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Chapter 6 · Verse 38 · Dhyana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 6.38

reassuring Jnana & Wisdom Dharma & Duty Moksha & Liberation

Sanskrit

कच्चिन्नोभयविभ्रष्टश्छिन्नाभ्रमिव नश्यति। अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मणः पथि।।6.38।।

Transliteration

kachchin nobhaya-vibhraṣhṭaśh chhinnābhram iva naśhyati apratiṣhṭho mahā-bāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi

Word by Word

kachchit whether
na not
ubhaya both
vibhraṣhṭaḥ deviated from
chhinna broken
abhram cloud
iva like
naśhyati perishes
apratiṣhṭhaḥ without any support
mahā-bāho mighty-armed Krishna
vimūḍhaḥ bewildered
brahmaṇaḥ of God-realization
pathi one on the path
Simplified Perspective

Arjuna's anxiety here is the cry of every sincere seeker: What if I fall? What if my practice breaks apart like a fractured cloud?

Sri Krishna answers with a truth that reorients the entire spiritual path—there is no final failure for one who has truly turned toward God. Even incomplete practice plants seeds that flower across lifetimes.

When doubt clouds your meditation today, remember that every genuine step toward truth is held by grace itself, and no sincere effort is ever wasted.

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Bhagavad Gita 6.38 — BG 6.38

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

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