Chapter 18 · Verse 21 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 18.21
Sanskrit
पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्।वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम्।।18.21।।
Transliteration
pṛithaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ nānā-bhāvān pṛithag-vidhān vetti sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam
In plain words
You are fragmenting yourself into pieces—worry about one child, rage at one spouse, guilt about one debt, fear of one diagnosis—and each piece is consuming you. Krishna says: the suffering you feel multiplies because you've split yourself into a thousand separate battles instead of recognizing the one life flowing through all of it. When you stop dividing the world into enemies and allies, problems and solutions, you find the unshakeable ground beneath all of it—and from there, you can actually help.
Word by Word
Knowledge that fragments reality into separate, disconnected pieces—seeing the body here, the mind there, this person distinct from that one—is knowledge born of passion and restlessness. It satisfies the intellect with complexity and multiplicity, but misses the unified consciousness that dances through all existence.
When you obsessively analyze differences instead of recognizing the one Self appearing in infinite forms, you remain trapped in the fever of becoming. In your daily life, notice when you're categorizing people, judging situations as fundamentally separate from yourself—this is the invitation to turn inward and feel the deeper belonging that connects all beings.
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Bhagavad Gita 18.21 — BG 18.21
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