Shloka 55
भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation
भक््त्या मामभिजानाति यावान् यश्नास्मि तत्त्वतः । ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम्,उस परा भक्तिके द्वारा वह मुझ परमात्माको, मैं जो हूँ और जितना हूँ ठीक वैसा-का- वैसा तत्त्वसे जान लेता है: तथा उस भक्तिसे मुझको तत्त्वसे जानकर तत्काल ही मुझमें प्रविष्ट हो जाता है?
bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ | tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā viśate tad-anantaram ||
Through single-minded devotion, one truly comes to know Me as I am—My real nature and full measure. Having thus known Me in truth, that devotee then enters into Me immediately thereafter, attaining intimate union with the Supreme beyond the turmoil of the battlefield.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Devotion (bhakti) is presented as the direct means to truly know the Supreme as He really is (tattvataḥ). Such true knowledge is not merely conceptual; it culminates in ‘entering’ the Divine—i.e., attaining liberation and intimate union with the Supreme.
In the midst of the Kurukṣetra setting, the teaching emphasizes an inner path: the devotee’s loving commitment leads to authentic realization of the Lord’s nature, and that realization immediately bears the fruit of spiritual consummation—entry into the Divine—transcending the surrounding conflict.