Chapter 18 · Verse 29 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 18.29
Sanskrit
बुद्धेर्भेदं धृतेश्चैव गुणतस्त्रिविधं श्रृणु।प्रोच्यमानमशेषेण पृथक्त्वेन धनञ्जय।।18.29।।
Transliteration
buddher bhedaṁ dhṛiteśh chaiva guṇatas tri-vidhaṁ śhṛiṇu prochyamānam aśheṣheṇa pṛithaktvena dhanañjaya
Word by Word
Krishna now reveals the three-fold nature of intellect and determination itself—showing us that even our capacity to know and decide is colored by the gunas we embody. This is the liberating insight: what we thought was 'our' mind is actually a field of natural forces playing out.
When you observe your own thoughts without claiming ownership of them, you begin to step into the witness consciousness that transcends all three gunas, becoming the seer rather than the seen.
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Bhagavad Gita 18.29 — BG 18.29
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