Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 11: The Vision of the Cosmic Form

Bhagavad Gita 11.38

tvamādidevaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇa- stvamasya viśvasya paraṃ nidhānam | vettāsi vedyaṃ ca paraṃ ca dhāma tvayā tataṃ viśvamanantarūpa ||

You are the first of the gods, the ancient Person. You are the ultimate resting place of this universe. You are the knower, what is to be known, and the supreme abode. The universe is pervaded by you, O you of infinite form.

Modern context

'You are the knower and what is to be known.' The divine is both the one who knows and what is known. This is a striking idea. In ordinary knowing, there is a subject and an object, a mind and a thing. At the deepest level, Arjuna sees, these are not two. The awareness that knows and the reality that is known are one. That is the heart of many Indian schools of thought.