Chapter 18 · Verse 71 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 18.71
Sanskrit
श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च श्रृणुयादपि यो नरः।सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम्।।18.71।।
Transliteration
śhraddhāvān anasūyaśh cha śhṛiṇuyād api yo naraḥ so ‘pi muktaḥ śhubhāl lokān prāpnuyāt puṇya-karmaṇām
In plain words
You don't have to be perfect, healed, or certain to begin. You don't have to earn grace through flawlessness or superhuman effort. Krishna says: if you can simply listen—to wisdom, to your own quietest knowing, without the poison of comparison or self-judgment—you are already free, already moving toward light. That openness itself is enough.
Word by Word
Even one who listens with faith and without envy to this eternal wisdom becomes liberated—not through superhuman effort, but through the grace that flows from sincere receptivity. The Gita teaches us that liberation is not earned by the proud or the cynical, but freely given to those who open their hearts to truth.
In our modern age of constant skepticism and comparison, this verse invites us to listen to wisdom—whether from scripture, teachers, or life itself—with genuine reverence and freedom from the poison of envy.
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Bhagavad Gita 18.71 — BG 18.71
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