Curiosity can be grace from past effort.

Krishna deepens the consolation with a striking insight: the seeker is carried forward by his purva-abhyasa, his former practice, avasha api — even against his will. The momentum of past spiritual effort becomes a force in its own right, drawing him toward the path even when his present personality might prefer otherwise.

The good he once did now does its own work upon him, an almost gravitational pull toward the Divine.

Then comes a remarkable claim: even the jijnasu — one who merely wishes to know yoga, the sincere inquirer who has not yet attained anything — already transcends the shabda-brahman, the realm of mere ritual and scriptural reward. The very aspiration toward true yoga lifts one above the level of those seeking only ceremonial merit.

This is enormously encouraging: it means the wish itself has value, and the smallest sincere turning toward the spiritual already places one on higher ground. Past effort propels us, and present longing already elevates us.