This is one of the most famous, climactic verses in the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna reveals the absolute endpoint of human evolution. He declares: At the very end of many, many births and lifetimes of searching (bahūnāṃ janmanām ante), the one who has acquired true, ultimate wisdom (jñānavān) completely surrenders and takes refuge in Me (māṃ prapadyate). What is the realization that triggers this final surrender? It is the staggering realization that 'Vasudeva (the Supreme Absolute) is literally everything' (vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti). Krishna concludes: Such a great, expansive soul (sa mahātmā) is extraordinarily, exceedingly rare (su-durlabhaḥ).