Chapter 9 · Verse 33 · Raja Vidya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 9.33
Sanskrit
किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा। अनित्यमसुखं लोकमिमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम्।।9.33।।
Transliteration
kiṁ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣhayas tathā anityam asukhaṁ lokam imaṁ prāpya bhajasva mām
In plain words
You are holding so hard to something that was never meant to stay—a marriage, a body that works the way it used to, a child who still needs you the way they once did, a version of yourself that felt safe. Krishna says: the moment you stop pretending this world will hold you, the moment you stop fighting its nature to crumble and shift, you become free to love what is real and eternal. That freedom is not escape. It is coming home.
Word by Word
Krishna lifts the veil here—even the virtuous, the devoted, the saintly kings who have earned merit through lifetimes of dharma eventually taste the truth: this world, for all its glitter, remains fleeting and hollow. The moment you truly see this impermanence, the only response is surrender into devotion.
When you stop clinging to positions, accomplishments, and stations—when you accept that nothing here can hold you—you finally turn toward what is eternal, and that turning is bhakti itself.
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Bhagavad Gita 9.33 — BG 9.33
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