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Chapter 11 · Verse 33 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 11.33

empowering Karma & Action Dharma & Duty Attachment & Letting Go

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

Word by Word

tasmāt therefore
tvam you
uttiṣhṭha arise
yaśhaḥ honor
labhasva attain
jitvā conquer
śhatrūn foes
bhuṅkṣhva enjoy
rājyam kingdom
samṛiddham prosperous
mayā by me
eva indeed
ete these
nihatāḥ slain
pūrvam already
eva nimitta-mātram only an instrument
bhava become
savya-sāchin Arjun, the one who can shoot arrows with both hands
Simplified Perspective

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

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