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Part XIII: The Knower and the Known.1467
Part XIII: The Knower and the Known.
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hen spake Arjuna unto Krishna, the Blessed Lord, saying:
“Pray inform me, Blessed Lord, concerning that which we call the
Personal Self, and that great Something beyond and above this, which we
call the ‘I,’ or ‘Ego,’ or perchance, the ‘Soul,’ which knows. Tell me of this
Knower and also of the Known, or which is seemingly Known.”
Krishna: “That which thou calleth thy Personal Self, Arjuna, is called by
philosophers, ‘The Known.’ That which thou calleth the ‘I,’ the ‘Ego,’ or the
‘Soul,’ is called by the philosophers ‘the Knower.’ And remember this, O
Prince, that I am the Knower of the Known in whatever form it may appear
and manifest. This understanding of the Knower and the Known is esteemed
by Me as Wisdom worthy of attainment.
“Now, listen to My words, while I inform thee of the nature of the Known;
what it resembleth; what are its various parts; from what it proceedeth; and
also what is That which Knoweth the Known, and what are Its characteristics.
Briefly will I state it—that which has been sung by the Sages in various chants;
and which appeareth in manifold verses of the sacred writings, with many
reasonings, arguments and proofs.
“The Personal Self is made up of the five Mahabuta, or Principles, known
as follows, by the teachers: Ahankara, or the Consciousness of Personality;