Chapter 7 · Verse 14 · Gyaan Vigyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 7.14
Sanskrit
दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया। मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते।।7.14।।
Transliteration
daivī hyeṣhā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te
In plain words
You've been fighting so hard—against circumstance, against what's happening, against the way things are turning out—and it's exhausting because effort alone cannot break the grip of confusion and fear. Krishna says: the moment you stop wrestling and turn toward something larger than yourself with real honesty, the very thing that seemed to imprison you becomes transparent and loses its power. This isn't giving up; it's giving your struggle to something that knows what you cannot yet see.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals the ultimate truth: His creative power, Maya, is divine and nearly impossible to transcend through effort alone—yet it becomes transparent the moment you turn toward Him with genuine surrender. This is not passivity but the deepest activation of your being, a shift from struggling against the current to swimming with it.
In our modern lives, this means recognizing that all our striving, planning, and self-improvement can only take us so far; true liberation comes when we stop wrestling with circumstance and instead align our deepest intention with the infinite.
Listen
Bhagavad Gita 7.14 — BG 7.14
Your Mantra Prescription
This mantra is prescribed for clarity and purpose. Is that what you're going through?
2.2M people trust Mahakatha