Chapter 18 · Verse 30 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 18.30
Sanskrit
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये।बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी।।18.30।।
Transliteration
pravṛittiṁ cha nivṛittiṁ cha kāryākārye bhayābhaye bandhaṁ mokṣhaṁ cha yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī
In plain words
You are paralyzed trying to figure out the right move—whether to leave or stay, fight or surrender, grasp or release—and the uncertainty itself has become its own prison. Krishna says: the sharpest mind is not the one that knows all the answers, but the one that can see clearly what truly binds you and what truly sets you free. Stop asking only 'What should I do?' and ask instead 'What is true about this situation?'—and notice how the fog begins to lift.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals that the highest intellect is the one which sees with perfect clarity—understanding what action binds the soul and what liberation demands, recognizing fear as the prison of ignorance and fearlessness as the doorway to freedom. This is not mere intellectual knowledge, but the lived wisdom of a consciousness awake to its own nature.
'—you touch this sattvic intelligence that dissolves the very ground of bondage.
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Bhagavad Gita 18.30 — BG 18.30
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