In the next verse, he says: "Kavim Purāṇam anuśāsitāram, aṇor aṇīyāṁsam anu smaret yaḥ, sarvasya dhātāram acintya-rūpam, āditya-varṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt, (BG 8.9)" starting with the first word, which is Kavim, which means "the one who knows everything." So he knows everything; he knows everything about us. And this is a very powerful meditation, because mostly we have difficulty with our relationships because people only partially know us, and sometimes they misunderstand us. But when we're standing before the one who knows everything about us, it's a kind of light where we can be ourselves and just say, "All right, you already know everything about me, so why should I try to make a mask here? I'll just reveal myself to you." It's a way of letting when we chant, is to say, "Kṛṣṇa knows everything. He knows everything about me. He's the closest one to me." He confirms that in another chapter: "Vedāhaṁ samatītāni, vartamānāni cārjuna, bhaviṣyāṇi ca bhūtāni, māṁ tu veda na kaścana." Basically, he says, "I know everything. I know everyone."

This is a solace that we can take when we're chanting Hare Krishna—just to be aware that Krishna is aware of us. He's supremely aware of every living being, but as far as our personal relationship, he knows us. And when we're chanting, he knows the mood we're chanting in, so we could practice refining the mood we chant in and just being vulnerable: "Kṛṣṇa, you know me. You know everything about me. Please shine your light on me and just reveal everything so that I can be ananya-cetāḥ - my consciousness can just be unalloyed in my mood towards you. You are my master. I'm your servant.

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