Chapter 18 · Verse 58 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 18.58
Sanskrit
मच्चित्तः सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि।अथ चेत्त्वमहङ्कारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि।।18.58।।
Transliteration
mach-chittaḥ sarva-durgāṇi mat-prasādāt tariṣhyasi atha chet tvam ahankārān na śhroṣhyasi vinaṅkṣhyasi
In plain words
You are exhausted from trying to control what cannot be controlled, from holding on so tight that your grip has become your prison. Krishna says: stop fighting the current of your life, stop insisting you know the way—turn your mind toward something larger than your fear, Krishna speaks of crossing obstacles by grace. That's a teaching about trust, not a timetable. Be kind to the voice that says you should have figured this out by now.
Word by Word
Krishna offers the final doorway: surrender your mind to Him, and by His grace alone, all obstacles dissolve like morning mist. Yet this grace has a condition—it demands the death of ego, that tyrant that whispers you know better.
In our modern struggle between intuition and pride, this verse asks: will you listen to the wisdom calling from your deepest Self, or will you let stubborn certainty be your undoing?
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Bhagavad Gita 18.58 — BG 18.58
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