Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 10: The Divine Glories

Bhagavad Gita 10.13

āhustvāmṛṣayaḥ sarve devarṣirnāradastathā | asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṃ caiva bravīṣi me ||

So say all the seers, and the divine seer Narada, and Asita, Devala, and Vyasa; and now you yourself are telling me so.

Modern context

Arjuna had heard this from others: Narada, Asita, Devala, Vyasa. All the sages had said it. But now Krishna himself is saying it, and that makes the difference. Many truths reach us first second-hand, through teachers and books. There comes a moment when the same truth speaks to us directly, and only then does it become fully real.