Chapter 18 · Verse 66 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 18.66
Sanskrit
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः।।18.66।।
Transliteration
sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śharaṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣhayiṣhyāmi mā śhuchaḥ
In plain words
You've been carrying so much — trying to fix yourself, earn your way back to peace, prove you're worthy of love or healing or a second chance. Krishna says: stop. The weight you're under isn't yours to carry alone, and your exhaustion isn't a sign of failure — it's a sign you've been trying to do what only Grace can do. Surrender doesn't mean giving up; it means finally putting down what was never yours to hold.
Word by Word
This is Krishna's final and most liberating declaration — the culmination of all yogic paths compressed into a single truth. When you release your grip on every acquired identity, every rule you've internalized, every achievement you cling to, and simply offer yourself to the Divine, something miraculous happens: you are freed not by your effort, but by Grace itself.
In our modern life of endless self-optimization and rule-following, this verse invites a radical surrender — not passive collapse, but the active choice to stop carrying the weight of your own redemption.
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Bhagavad Gita 18.66 — BG 18.66
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