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Chapter 7 · Verse 30 · Gyaan Vigyana Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 7.30

contemplative Attachment & Letting Go Moksha & Liberation Karma & Action

Sanskrit

साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः। प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः।।7.30।।

Transliteration

sādhibhūtādhidaivaṁ māṁ sādhiyajñaṁ cha ye viduḥ prayāṇa-kāle ’pi cha māṁ te vidur yukta-chetasaḥ

In plain words

When you're afraid—of loss, of the unknown, of what comes next—you're clinging to the illusion that you exist separate from the whole. Krishna says: He is not somewhere distant waiting for you at death; He is already woven into your body, your breath, your choices, your very fear. When you stop fighting what's real and start seeing His presence in this moment, in this pain, in this body—you're already free.

Word by Word

sa-adhibhūta governing principle of the field of matter
adhidaivam governing principle of the celestial gods
mām me
sa-adhiyajñam governing principle of the Lord all sacrificial performances
cha and
ye who
viduḥ know
prayāṇa of death
kāle at the time
api even
cha and
mām me
te they
viduḥ know
yukta-chetasaḥ in full consciousness of me
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals the ultimate integration—He dwells as the organizing principle within matter, the divine intelligence governing celestial forces, and the sacred essence of all sacrifice. This is not knowledge of distant abstractions, but recognition of His presence animating every level of existence, from the physical to the transcendent.

Those who hold this understanding with steadfast consciousness at the moment of death dissolve into Him completely, their final breath becoming their liberation. This knowing transforms how you live today—each action becomes an offering, each breath a prayer, each moment a doorway to the infinite.

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Bhagavad Gita 7.30 — BG 7.30

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

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