Shloka 1
Chapter 19
श्री-भगवान् उवाच यो विद्या-श्रुत-सम्पन्नः आत्मवान् नानुमानिकः ।
मया-मात्रम् इदं ज्ञात्वा ज्ञानं च मयि सन्न्यसेत् ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca yo vidyā-śruta-sampannaḥ ātmavān nānumānikaḥ / mayā-mātram idaṃ jñātvā jñānaṃ ca mayi sannyaset //
အမြင့်မြတ်သော ဘုရားသခင် မိန့်တော်မူသည်—သမ္မာဗိဒ္ဓာနှင့် သာသနာကျမ်းကြားနာမှုရှိ၍ ကိုယ်ကိုထိန်းချုပ်နိုင်ကာ ခန့်မှန်းစိတ်ကူးအပေါ် မမူတည်သူသည် ဤလောကသည် ငါတစ်ပါးတည်းကြောင့်သာ တည်ရှိသည်ဟု သိပြီး၊ ထို့နောက် မိမိ၏ ဉာဏ်ပညာကိုပါ ငါ့ထံ အပ်နှံရမည်။
In this chapter the Lord begins instructing Uddhava on the mature stage of jñāna that culminates in bhakti. The verse lists qualifications that protect spiritual life from distortion: (1) vidyā and śruta—learning grounded in revealed scripture and realized tradition, not merely academic display; (2) ātmavān—mastery over mind and senses, without which knowledge becomes pride; and (3) nānumānikaḥ—avoiding the habit of building one’s worldview primarily on speculation (anumāna) independent of śāstra. Having such steadiness, the seeker should perceive reality as “mayā-mātram”—entirely dependent on the Lord. This does not deny the world’s appearance; it corrects the illusion of autonomy. When one sees that all potency, meaning, and shelter come from Bhagavān, knowledge reaches its final function: it no longer competes with devotion. Therefore the Lord says to “sannyaset” knowledge in Him—offer one’s very capacity to know, one’s conclusions, and even one’s spiritual attainments back to the source. This is the devotional completion of jñāna: humility, dependence on Kṛṣṇa, and knowledge that becomes service rather than self-affirmation.
FAQs
This verse advises a sincere seeker to be “nānumānikaḥ”—not driven by speculative inference—and to base realization on disciplined life and śāstra, culminating in surrender to Kṛṣṇa.
It means offering one’s conclusions, learning, and even spiritual pride back to the Lord, using knowledge only as a servant of devotion and dependence on Him.
By recognizing that success, intelligence, and support ultimately come from God, and by practicing humility—using skills and learning as service rather than as ego-identity.