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7.19 After many births Krishna speaks

बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते
वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः

bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate
vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ

After many births, one who knows comes to me, understanding that all this is Vasudeva. Such a soul is very rare.

Explanation

After many births, and rarely.

One who knows comes to him understanding that all this is Vasudeva — and such a soul is su-durlabhaḥ, very hard to find.

Which returns to 7.3's arithmetic. The chapter opens the door to four kinds of people and keeps saying, without contradiction, that almost nobody walks all the way through it.

Word by word

bahūnām
many
janmanām
births
ante
after
jñāna-vān
one who is endowed with knowledge
mām
unto me
prapadyate
surrenders
vāsudevaḥ
Shree Krishna, the son of Vasudev
sarvam
all
iti
that
saḥ
that
mahā-ātmā
great soul
su-durlabhaḥ
very rare