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Chapter 12 · Verse 7 · Bhakti Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 12.7

devotional Bhakti & Devotion Moksha & Liberation Attachment & Letting Go

Sanskrit

तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात्।भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम्।।12.7।।

Transliteration

teṣhām ahaṁ samuddhartā mṛityu-saṁsāra-sāgarāt bhavāmi na chirāt pārtha mayy āveśhita-chetasām

Word by Word

teṣhām of those
aham I
samuddhartā the deliverer
mṛityu-saṁsāra-sāgarāt from the ocean of birth and death
bhavāmi (I) become
na not
chirāt after a long time
pārtha Arjun, the son of Pritha
mayi with me
āveśhita chetasām of those whose consciousness is united
Simplified Perspective

Lord Krishna makes an astonishing promise here: those who anchor their consciousness in Him are rescued from the drowning ocean of birth and death not through distant, merit-laden effort, but swiftly and directly. This is the supreme grace of bhakti—the moment your heart turns completely toward the Divine, the machinery of liberation begins.

For us today, this means that authentic spiritual transformation doesn't require perfection or decades of striving; it requires only the honest surrender of your whole attention to what matters most.

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Bhagavad Gita 12.7 — BG 12.7

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

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