Chapter 13 · Verse 12 · Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 13.12
Sanskrit
अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्।एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोन्यथा।।13.12।।
Transliteration
adhyātma-jñāna-nityatvaṁ tattva-jñānārtha-darśhanam etaj jñānam iti proktam ajñānaṁ yad ato ’nyathā
In plain words
When everything feels scattered—your purpose unclear, your mind spinning with doubt, your pain seeming to define you—you're being pulled away from what you actually are. Krishna says: your deepest nature is unchanging and eternal, untouched by circumstance, failure, or loss. Rest there, even for a moment, and notice whether the noise quiets a little and your real life becomes visible again.
Word by Word
True knowledge is not scattered facts about the world, but the constant awareness of your eternal spiritual nature and the unchanging principles beneath all existence—this unified vision of reality is what the Gita calls jnana. Everything else that pulls you away from this inner knowing, no matter how impressive or detailed, is merely ignorance dressed in clever clothes.
When you rest in this remembrance of what you truly are, beyond body and circumstance, the fragmented mind becomes whole, and life reveals its sacred purpose.
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Bhagavad Gita 13.12 — BG 13.12
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