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Chapter 18 · Verse 54 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 18.54

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Sanskrit

ब्रह्मभूतः प्रसन्नात्मा न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु मद्भक्तिं लभते पराम्।।18.54।।

Transliteration

brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śhochati na kāṅkṣhati samaḥ sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām

Word by Word

brahma-bhūtaḥ one situated in Brahman
prasanna-ātmā mentally serene
na neither
śhochati grieving
na nor
kāṅkṣhati desiring
samaḥ equitably disposed
sarveṣhu toward all
bhūteṣhu living beings
mat-bhaktim devotion to me
labhate attains
parām supreme
Simplified Perspective

When the seeker dissolves into Brahman consciousness, the agitation of the mind ceases naturally—there is no more grasping, no more resistance, only an equanimous awareness that sees the Divine equally in all beings. This is not detachment born of indifference, but the highest devotion: a heart so merged with the Infinite that it loves all creation as itself.

For us today, this means practicing non-judgment toward others and ourselves, recognizing that peace comes not from controlling outcomes but from releasing our compulsive need to change what is.

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Bhagavad Gita 18.54 — BG 18.54

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