Chapter 6 · Verse 22 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.22
Sanskrit
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः। यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।6.22।।
Transliteration
yaṁ labdhvā chāparaṁ lābhaṁ manyate nādhikaṁ tataḥ yasmin sthito na duḥkhena guruṇāpi vichālyate
In plain words
You are exhausted from chasing—the next achievement, the next relationship, the next proof that you matter. Krishna says: there is one discovery that will end this hunger, and it lives inside you, not in any outcome you're striving for. When you touch that inner ground, even the worst storms cannot shake you, because you'll finally know you are already whole.
Word by Word
When you discover the supreme treasure of communion with the Divine Self through meditation, no earthly gain compares to that realization. The Gita tells us that one established in this state remains unmoved even by life's cruelest storms—not from indifference, but from having found what the restless mind endlessly seeks.
In our modern rush, this verse invites us to ask: what achievement would make you feel complete, and why do we so rarely trust that answer?
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Bhagavad Gita 6.22 — BG 6.22
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