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Chapter 13 · Verse 8 · Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 13.8

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Sanskrit

अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम्।आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः।।13.8।।

Transliteration

amānitvam adambhitvam ahinsā kṣhāntir ārjavam āchāryopāsanaṁ śhauchaṁ sthairyam ātma-vinigrahaḥ

Word by Word

amānitvam humbleness
adambhitvam freedom from hypocrisy
ahinsā non-violence
kṣhāntiḥ forgiveness
ārjavam simplicity
āchārya-upāsanam service of the Guru
śhaucham cleanliness of body and mind
sthairyam steadfastness
ātma-vinigrahaḥ self-control
Simplified Perspective

Krishna unveils the nine pillars of spiritual maturity — not as external rules, but as the natural flowering of a consciousness turned inward. When the ego dissolves, humility blooms; when the heart awakens, violence becomes impossible; when the mind settles, all these virtues arise spontaneously as one's true nature.

In our modern rush, we chase virtue as achievement, when the real work is to remove the obstacles — the pride, the pretense, the restlessness — that obscure what we already are.

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Bhagavad Gita 13.8 — BG 13.8

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