vetti

य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्

vetti — knows

Whoever thinks this is the slayer, and whoever thinks it is slain, neither of them understands. It does not kill and it is not killed.

जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः

vetti — know

One who truly knows my birth and my work as they are, on leaving the body is not born again, but comes to me.

सुखमात्यन्तिकं यत्तद्बुद्धिग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम्

vetti — knows

where one knows that limitless happiness, grasped by the understanding and beyond the senses; and standing there, does not stray from what is true —

मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्िचद्यतति सिद्धये

vetti — knows

Among thousands, one strives for perfection; and among those who strive and reach it, one perhaps knows me as I am.

यो मामजमनादिं च वेत्ति लोकमहेश्वरम्

vetti — know

One who knows me as unborn, without beginning, the great lord of the worlds, is undeluded among mortals and freed of all fault.

एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः

vetti — know

One who truly knows these glories and powers of mine is joined to me by unwavering practice. Of this there is no doubt.

इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते

vetti — knows

This body, son of Kunti, is called the field; and one who knows it is called the knower of the field.

य एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणैःसह

vetti — understand

One who thus knows the person and nature together with the strands is not born again, however they live.

नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति

vetti — know

When one who sees perceives no doer other than the strands, and knows what is beyond them, that one reaches my own state.

पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्

vetti — consider

But the knowledge which, seeing separateness, takes the many natures of beings to be distinct in kind, is of restlessness.

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये

vetti — understands

The understanding that knows action and inaction, what should be done and what should not, fear and fearlessness, bondage and release, is of clarity.