Chapter 17 · Verse 25 · Sraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 17.25
Sanskrit
तदित्यनभिसन्धाय फलं यज्ञतपःक्रियाः।दानक्रियाश्च विविधाः क्रियन्ते मोक्षकाङ्क्षि।।17.25।।
Transliteration
tad ity anabhisandhāya phalaṁ yajña-tapaḥ-kriyāḥ dāna-kriyāśh cha vividhāḥ kriyante mokṣha-kāṅkṣhibhiḥ
In plain words
You're exhausted because you're white-knuckling the results—the marriage saved, the debt returned, the diagnosis reversed, the answer to 'what am I meant to do.' Krishna says: pour your whole self into what's in front of you—your prayers, your work, your care—but release your stranglehold on how it turns out. The moment you stop performing for a specific ending and start offering your effort itself as an act of love, the anxiety loosens its grip.
Word by Word
When you invoke the sacred syllable 'Tat'—that transcendent reality beyond all names and forms—you align your entire being with the Absolute, and from that alignment, all action flows naturally without grasping for results. The seeker who performs sacrifice, austerity, and charity while holding this sacred word in consciousness performs these acts as offerings to the Divine rather than transactions for personal gain.
This is the alchemy that transforms duty into devotion and action into worship. In modern life, this means approaching your work, your service, even your struggles with the inner knowing that you are participating in something greater than yourself—and watch how this shifts everything.
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Bhagavad Gita 17.25 — BG 17.25
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