Chapter 2 · The Yoga of Analysis

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 2.46

यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वत: सम्प्लुतोदके तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानत:

yāvān artha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake tāvānsarveṣhu vedeṣhu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ

Recitation · Text 2.46
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (10 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Krishna offers an analogy: whatever purpose is served by a small well is equally served, and more, by a great reservoir of water — so it is with the Vedas for the one who knows the Absolute Truth. Depth of realization, he implies, makes narrower paths unnecessary, not forbidden.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Krishna isn't rejecting smaller paths here — he's saying a deeper realization simply makes them unnecessary, not forbidden.