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Chapter 10 · Verse 10 · Vibhooti Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 10.10

devotional Bhakti & Devotion

Sanskrit

तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम्। ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते।।10.10।।

Transliteration

teṣhāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te

In plain words

When you're lost—unsure of your purpose, drowning in anxiety, or punishing yourself for not knowing the way forward—you're still trying to figure it out alone. Krishna says: stop straining. The moment you turn toward the sacred, not for what you'll get but simply because your heart recognizes home there, a different kind of knowing wakes up in you. That knowing is not yours to manufacture. It arrives when you stop grasping and simply love.

Word by Word

teṣhām to them
satata-yuktānām ever steadfast
bhajatām who engage in devotion
prīti-pūrvakam with love
dadāmi I give
buddhi-yogam divine knowledge
tam that
yena by which
mām to me
upayānti come
te they
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals here the deepest secret of grace: when your heart surrenders in constant devotion, when love becomes your native language with the Divine, He doesn't withhold Himself—He actively grants you the buddhi-yoga, the divine intelligence that dissolves all distance between you and Him. This is not reward for performance, but the natural overflow of a heart aligned with love.

In your modern life, this means the moment you stop treating spirituality as a transaction and begin loving the sacred for its own sake, clarity and guidance flow to you with effortless grace.

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Bhagavad Gita 10.10 — BG 10.10

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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