Verse 7.3

मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्चिद्यतति सिद्धये ।

यततामपि सिद्धानां कश्चिन्मां वेत्ति तत्त्वतः ॥

7.3

Transliteration

manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu kaścidyatati siddhaye |

yatatāmapi siddhānāṃ kaścinmāṃ vetti tattvataḥ ||

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

Translation

Among thousands of men, one perchance strives for perfection; even among those successful strivers, only one perchance knows Me in essence.

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Word by word

of men
among thousands
someone
strives
for perfection

of those striving
even
of the perfected
someone
me
knows
in truth

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

Explanation

Krishna speaks of how rare such knowledge is. Among thousands of people, scarcely one strives for spiritual perfection, and among those who strive and succeed, scarcely one knows Krishna as he truly is, tattvataḥ, in his essence. The verse is not meant to discourage but to underline the value of what is about to be taught. Arjuna is being offered something that even accomplished seekers seldom reach. It also gently warns that achievement in practice is not the same as full understanding.