Bhagavad Gita 13.11
अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्। एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोऽन्यथा॥
adhyātma-jñāna-nityatvaṁ tattva-jñānārtha-darśanam etaj jñānam iti proktam ajñānaṁ yad ato 'nyathā
Translation
Constancy in spiritual knowledge, perception of the end of knowledge of truth. This is declared to be knowledge; what is otherwise is ignorance.
Reflection
Audit a recent highly-informed conversation. Did any quality from the list show up?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter Thirteen
The list closes with two final entries and a verdict. Adhyatma-jnana-nityatvam, constancy in the knowledge of the self. Not a flash of insight but a sustained orientation. Tattva-jnana-artha-darshanam, looking toward the goal of true-knowledge as one's actual destination. Then the verdict: all of this is jnana. Whatever is otherwise is ajnana. Read this slowly. Krishna has just defined knowledge as a long list of dispositions and practices, not as a body of information. By contrast, ignorance is anything else. Even highly informed states, if they lack humility, non-injury, equability, and ananya-bhakti, count as ignorance here. The chapter has rewritten the criterion.