Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ज्ञानं तेडहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषत: । यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोअन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते,मैं तेरे लिये इस विज्ञानसहित तत्त्वज्ञानको” सम्पूर्णतया कहूँगा, जिसको जानकर संसारमें फिर और कुछ भी जाननेयोग्य शेष नहीं रह जाता?

Transliteration

jñānaṁ te ’haṁ sa-vijñānam idaṁ vakṣyāmy aśeṣataḥ | yaj jñātvā neha bhūyo ’nyaj jñātavyam avaśiṣyate ||

Translation

I shall declare to you, in full, this knowledge together with its realized understanding. When it is truly known, nothing else remains here in this world that must still be known—no further pursuit is left that can bind or bewilder the mind.

Word by Word

ज्ञानम्knowledge

तेto you

अहम्I

स-विज्ञानम्with (its) applied/realized knowledge

इदम्this

वक्ष्यामिI shall speak/tell

अशेषतःcompletely, without remainder

यत्which

ज्ञात्वाhaving known

नnot

इहhere, in this world

भूयःagain, further

अन्यत्anything else

ज्ञातव्यम्to be known / worth knowing

अवशिष्यतेremains

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Krishna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse promises a complete teaching of jñāna (true knowledge) along with vijñāna (its lived realization). Such knowledge is presented as sufficient and final: once grasped, it ends the sense that one must chase further ‘things to know’ for fulfillment, pointing toward liberation through discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva’s Bhagavad-gītā setting on the battlefield, the teacher (Krishna) assures the disciple (Arjuna) that he will explain the highest, comprehensive wisdom. This frames the instruction as not merely theoretical but transformative, meant to resolve Arjuna’s moral and existential turmoil.