Chapter 18 · Verse 70 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 18.70
Sanskrit
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः।ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः।।18.70।।
Transliteration
adhyeṣhyate cha ya imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṁvādam āvayoḥ jñāna-yajñena tenāham iṣhṭaḥ syām iti me matiḥ
In plain words
You're wondering if your life matters, if what you're learning or suffering through has any purpose beyond your own pain. Krishna says: the moment you stop hoarding wisdom for yourself alone and let it flow through you to others—your struggle becomes sacred, your questions become a gift, and you become exactly what the world needs you to be right now.
Word by Word
Krishna concludes the Gita by declaring that whoever studies this sacred dialogue between master and disciple becomes worshipped through the sacrifice of knowledge itself—not through external rituals, but through the living transmission of truth. This is the ultimate fruit of spiritual practice: to become a vessel through which wisdom flows, a living scripture to others.
When you engage deeply with these teachings, you don't merely accumulate information; you become an instrument of divine knowledge in the world, and this authentic transformation is what truly honors the Divine.
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Bhagavad Gita 18.70 — BG 18.70
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