved by true seeing and does not return.
Then comes the vision this knowledge confers: 'you shall see all beings in your own Self, and in Me.' This is the great realization of unity. The wall separating self from others, and self from the divine, falls away.
One perceives the same Self pervading every living thing, and all of it resting in Krishna. Such a seer can no longer be confused, for confusion is born of the sense of separateness — and that sense has dissolved into an all-embracing oneness.
In daily life
Let spiritual understanding reduce hatred and separation.
In conflict, remembering the same Self in all can reduce dehumanization.
Try this today
Think of one difficult person and silently remember: the same Self is present there.
I see all beings in the Self and in Krishna.Reflect
Who do I still see as completely separate from me?
Private — only you can see this
Quick check
What does ‘पाण्डव’ mean in this verse?
The Gita on vision, in other chapters
- Verse 18.20The highest knowledge sees one undivided Reality shining through all the world's countless separate forms.
- Verse 11.1 · ArjunaTrue teaching is received as grace, and its first gift is the quiet lifting of inner confusion.
- Verse 6.29A harmonized mind sees one Self in all beings and all beings in the Self — the vision of true oneness.
- Verse 13.3The same awareness that lights up your inner world shines in every being — knowing this is the highest knowledge.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 4.35
Who says Bhagavad Gita 4.35, and to whom?
Krishna speaks to Arjuna in verse 4.35, in Chapter 4, Jnana Karma Sannyas Yoga (Jnana Karma Sannyas Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 4.35 mean?
Knowing this, you will not fall into delusion again. Through it, you will see all beings fully in the Self and also in Me. (Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 4.35 for daily life?
Let spiritual understanding reduce hatred and separation. In conflict, remembering the same Self in all can reduce dehumanization.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 4.35 mean?
यत् ज्ञात्वा — knowing which; न पुनः मोहम् — not again to delusion; एवम् यास्यसि — thus thou shalt come; पाण्डव — O son of Pandu (Arjuna); येन — by which.
Where does verse 4.35 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 35 of 42 in Chapter 4, Jnana Karma Sannyas Yoga. The next verse is 4.36.