Chapter 18 · Verse 13 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 18.13
Sanskrit
पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे।सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्।।18.13।।
Transliteration
pañchaitāni mahā-bāho kāraṇāni nibodha me sānkhye kṛitānte proktāni siddhaye sarva-karmaṇām
In plain words
You're drowning in the weight of outcomes—the marriage that might fail, the debt that won't return, the exam you can't control, the child you can't protect. Krishna says: you have no power over results, only over what you do right now with honest effort and clear intention. The moment you stop fighting what you cannot command and pour yourself into what's actually in your hands, the heaviness can lift.
Word by Word
Krishna now opens the door to the deepest secret: that all action—even the most bewildering karma—rests on five pillars that your own consciousness can master. These five causes are not obstacles to your liberation; they are the very skeleton key to unlock every knot you've tied.
When you understand that your body, your instruments, your effort, your fate, and the Divine will all play their parts without your ego claiming authorship, you stop fighting reality and start flowing with it. In your modern life, this means recognizing that worry about outcomes is a waste of the only power you truly have—your clear intention and honest effort right now.
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Bhagavad Gita 18.13 — BG 18.13
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