Chapter 7 · Verse 28 · Gyaan Vigyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 7.28
Sanskrit
येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम्। ते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्ता भजन्ते मां दृढव्रताः।।7.28।।
Transliteration
yeṣhāṁ tvanta-gataṁ pāpaṁ janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām te dvandva-moha-nirmuktā bhajante māṁ dṛiḍha-vratāḥ
In plain words
You carry the weight of what you've done wrong, what you've failed at, what you fear defines you forever. Krishna says: the burden of your past mistakes doesn't have to be your sentence—it dissolves when you stop punishing yourself and start living with real intention, turning toward truth even when you're afraid. Freedom isn't something you earn after you're perfect; it's what happens the moment you stop gripping the oscillation between shame and false hope, and you offer yourself, stumbling and real, to something larger than your regret.
Word by Word
When the burden of past karma is finally exhausted through sincere pious living, the soul naturally awakens to its true nature—free from the oscillation between pleasure and pain, gain and loss. This is not a distant reward, but the immediate consequence of a purified life lived in surrender to the Divine.
In our modern confusion, we forget that consistency in righteous action and genuine devotion doesn't demand external perfection; it demands the courage to keep turning toward truth despite our stumbling.
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Bhagavad Gita 7.28 — BG 7.28
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