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Chapter 7 · Verse 18 · Gyaan Vigyana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 7.18

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Sanskrit

उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्। आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्।।7.18।।

Transliteration

udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tvātmaiva me matam āsthitaḥ sa hi yuktātmā mām evānuttamāṁ gatim

Word by Word

udārāḥ noble
sarve all
eva indeed
ete these
jñānī those in knowledge
tu but
ātmā eva my very self
me my
matam opinion
āsthitaḥ situated
saḥ he
hi certainly
yukta-ātmā those who are united
mām in me
eva certainly
anuttamām the supreme
gatim goal
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals the supreme paradox: all sincere seekers walk noble paths, yet the wise one—the jñānī—recognizes that true knowledge is not intellectual accumulation but the direct knowing of one's unity with the Divine Self. This is not pride but the deepest humility: the dissolution of the separate self into the infinite presence of God.

When you stop defending the illusion of separation and surrender into the truth that you already are That which you seek, you discover the ultimate refuge.

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Bhagavad Gita 7.18 — BG 7.18

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

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