Jnanavijnanatriptatma

Krishna defines the yukta yogi — the one who is truly connected. Three qualities come first: satisfied by both knowledge and lived experience, steady like a rock that neither wind nor tide can shift, and fully in command of the senses.

Then comes the striking test: this yogi sees a lump of clay, a stone, and a piece of gold as equal. Not because gold has no market value, but because none of these objects pulls the mind. When nothing outside triggers craving, everything registers as simply what it is — matter in different forms.

This is not about poverty or indifference to the world. It is about the absence of pull. A magnet loses interest in iron once it is demagnetized. The yukta yogi has been 'demagnetized' — objects exist around them, but none drags the attention away from the Self.

This verse defines 'yukta' — one connected to the Supreme. The Gita uses this word repeatedly, and here it receives both an inner and outer description: inner satisfaction through jnana and vijnana, outer equanimity toward material things.

Jnana means knowledge from scripture and study. Vijnana means knowledge from direct personal experience. Together they produce a satisfaction that needs nothing more. Mere book-learning is not enough — the knowledge must be lived.