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Chapter 7 · Verse 27 · Gyaan Vigyana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 7.27

philosophical Attachment & Letting Go Jnana & Wisdom Self & Identity

Sanskrit

इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत। सर्वभूतानि संमोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप।।7.27।।

Transliteration

ichchhā-dveṣha-samutthena dvandva-mohena bhārata sarva-bhūtāni sammohaṁ sarge yānti parantapa

Word by Word

ichchhā desire
dveṣha aversion
samutthena arise from
dvandva of duality
mohena from the illusion
bhārata Arjun, descendant of Bharat
sarva all
bhūtāni living beings
sammoham into delusion
sarge since birth
yānti enter
parantapa Arjun, conqueror of enemies
Simplified Perspective

From the moment of birth, all beings are caught in the web of desire and aversion — the fundamental dance of duality that clouds the mirror of consciousness. The Lord speaks here not in judgment but in compassionate diagnosis: this is the nature of the conditioned mind, caught between wanting and rejecting, forever fragmented.

When you recognize this pattern operating within you — how you chase what feels good and push away what feels bad — you begin to see the chains and the possibility of freedom beyond them.

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Bhagavad Gita 7.27 — BG 7.27

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

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