Chapter 10: Divine Manifestations · Verse 7

एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः |

सोऽविकम्पेन योगेन युज्यते नात्र संशयः ॥७॥

etāṃ vibhūtiṃ yogaṃ ca mama yo vetti tattvataḥ |

so'vikampena yogena yujyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ||7||

One who truly knows this divine glory and power of Mine becomes united with Me through unwavering yoga — of this there is no doubt.

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Synthesis

One who truly knows this divine glory and power becomes united with God through unwavering yoga — 'of this there is no doubt.' Shankaracharya sees this as knowledge leading to unshakeable contemplation. Ramanujacharya emphasizes that knowledge of God's glories naturally produces devoted worship. Madhva reads this as true devotional understanding of the Lord's infinite qualities binding the soul to God inevitably. Abhinavagupta interprets 'truly knows' as the recognition that one's own awareness is identical with the divine power of manifestation. Vallabha sees genuine knowledge of God's glory as a gift of grace that produces unbreakable union. Tilak emphasizes that firm knowledge produces firm conviction, which drives decisive, unwavering action. Vivekananda affirms that true spiritual knowledge must produce practical transformation — not mere belief but being changed. The Bhakti tradition sees this as the promise that contemplating God's wonders naturally deepens devotion. Across all traditions, this verse establishes that knowledge of the divine is not static intellectual content but a dynamic, transformative force that binds the knower to the known through the unbreakable yoga of love, understanding, and devoted engagement with reality.

Commentaries 8 traditions

Advaita Vedanta/Adi Shankaracharya

Shankara interprets 'avikampena yogena' as the unwavering steadiness that comes from knowing Brahman as the sole reality behind all manifestations. Once this knowledge is firm, no experience can shake the jnani from abidance in the Self.

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Personal Growth

When you deeply understand the magnificence of life and its source, your spiritual practice becomes unshakeable. True knowledge doesn't waver because it's not based on belief but on direct recognition.

Questions this verse answers

  • ?"How do I develop an unshakeable spiritual practice?"
  • ?"What does it mean to truly know something versus just believe it?"
  • ?"How does deep understanding create inner stability?"
  • ?"Why does my conviction waver — what am I still not seeing?"