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Chapter 18 · Verse 50 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 18.50

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Sanskrit

सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा।।18.50।।

Transliteration

siddhiṁ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣhṭhā jñānasya yā parā

Word by Word

siddhim perfection
prāptaḥ attained
yathā how
brahma Brahman
tathā also
āpnoti attain
nibodha hear
me from me
samāsena briefly
eva indeed
kaunteya Arjun, the son of Kunti
niṣhṭhā firmly fixed
jñānasya of knowledge
which
parā transcendental
Simplified Perspective

In this final teaching, Krishna reveals that perfection in knowledge and action is one seamless attainment—those who reach mastery in their dharma touch the very nature of Brahman itself. The highest knowledge is not a distant abstraction but the lived realization that the doer, the action, and the divine are never separate.

When you abandon the illusion of being the actor and align completely with your duty, you discover that liberation was always your nature—and this recognition transforms how you show up in work, relationships, and the world around you.

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Bhagavad Gita 18.50 — BG 18.50

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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