Verse 18.63

Verse 18.63: “Thus unto thee has been recited by Me this doctrine which is more mysterious than mystery (itself): ponder over it well and fully, and (thereafter) do as thou wiliest. (1323)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

The celebrated Gita is the very essence of all literature and it will secure for you the gem in the form 'of the Self. In the metaphysical part of the Vedas, it is described under the great name ‘knowledge’ and has consequently secured a great fame in the world. The intellect and other means of obtaining -mundane knowledge are only the reflected tiny rays derived from that (knowledge) eye through its light, and I, the all-seeing, am also revealed entirely through that very knowledge. And this is the knowledge of the Self: it is the most secret treasure of myself, the non-manifest. Yet how should I hide it from you? And it is for this. Oh Son of Pandu, that I have handed over this secret hoard to you, my heart being overwhelmed with compassion for you.

A mother infatuated with affection for her pet child talks quite freely with such a child; how could my affection for you (which is of that same type) not make me do the same? I the all-knowing have communicated to you, Oh Dhananjaya, that which is definitely true, after giving it an all-round consideration, in the way the sky should be strained, or the nectar should be stripped off of its rind or the lamp should be made to come safe out of fire ordeal (divyakaraṇa [divyakaraṇe]), or the eyes of the Sun, with the light of whose rays even an atom in the region under the earth becomes discernible, should be treated with Divine collyrium. Now it is for you to decide for yourself what is proper (for you) and after doing it, to act as you like.”

On hearing these words of the Lord Arjuna kept silent, at which the Lord said again, “You seem to be a thorough one.” ‘Were a hungry person to feel shy before one serving him food, and to say that he has had a full feed, it would be entirely his own fault if he had (in consequence) to suffer from hunger. In that way, having met (with) an all-knowing preceptor, were one to feel shy and not ask to be enlightened upon the nature of Self, one would only be deceiving one’s self and be open to the sin of self-deception. From your silence, Oh Dhananjaya, it appears to me that you desire that I should once more summarize the doctrine of knowledge in its entirety.”

At this Partha said, “Oh generous Lord you have correctly read my mind: to speak (the truth) is there indeed another knower (different from you? Others (the rest) are but the objects of knowledge, thou alone art the only omniscient person inherently. Is there any point in describing the Sun as being the Sun?”

Hearing this Lord Krishna said, “What you appear to have comprehended of Me cannot be called insufficient or incomplete (description)”.