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BG 7.25 — 7.25 I am not manifest to all (as I am) veiled by the Yoga-Maya. This deluded world does not know Me, the unborn and imperishable. | Live Gita
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नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः |
मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम् ||७-२५||

nāhaṃ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yogamāyāsamāvṛtaḥ . mūḍho.ayaṃ nābhijānāti loko māmajamavyayam ||7-25||


।।7.25।। अपनी योगमाया से आवृत्त मैं सबको प्रत्यक्ष नहीं होता हूँ। यह मोहित लोक (मनुष्य) मुझ जन्मरहित, अविनाशी को नहीं जानता है।।

Word-by-word meanings

7.25 न not? अहम् I? प्रकाशः manifest? सर्वस्य of all? योगमायासमावृतः veiled by YogaMaya? मूढः deluded? अयम् this? न not? अभिजानाति knows? लोकः world? माम् Me? अजम् unborn? अव्ययम् imperishable.Commentary I am not manifest to all the people? but I am certainly manifest to the chosen few who are My devotees? who have taken sole refuge in Me alone. I am not visible to those who are deluded by the three Gunas and the pairs of opposites? and who are screened off by this universe which is a manifestat

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।7.25।।उनका वह अज्ञान किस कारणसे है सो बतलाते हैं तीनों गुणोंके मिश्रणका नाम योग है और वही माया है उस योगमायासे आच्छादित हुआ मैं समस्त प्राणिसमुदायके लिये प्रकट नहीं रहता हूँ अभिप्राय यह कि किन्हींकिन्हीं भक्तोंके लिये ही मैं प्रकट होता हूँ। इसलिये यह मूढ़ जगत् ( प्राणिसमुदाय ) मुझ जन्मरहित अविनाशी परमात्माको नहीं जानता।

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Swami Gambirananda

7.25 Being enveloped by yoga-maya, I do not become manifest to all. This deluded world does not know Me who am birthless and undecaying.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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