Krishna distinguishes jnana (theoretical knowledge) from vijnana (experiential realization) and promises both. This is the chapter's title concept — not just information about God, but direct experience of the Divine. Shankara sees jnana as knowledge of Brahman through scripture, vijnana as direct non-dual experience. Ramanuja explains jnana as knowledge of God's nature and attributes, vijnana as vivid personal realization. The bhakti tradition draws the distinction between knowing about God and knowing God — like the difference between reading about honey and tasting it. Madhva identifies vijnana as the discriminative wisdom that perceives God's infinite distinctness from all finite beings. Abhinavagupta interprets the pair as universal consciousness and its creative power (vimarsha), inseparable aspects of one reality. Vallabhacharya calls vijnana the soul's direct encounter with divine sweetness, a gift of grace. Tilak insists that knowledge without lived action is incomplete — one must not only understand truth but embody it. Vivekananda demolishes the barrier between sacred and secular: when one realizes the divine ground, every field of knowledge becomes illuminated.