Chapter 13 · Verse 15 · Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 13.15
Sanskrit
सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम्।असक्तं सर्वभृच्चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च।।13.15।।
Transliteration
sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaṁ sarvendriya-vivarjitam asaktaṁ sarva-bhṛich chaiva nirguṇaṁ guṇa-bhoktṛi cha
In plain words
You are being crushed right now by things you cannot control—a marriage slipping away, a body that won't cooperate, a future that won't come into focus, the weight of other people's pain. Krishna says: there is a part of you that is watching all of this, untouched and whole, even now. Your deepest self is not the anxious mind doing the worrying. It's the silent witness behind it all—and that witness is already free.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals the supreme paradox of consciousness itself: the Witness that perceives all sense-objects yet remains untouched by them, sustaining the entire cosmos while remaining utterly free from its qualities. This is the Self beyond the mind's reach—simultaneously transcendent and intimately present in every atom.
When you truly recognize this witnessing awareness within yourself, you discover that your deepest nature is already free, already complete, watching the dance of life without being bound by any of it.
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Bhagavad Gita 13.15 — BG 13.15
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