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Chapter 18 · Verse 64 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 18.64

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Sanskrit

सर्वगुह्यतमं भूयः श्रृणु मे परमं वचः।इष्टोऽसि मे दृढमिति ततो वक्ष्यामि ते हितम्।।18.64।।

Transliteration

sarva-guhyatamaṁ bhūyaḥ śhṛiṇu me paramaṁ vachaḥ iṣhṭo ‘si me dṛiḍham iti tato vakṣhyāmi te hitam

Word by Word

sarva-guhya-tamam the most confidential of all
bhūyaḥ again
śhṛiṇu hear
me by me
paramam supreme
vachaḥ instruction
iṣhṭaḥ asi you are dear
me to me
dṛiḍham very
iti thus
tataḥ because
vakṣhyāmi I am speaking
te for your
hitam benefit
Simplified Perspective

Krishna has led Arjuna through eighteen chapters of wisdom, and now He offers the final, most intimate revelation—not as doctrine, but as a gift between beloved and devotee. This is the teaching that transcends all teachings: the direct path of surrender and love, where knowledge becomes lived truth.

In our modern spiritual search, this verse invites us to stop collecting wisdom like objects and instead receive the teachings that speak directly to our deepest longing for freedom and homecoming.

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Bhagavad Gita 18.64 — BG 18.64

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

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