BG 7.19

बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।
वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥
bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate
vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ

Word-for-word meanings

ante — after;  bahūnām — many;  janmanām — births;  jñānavān — the person endowed with the wisdom;  vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti — that “Vāsudeva is everything;  ” prapadyate — surrenders;  mām — unto Me;  saḥ — such;  mahā-ātmā — a great person;  sudurlabhaḥ — is extremely rare.

Translation

After many births, the person endowed with the wisdom that “Vāsudeva* is everything” surrenders unto Me. Such a great person is extremely rare.

Notes

* Vāsudeva is another name for Kṛṣṇa and means “the son of Vasudeva.”

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