Sanskrit
नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः । मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम् ॥ २५ ॥
nāhaṃ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yogamāyāsamāvṛtaḥ mūḍho'yaṃ nābhijānāti loko mām ajam avyayam
Translation
Nor am I of all discovered, enveloped in My creation-illusion. This deluded world knoweth Me not, the unborn, the imperishable.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Krishna states his own concealment directly: not manifest to all, veiled by yoga-maya, so “this deluded world” fails to recognize him as unborn and imperishable — the same self-concealment that makes verse 24’s confusion possible in the first place. It’s a deliberately unresolved tension the Gita doesn’t fully return to until chapter 9’s own meditation on being hidden in plain sight.