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Chapter 15 · Verse 13 · Purushottama Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 15.13

devotional Attachment & Letting Go

Sanskrit

गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः।।15.13।।

Transliteration

gām āviśhya cha bhūtāni dhārayāmy aham ojasā puṣhṇāmi chauṣhadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ

In plain words

You are not alone in this moment, even when it feels like everything is slipping through your fingers. Krishna says: I am here, holding you and every living thing in existence through a power far greater than your worry or your will—and that same intelligence that sustains the moon and feeds the earth is sustaining you right now, even when you cannot feel it. Let go of needing to see the whole picture; you are already being nourished, already being held.

Word by Word

gām earth
āviśhya permeating
cha and
bhūtāni living beings
dhārayāmi sustain
aham I
ojasā energy
puṣhṇāmi nourish
cha and
auṣhadhīḥ plants
sarvāḥ all
somaḥ the moon
bhūtvā becoming
rasa-ātmakaḥ supplying the juice of life
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals here the secret sustaining force behind all existence—He permeates the earth and holds every creature in being through His energy, becoming the very essence of nourishment that flows through moon and plant alike. This is not an abstract cosmic principle but the intimate presence of the Divine maintaining your breath, your body, your life at every moment.

When you truly recognize this, the urgency to grasp and control dissolves, replaced by a quiet trust that you are held within an intelligence far vaster than your ego.

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Bhagavad Gita 15.13 — BG 15.13

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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