Chapter 5 · Verse 17 · Karma Sanyasa Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 5.17
Sanskrit
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः। गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः।।5.17।।
Transliteration
tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣhṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ gachchhantyapunar-āvṛittiṁ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣhāḥ
Word by Word
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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