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Bhagavad  -ը     ɡitā      As It Is
[Ch. 10]
Bhagavad-gītā.   It is not possible by so-called academic education. Unfortunately those proud of their academic education, despite so much evidence in Vedic literatures, stick to their obstinate conviction that Kṛṣṇa is an ordinary person.
TEXT 14
सर्वमेतदृतं मन्ये यन्मां वदसि केशव । न हि ते भगवन्व्यक्तिं विदुर्देवा न दानवाः ॥१४॥
sarvam etad ṛtaṁ manye 
    yan māṁ vadasi keśava 
    na hi te bhagavan vyaktiṁ 
    vidur devā na dānavāh
sarvam —all;  etat —these;  ṛtam —truths;  manye —accept;  yat —which;  mām —unto me;  vadasi —You tell;  keśava —O Kṛṣṇa;  na —never;  hi —certainly;  te —Your;  bhagavan —O Personality of Godhead;  vyaktim —revelation;  viduḥ —can know;  devāḥ —the demigods;  na —nor;  dānavāḥ —the demons.
TRANSLATION
O Krṣṇa, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me. Neither the gods nor demons, O Lord, know Thy personality.
PURPORT
Arjuna herein confirms that persons of faithless and demonic nature cannot understand Kṛṣṇa. He is not even known by the demigods, so what to speak of the so-called scholars of this modern world? By the grace of the Supreme Lord, Arjuna has understood that the Supreme Truth is Kṛṣṇa and that He is the perfect one. One should therefore follow the path of Arjuna. He received the authority of  Bhagavad-gītā . As described in the Fourth Chapter, the  paramparā  system of disciplic succession for the understanding of  Bhagavad-gītā  was lost, and therefore Kṛṣṇa reestablished that disciplic succession with Arjuna because He considered Arjuna His intimate friend and a great devotee. Therefore, as stated in our Introduction to  Gītopaniṣad ,  Bhagavad-gītā  should be understood in the  paramparā  sys-