Verse 7.2

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 7.2:

ज्ञानं तेऽहं स-विज्ञानम् इदं वक्ष्याम्य् अशेषतः ।
यज् ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज् ज्ञातव्यम् अवशिष्यते ॥ २ ॥

jñānaṃ te'haṃ sa-vijñānam idaṃ vakṣyāmy aśeṣataḥ |
yaj jñātvā neha bhūyo'nyaj jñātavyam avaśiṣyate || 2 ||

jñānam–knowledge; te–to you; aham–I; sa-vijñānam–together with realization of that knowledge; idam–this; vakṣyāmi–shall explain; aśeṣataḥ–in full; yat–which; jñātvā–having understood; na–nothing; iha–in this material world; bhūyaḥ–further; anyat–else; jñātavyam–to be known; avaśiṣyate–will remain.

I shall speak this knowledge to you in full, which is enriched with realization. When you understand this, nothing further in this world will remain to be known.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā

(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)

Before the stage of deep attachment (āsakti) in the bhakti process, knowledge of Me is full of awe and reverence, but upon attaining āsakti, one awakens to My sweetness (mādhurya). Please hear of both. Once one understands them, nothing else will remain to be known. Knowledge of My nirviśeṣa-brahma, as well as realization of it, is included within this.”

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Prakāśikā-vṛtti

(By Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja; the explanation that illuminates the commentary named Sārārtha-varṣiṇī)

When one performs devo-tional service that is beyond the modes of nature, he realizes the complete svarūpa of Svayam Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss, and who is the basis of all transcendental opulence (aiśvarya) and sweetness (mādhurya). In a state of samādhi, Śrī Vyāsa attained complete realization of Bhagavān’s svarūpa, only through bhakti-yoga. “Apaśyat purusaṃ pūrṇam–and thus he saw the complete Personality of Godhead” (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.4). It should be understood that both brahma-jñāna and paramātma-jñāna, as well as the sweetness of Bhagavān (vijñāna), are realized in this vision of Kṛṣṇa’s svarūpa. Therefore, when one has attained knowledge of Śrī Bhagavān, nothing else remains to be known.

The synonym for nirguṇā-bhakti, or bhakti that is beyond the modes of nature, is prema-bhakti. To attain prema-bhakti, one must pass through nine stages: (1) śraddhā–faith, (2) sādhu-saṅga–association of exalted devotees, (3) bhajana-kriyā–adoption of the processes of devotion, (4) anartha-nivṛtti–cessation of unwanted desires, (5) niṣṭhā–steadiness, (6) ruci–taste, (7) āsakti–deep attachment [these seven stages comprise sādhana-bhakti], (8) bhāva–preliminary stage of pure love, or prema, and (9) the appearance of prema. Before the practising devotee achieves the stage of āsakti, knowledge of Bhagavān is filled with an understanding of awe and reverence. But when that deep attachment becomes mature, he realizes Bhagavān’s sweetness, or mādhurya, within his heart. This is called vijñāna.