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Chapter 5 · Verse 17 · Karma Sanyasa Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 5.17

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Sanskrit

तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः। गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः।।5.17।।

Transliteration

tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣhṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ gachchhantyapunar-āvṛittiṁ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣhāḥ

Word by Word

tat-buddhayaḥ those whose intellect is directed toward God
tat-ātmānaḥ those whose heart (mind and intellect) is solely absorbed in God
tat-niṣhṭhāḥ those whose intellect has firm faith in God
tat-parāyaṇāḥ those who strive after God as the supreme goal and refuge
gachchhanti go
apunaḥ-āvṛittim not returning
jñāna by knowledge
nirdhūta dispelled
kalmaṣhāḥ sins
Simplified Perspective

When your intellect, heart, and entire being become absorbed in the Divine—when God is not a concept but your very substance—you cross the threshold of return. This is the promise of unified consciousness: knowledge purifies the deepest karmic stains, and you emerge into moksha, never again bound by the cycle of birth and death.

In our modern lives consumed by fragmented attention, this verse calls us to examine where our true loyalty lies—what is the one thing that organizes all our thinking and action?

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Bhagavad Gita 5.17 — BG 5.17

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

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