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14.1 Again, the highest knowledge Krishna speaks

परं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम्
यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः

paraṁ bhūyaḥ pravakṣhyāmi jñānānāṁ jñānam uttamam
yaj jñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṁ siddhim ito gatāḥ

I will declare again the highest knowledge, best of all knowledge, by knowing which those who practise have reached perfection.

Explanation

Again — and the word is doing work.

bhūyaḥ: once more. Krishna has already declared the highest knowledge in chapters 7, 9 and 13, and says so.

Which tells you what to expect. This chapter is not new doctrine but a mechanism — the working parts behind claims already made, and the most diagnostic thing in the book.

Word by word

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha
the Divine Lord said
param
supreme
bhūyaḥ
again
pravakṣhyāmi
I shall explain
jñānānām
of all knowledge
jñānam uttamam
the supreme wisdom
yat
which
jñātvā
knowing
munayaḥ
saints
sarve
all
parām
highest
siddhim
perfection
itaḥ
through this
gatāḥ
attained