Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 7, Verse 26
वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन । भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन
vedāhaṃ samatītāni vartamānāni cārjuna | bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni māṃ tu veda na kaścana
Translation
I know, O Arjuna, the past and the present and the future beings, but Me nobody knows.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- veda
- know(s)
- aham
- I
- samatītāni
- past
- vartamānāni
- present
- ca
- and
- arjuna
- O Arjuna
- bhaviṣyāṇi
- future
- ca
- and
- bhūtāni
- beings
- mām
- me
- tu
- indeed
- veda
- knows
- na
- not
- kaścana
- any one
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Nobody knows Me, except that one man who worships Me and seeks refuge with Me. Just for want of knowledge of My real nature, nobody worships Me.