But I know the beings gone wholly by, that have passed away, and those present, O Arjuna, and the beings to come; those too I know. But Me no one knows, save the one devotee, the one who has taken refuge in Me; just for want of the knowledge of the truth of Me, the rest do not worship Me. By what obstruction to the knowledge of the truth of Me are all beings obstructed, so that, as they arise, they do not know Me? In answer He says.

All beings, past, present, and to come, I know. But no one knows Me. Among the beings of the three times, who are objects of My dwelling-on, no one is found who, having known Me, the Vasudeva of such a kind, descended so that all might take refuge in Me, resorts to Me alone. This is the meaning. So the man of knowledge is exceedingly hard to find indeed.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Maya does not bind Me, Krishna says, with 'I know'. No one, however able, knows Me by his own power.