Chapter 18 · Verse 17 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 18.17
Sanskrit
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।
Transliteration
yasya nāhankṛito bhāvo buddhir yasya na lipyate hatvā ‘pi sa imāl lokān na hanti na nibadhyate
In plain words
You are carrying a weight that was never yours to carry — the belief that you are solely responsible for what happens, that your choices are entirely your own, that the outcome rests on your shoulders alone. Krishna says: when you stop claiming ownership of your actions, when you see that you are a vessel through which life moves, the crushing weight of guilt, blame, and self-judgment dissolves. You can act — decisively, even painfully — without being destroyed by the consequences.
Word by Word
When the doer-ship dissolves in you—when you realize that the ego claiming authorship is itself an illusion—your intellect rests in the truth of what you are, untouched by the world's movements. Even in the midst of action, even in the hardest choices life demands, you neither commit harm nor bind yourself to consequences, because you have seen through the illusion of being the actor.
This is the freedom available to you right now: not by withdrawing from life, but by withdrawing belief from the false self that claims ownership of what flows through you.
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Bhagavad Gita 18.17 — BG 18.17
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