Chapter 16 · Verse 5 · Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 16.5
Sanskrit
दैवी सम्पद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता।मा शुचः सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातोऽसि पाण्डव।।16.5।।
Transliteration
daivī sampad vimokṣhāya nibandhāyāsurī matā mā śhuchaḥ sampadaṁ daivīm abhijāto ’si pāṇḍava
In plain words
When you feel worthless, trapped by your mistakes, or convinced you're fundamentally broken, you're listening to a lie about who you are. Krishna says: the light in you is not something you have to earn or become worthy of—it's already yours, woven into the fiber of your being. What binds you is not your nature; it's the choices you make in fear. What frees you is remembering what was never actually lost.
Word by Word
Krishna's words here are medicine for Arjun's doubt—and for us. The divine qualities within you are not borrowed, not learned from external sources, but your very birthright as a conscious being.
The demoniac qualities that bind us are choices we make through ignorance; the divine qualities that liberate us are awakenings within our true nature. When you feel unworthy or trapped by your conditioning, remember: liberation is not foreign to you—it is your original essence calling you home.
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Bhagavad Gita 16.5 — BG 16.5
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