Krishna delivers a sobering, mathematical reality check about the rarity of ultimate success. He says: Out of thousands and thousands of human beings (manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu), perhaps only a single one endeavors and strives for true spiritual perfection (kaścid yatati siddhaye). And even among those few who do strive and actually achieve a level of perfection (yatatām api siddhānāṃ), hardly a single one (kaścin) truly knows Me in My absolute, essential reality (māṃ vetti tattvataḥ).