1.25 – God Is the Source of All Knowledge

tatrā sarvajña-bīja-sam

Translation

In God is the seed of omniscience.

Meaning

God is not only free but also all-knowing. Not knowing in the sense of collecting information, but knowing the totality directly, immediately. All knowledge is contained in God’s being like a seed contains a tree.

This is not mystical abstraction. It means: there is a quality of consciousness in which all knowledge is available, prior to thinking. You are invited to approach it.

Commentary – Vyasa (Yogabhashya)

Vyasa teaches that God’s omniscience is unique: it is not learned or constructed but inherent, self-luminous, needing no effort to know. The yogi, approaching samadhi, approaches this same quality of spontaneous knowing.

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