Chapter 11 · Verse 33 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 11.33
Sanskrit
तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व जित्वा शत्रून् भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम्। मयैवैते निहताः पूर्वमेव निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन्।।11.33।।
Transliteration
tasmāt tvam uttiṣhṭha yaśho labhasva jitvā śhatrūn bhuṅkṣhva rājyaṁ samṛiddham mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvam eva nimitta-mātraṁ bhava savya-sāchin
In plain words
You are carrying a weight that was never yours to carry—the weight of making everything turn out right, of being responsible for outcomes you cannot control. Krishna says: the outcome is already written; your only job is to show up and do what is in front of you, without clinging to whether it succeeds or fails. When you stop trying to force the future into being, you find the strength to act from clarity instead of fear.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals the ultimate secret of action: you are never truly the doer. The enemies are already slain in the cosmic design; your role is to move as an instrument of divine will.
This doesn't diminish your responsibility—it liberates you from the crushing weight of personal authorship. When you truly accept that you are merely the bow, not the archer, fear dissolves and right action flows naturally from duty, not from ego's desperate grip on outcomes.
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Bhagavad Gita 11.33 — BG 11.33
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