Word
tattva-vit
Used in 8 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- the knower of the Truth (1)
- persons with knowledge (1)
- one who knows the truth (1)
- having a firm understanding of divine knowledge (1)
- more perfect in Yog (1)
- the knower of the Vedas (1)
- the knower of the meaning of the Vedas (1)
- those with complete knowledge (1)
Every verse
- 3.28तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः।tattva-vit tu mahā-bāho guṇa-karma-vibhāgayoḥBut he who knows the Truth, O mighty-armed Arjuna, about the divisions of the qualities and their functions, knowing that the Gunas, as senses, move amidst the Gunas, as…Here: the knower of the Truth
- 3.29प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु।prakṛiter guṇa-sammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇa-karmasuThose deluded by the qualities of Nature are attached to the functions of the qualities. The man of perfect knowledge should not unsettle the foolish one who is of…Here: persons with knowledge
- 5.8नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्।naiva kiñchit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vitI do nothing at all," thus would the harmonized knower of Truth think, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, going, sleeping, and breathing.Here: one who knows the truth
- 5.20न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।na prahṛiṣhyet priyaṁ prāpya nodvijet prāpya chāpriyamResting in Brahman, with a steady intellect and undeluded, the knower of Brahman neither rejoices upon obtaining what is pleasant nor grieves upon obtaining what is…Here: having a firm understanding of divine knowledge
- 12.1अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।arjuna uvāchaArjuna said, "Which of them are better versed in Yoga—those who steadfastly worship You, or those who worship the imperishable and the unmanifested?"Here: more perfect in Yog
- 15.1श्री भगवानुवाचऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्।śhrī-bhagavān uvāchaThe Blessed Lord said: They (the wise) speak of the indestructible peepul tree, with its roots above and branches below, whose leaves are the meters or hymns; he who…Here: the knower of the Vedas
- 15.15सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि सन्निविष्टो मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनं च।sarvasya chāhaṁ hṛidi sanniviṣhṭoAnd I am seated in the hearts of all; from Me come memory and knowledge, as well as their absence. I am verily That which has to be known by all the Vedas; I am indeed…Here: the knower of the meaning of the Vedas
- 15.19यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम्।yo mām evam asammūḍho jānāti puruṣhottamamHe who, undeluded, knows Me as the highest Purusha, he, knowing all, worships Me with his whole being (heart), O Arjuna.Here: those with complete knowledge