7.26 I know all; no one knows me Krishna speaks

वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन
भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन

vedāhaṁ samatītāni vartamānāni chārjuna
bhaviṣhyāṇi cha bhūtāni māṁ tu veda na kaśhchana

I know all beings past, present and yet to come, Arjuna — but no one knows me.

Explanation

I know all beings. No one knows me.

Past, present and to come — and then the second half of the line withdraws every symmetry the chapter had built.

Set it against 7.2, which promised that knowing this leaves nothing further to be known. Twenty-four verses later, the promise stands and so does its refusal, and the chapter simply lets both sit there.

Going further

I know all beings, past, present and to come. But no one knows me.

The chapter opened by promising complete knowledge and closes this thought by withholding it. Both halves are meant. Whatever the text is offering, it is not symmetrical, and it does not pretend the offer amounts to mastery.

Word by word

veda: know
aham: I
samatītāni: the past
vartamānāni: the present
cha: and
arjuna: Arjun
bhaviṣhyāṇi: the future
cha: also
bhūtāni: all living beings
mām: me
tu: but
veda: knows
na kaśhchana: no one