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Neither the hosts of the gods nor the great sages know My origin; for in every way I am the source of all the gods and the great sages.

Neither the hosts of gods nor the great sages know my origin, for I am in every way the source of the gods and of the great sages.

Krishna begins with a paradox. The gods and the great seers, who stand highest in knowledge among beings, cannot know where he comes from, because he is where they themselves come from. What is derived cannot fully grasp its own source. The verse sets the frame for the whole chapter: everything that follows about the divine presence in the world is offered as a gift of disclosure, not as something any being could work out alone. It also prepares Arjuna to hear that the one beside him in the chariot is more than a friend and kinsman.