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Chapter 18 · Verse 55 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 18.55

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Sanskrit

भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः।ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम्।।18.55।।

Transliteration

bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaśh chāsmi tattvataḥ tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā viśhate tad-anantaram

Word by Word

bhaktyā by loving devotion
mām me
abhijānāti one comes to know
yāvān as much as
yaḥ cha asmi as I am
tattvataḥ in truth
tataḥ then
mām me
tattvataḥ in truth
jñātvā having known
viśhate enters
tat-anantaram thereafter
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals the ultimate secret: knowledge of the Divine comes not through intellectual gymnastics alone, but through the warmth of devotion—bhakti melts the barriers between knower and known. When you love the Divine with your whole being, you come to know Him as He truly is, not as a distant concept but as the living reality dwelling within and beyond all existence.

This knowing is not abstract—it transforms you completely, and in that transformation, you naturally dissolve into His infinite nature. In our modern world of fragmentation and analysis, this teaches us that the deepest truths are not conquered by the mind but received by the heart, and that genuine knowledge always leads to genuine change.

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Bhagavad Gita 18.55 — BG 18.55

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

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