Chapter 13 · Verse 18 · Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 13.18
Sanskrit
ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते।ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम्।।13.18।।
Transliteration
jyotiṣhām api taj jyotis tamasaḥ param uchyate jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ jñāna-gamyaṁ hṛidi sarvasya viṣhṭhitam
In plain words
When you're lost in darkness—whether it's doubt about who you are, the weight of anxiety, or the fog of not knowing your purpose—you're looking in the wrong direction. Krishna says: the light you're searching for isn't somewhere else; it's already alive in your own heart, waiting for you to turn your attention inward and notice it's there. Stop seeking permission or proof outside yourself. The answer, the strength, the knowing you need—it's already yours.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals the ultimate truth: the Self dwells beyond all luminaries, transcending darkness and ignorance itself. This consciousness is simultaneously knowledge, the knower, and the path to knowing — it is the singular reality animating every heart.
Knowledge here is not intellectual accumulation but direct recognition of your own infinite nature, the witness of all experience. When you stop seeking truth outside yourself and turn inward with sincere attention, you meet this Self already present, waiting only for your recognition.
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Bhagavad Gita 13.18 — BG 13.18
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