— Bhagavad Gita 7.18 (tr. Swami Swarupananda, 1909)
About this quote
This verse comes from Chapter 7 of the Bhagavad Gita, Jnana Vijnana Yoga (The Yoga of Knowledge and Realisation) — Krishna as the essence within all things — the taste in water, the light in sun and moon — and the rarity of those who truly seek.
The Bhagavad Gita — ‘the Song of the Lord’ — is the dialogue between Krishna and the warrior Arjuna set within the Mahabharata, and one of the most influential spiritual texts ever composed. English translation by Swami Swarupananda (1909), a public-domain rendering from the Sanskrit; the exact chapter and verse are cited with this quote.
