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
bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ | tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā viśate tad-anantaram ||
ด้วยภักติ เขาย่อมรู้จักเราตามความจริงว่าเราคือผู้ใด และมีสภาวะเพียงใด ครั้นรู้เราโดยแท้แล้ว เขาย่อมเข้าสู่เราในทันที
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.