Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 - Jnana Vignana Yoga - Sloka 19

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission
The jnani is further extolled :-
Four Types of Virtuous Men - 16-19
1 Gita Sloka  every day - Chapter 7 - Jnana Vignana Yoga - Sloka 19

Ahobila - Prahlada Narasimhar

Bahunam janmanam ante gyanavan mam prapadyante I

Vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma sudurlabhah II sloka 19

बहूनां जन्मनां अन्ते ज्ञानवान माम प्रपद्यन्ते ।

वासुदेवः सर्वं इति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ।। श्लोक १९

At the end of many births, the man of wisdom takes refuge in me, realising that Vasudeva is all that is. Rare indeed is such a great soul.

 When a sadhaka begins to give practical shape to his learning that it is God who has become everything, he is styled a jnani even in that initial stage. But quite a number of sadhakas take innumerable births before they gain complete realisation and get fixed in the truth that God alone puts on the appearance of the phenomenon. The man who has attained this acme of realisation is indeed rare in the world. He is verily a god among men. The 3rd stanza of this chapter also deals with this great soul.

The practise of this tenet of vedanta contributes directly and indirectly to the welfare of the world. By viewing all beings as veritable divinities, the sadhaka elevates himself in spiritual stature. This is the benefit directly derived. The indirect benefit consists in the others being unconsciously divinized. The more one is deified, the more the devil in one is eradicated.