Chapter 13 · Verse 9 · Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 13.9
Sanskrit
इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च।जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम्।।13.9।।
Transliteration
indriyārtheṣhu vairāgyam anahankāra eva cha janma-mṛityu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣhānudarśhanam
In plain words
You are afraid of loss—of health, of time, of the people you love. You grip so hard at staying young, staying well, staying in control, and the gripping itself becomes your suffering. Krishna says: the moment you see clearly that aging, sickness, and death come for everyone in a body, you stop fighting reality and start living what remains. That clarity is not despair—it is the ground where peace becomes possible.
Word by Word
This verse reveals the hallmarks of true wisdom: a heart untethered from sensory cravings and an ego dissolving like morning mist. When you see clearly that birth, death, aging, and disease are woven into the fabric of embodied existence, you stop grasping at pleasure as your salvation.
This sobering vision is not meant to depress you—it frees you to seek what is eternal, unshaken by the body's inevitable decay.
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Bhagavad Gita 13.9 — BG 13.9
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