Chapter 18 · Verse 46 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 18.46
Sanskrit
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः।।18.46।।
Transliteration
yataḥ pravṛittir bhūtānāṁ yena sarvam idaṁ tatam sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarchya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ
In plain words
You're lost about what you're supposed to be doing, or you're doing your work but it feels hollow and joyless—just another grind to survive. Krishna says: when you stop doing your job *for yourself* and start doing it as an offering to something larger than your own hunger, the exhaustion can ease and meaning has room to grow. Your hands become an instrument of grace, not a tool of ego.
Word by Word
From the eternal source flows all creation, and by that same divine intelligence all worlds are sustained and woven together. When you perform your natural work as an offering to this supreme consciousness, you transcend the ego's narrow claims and align yourself with the cosmic order itself.
This is not mere duty done mechanically—it is worship, a recognition that the divine flows through your hands and your gifts. In our modern fragmentation, this teaching restores wholeness: your work becomes sacred when offered as service to something greater than personal gain.
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Bhagavad Gita 18.46 — BG 18.46
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