Sanskrit
सर्गाणामादिरन्तश्च मध्यं चैवाहमर्जुन । अध्यात्मविद्या विद्यानां वादः प्रवदतामहम् ॥ ३२ ॥
sargāṇām ādir antaś ca madhyaṃ caivāham arjuna adhyātmavidyā vidyānāṃ vādaḥ pravadatām aham
Translation
Of creations the beginning and the ending, and also the middle am I, O Arjuna. Of sciences the science concerning the Self; the speech of orators I.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Returns to verse 20’s structural claim — beginning, middle, and end, now of creations specifically — before naming adhyātmavidyā, “the science concerning the Self,” among branches of knowledge. It’s the third explicit atman reference in the chapter, after verse 11’s inner self and verse 20’s ātmā, and notable that self-knowledge is singled out from every possible science as Krishna’s particular vibhuti among them.
Concepts