Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 Verse 19
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 7 श्लोक 19

बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते।
वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः।।7.19।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
7.19. At the end of many births, one attains Me with the conviction that All is Vasudeva - that noble Soul is very difficult to get.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
7.16-19 Caturvidhah  etc.,  upto  sudurlabhah.  Those  who  worship Me are men of good action.  They are of four types.  All these are noble ones.  For, other persons,  mean-minded as they are,  beg a cure of  their  affliction, and money etc., from persons who have hands, feet, stomach, body and intelligence  (or bodily strength)  that are eal to their  (the beggers)  own, or even from those who are very much inferior.  But, by comparison with the man of wisdom,  [the other three under estion]  are of inferior intelligence.  For, they entertain, at that sage too, a sense of duality.  Becuase, a sense of duality  I  seek this from the Bhagavat  is clearly  discernible in them.  On the other hand,  the man of  wisdom hangs on Me alone with a sense of identity  [of him with Me].  Hence, I am verily  indentical with him.  It is I alone, and not [any other] gain,  that is dear to him.  That is why he is having a mind purified by the firm conviction  All is nothing but Vasudeva.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 7.19Bahoonaam janmanaamante jnaanavaanmaam prapadyate;
Vaasudevah sarvamiti sa mahaatmaa sudurlabhah.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 7.19bahūnām—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