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Chapter 18 · Verse 65 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 18.65

surrendering Bhakti & Devotion Attachment & Letting Go

Sanskrit

मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु।मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे।।18.65।।

Transliteration

man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru mām evaiṣhyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo ‘si me

In plain words

You're exhausted from trying to fix everything by yourself—the marriage, the health, the debt, the purpose you can't find. Krishna says: stop managing the outcome and give your whole heart, your whole mind, your whole self to something larger than your fear. When you stop clinging to how it should go, you find you're not alone—you never were.

Word by Word

mat-manāḥ thinking of me
bhava be
mat-bhaktaḥ my devotee
mat-yājī worship me
mām to me
namaskuru offer obeisance
mām to me
eva certainly
eṣhyasi you will come
satyam truly
te to you
pratijāne I promise
priyaḥ dear
asi you are
me to me
Simplified Perspective

This is Krishna's final promise—the culmination of all spiritual paths. When your mind dissolves into Him, when devotion becomes your breath, when worship is no longer a practice but your being, then you arrive at the only place that was always home.

The promise is absolute: surrender completely, and separation ends. For us today, this means that every act of remembrance, every moment of turning inward toward the sacred, becomes the bridge that carries us across the illusion of distance into union.

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Bhagavad Gita 18.65 — BG 18.65

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

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