7.2

Sanskrit

ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः । यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते ॥ २ ॥

jñānaṃ te'haṃ savijñānam idaṃ vakṣyāmy aśeṣataḥ yaj jñātvā neha bhūyo'nyaj jñātavyam avaśiṣyate

Translation

I will declare to thee this knowledge and wisdom in its completeness, which, having known, there is nothing more here needeth to be known.

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

Krishna distinguishes jnana (knowledge) from vijnana (its applied, experiential counterpart) without pausing to define the difference — a distinction Chapter 7’s own structure demonstrates: verses 4-12 lay out doctrine, while verses 16-30 return repeatedly to how that doctrine is lived, misunderstood, or realized in practice. The claim of completeness here — nothing further remains to be known — is a strong opening bid that verse 3 immediately qualifies by conceding how few people actually arrive at it.