Chapter 11 · Verse 55 · Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 11.55
Sanskrit
मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः। निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव।।11.55।।
Transliteration
mat-karma-kṛin mat-paramo mad-bhaktaḥ saṅga-varjitaḥ nirvairaḥ sarva-bhūteṣhu yaḥ sa mām eti pāṇḍava
In plain words
You are carrying the weight of needing things to turn out a certain way—the marriage to heal, the debt to return, the child to be safe, the body to recover—and that grip is what's suffocating you. Krishna says: do what is yours to do with your whole heart, offer it all to something larger than yourself, and release your stranglehold on whether it works. Freedom isn't found in withdrawing from life; it's found in showing up fully while letting go of owning the result.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals the ultimate condition of union: those who consecrate their work to the Divine, who hold Him as the highest reality, who serve with undivided heart yet remain unattached to fruits, and who look upon all beings without enmity—such souls dissolve into the Godhead itself. This is not transcendence of the world but transcendence within it: you act fully, love wholly, yet cling to nothing.
For the modern spiritual seeker, this means your daily responsibilities become your prayer, your relationships become your practice, and your freedom emerges not by withdrawing but by releasing the grip of ego within full engagement.
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Bhagavad Gita 11.55 — BG 11.55
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