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Chapter 10 · Verse 11 · Vibhooti Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 10.11

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Sanskrit

तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः। नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता।।10.11।।

Transliteration

teṣhām evānukampārtham aham ajñāna-jaṁ tamaḥ nāśhayāmyātma-bhāva-stho jñāna-dīpena bhāsvatā

Word by Word

teṣhām for them
eva only
anukampā-artham out of compassion
aham I
ajñāna-jam born of ignorance
tamaḥ darkness
nāśhayāmi destroy
ātma-bhāva within their hearts
sthaḥ dwelling
jñāna of knowledge
dīpena with the lamp
bhāsvatā luminous
Simplified Perspective

Krishna declares that for those who turn toward Him with sincere hearts, He Himself dwells within and dispels the darkness born of ignorance—not through distant judgment, but through intimate compassion. The lamp of knowledge He kindles is not merely intellectual; it is the light of direct recognition of your own true nature, already present but obscured.

When you stop resisting and open to grace, the ignorance that kept you separate from your own Self dissolves naturally. In modern life, this means that the moment you genuinely seek clarity about who you really are—not what you've been told—the obstacles begin to clear, often faster than you expect.

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Bhagavad Gita 10.11 — BG 10.11

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

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