Verse 7.25

नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः ।

मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम् ॥

7.25

Transliteration

nāhaṃ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yogamāyāsamāvṛtaḥ |

mūḍho'yaṃ nābhijānāti loko māmajamavyayam ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

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.

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not
I
manifest
to all
veiled by yogamaya

deluded
this
not
knows
world
me
unborn
imperishable

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna explains why he is not seen for what he is. He is covered by his yoga-māyā, his own power of veiling, and so he is not revealed to all. The deluded world does not recognize him as the unborn and imperishable one. The verse suggests that the hiddenness of the divine is not an accident but part of how the world is. It also explains why Arjuna, who has spent years beside Krishna as friend and kinsman, has not fully known him until now.