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Chapter 18 · Verse 66 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 18.66

surrendering Bhakti & Devotion Attachment & Letting Go Moksha & Liberation

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

Word by Word

sarva-dharmān all varieties of dharmas
parityajya abandoning
mām unto me
ekam only
śharaṇam take refuge
vraja take
aham I
tvām you
sarva all
pāpebhyaḥ from sinful reactions
mokṣhayiṣhyāmi shall liberate
do not
śhuchaḥ fear
Simplified Perspective

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

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