But the fruits of these people, whose minds are limited, are temporary. Those who worship the gods go to the gods; but My devotees come to Me.
This verse stresses the temporary nature of rewards from worshiping other deities, guiding Arjuna to appreciate the lasting fulfillment of devotion to Krishna alone.
The unintelligent think of Me as having a manifested form, not knowing My higher, immutable, and most excellent nature.
Krishna critiques the misunderstanding of His true, unmanifest nature, emphasizing the limitation of human perception in grasping divine reality fully.
I am not manifest to everyone, covered by My divine energy. This deluded world does not know Me as the unborn and eternal.
By describing His concealed nature, Krishna helps Arjuna understand why the world fails to recognize divinity, reinforcing the idea of maya as a veiling force.
I know the past, present, and future, Arjuna, but no one knows Me.
Krishna’s omniscience is presented as encompassing past, present, and future, underscoring His transcendental position beyond time and space.
All living beings are deluded at birth by the dualities arising from desire and hatred, Arjuna.
Krishna identifies desire and aversion as the roots of delusion, offering insight into the psychological factors that bind beings to the cycle of birth and death.
Those people whose sins have been destroyed by virtuous deeds, free from the delusion of dualities, worship Me with determination.
The role of virtuous actions in freeing one from delusion prepares Arjuna to see devotion as both a practice and a result of spiritual purification.
Striving for liberation from old age and death, taking refuge in Me, they come to know Brahman, the Self, and all karma.
Krishna ties liberation from old age and death to knowledge of the divine, bridging Arjuna’s understanding of karma, Brahman, and the Self.
