Bhagavad Gita 18.58मच्चित्तः सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि।अथ चेत्त्वमहङ्कारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि ॥
mach-chittaḥ sarva-durgāṇi mat-prasādāt tariṣhyasi
atha chet tvam ahankārān na śhroṣhyasi vinaṅkṣhyasi
Sanskrit recitation
Surrender the weight · 18.56–18.66 · Teaching
Translation
Fixing your mind on Me, you shall, by My grace, overcome all obstacles; but if you will not hear Me due to egoism, you shall perish.
Hindi translation
मेरेमें चित्तवाला होकर तू मेरी कृपासे सम्पूर्ण विघ्नोंको तर जायगा और यदि तू अहंकारके कारण मेरी बात नहीं सुनेगा तो तेरा पतन हो जायगा।
Meaning
When thy mind, O Arjuna, through onepointed devoion is fixed on Me, thou shalt by My grace cross over all difficulties and obstacles. But shouldst thou not take My teaching to heart and through pride disregard it, thou shalt be ruined.Difficulties Obstacles, snares, pitfalls, temptations on the spiritual path and various sorts of other difficulties of Samsara, diseases, etc.Egosim The idea that thou art a learned man. Thou shouldst not think I am independent. I know everything. I am a wise man. Why should I take the advice of another
After Swami Sivananda
Surrender the weight· 18.56–18.66→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 18.56Having taken refuge in Me and doing all actions, by My grace he obtains the eternal,…
- 18.57Mentally renouncing all actions in Me, having Me as the highest goal, and resorting to the…
18.58Fixing your mind on Me, you shall, by My grace, overcome all obstacles; but if you will…
- 18.59If, filled with egoism, thou thinkest, "I will not fight," then thy resolve is vain;…
- 18.60O Arjuna, bound by your own Karma (action) born of your own nature, that which from…
- 18.61The Lord dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna, causing all beings, by His illusory…
- 18.62Fly to Him for refuge with all your being, O Arjuna; by His grace you will obtain supreme…
- 18.63Thus, wisdom more secret than secrecy itself has been declared to you by me. Reflect on it…
- 18.64Hear again My supreme word, most secret of all; for you are dearly beloved of Me, I will…
- 18.65Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me. You will come to…
- 18.66Abandon all duties and take refuge in Me alone; I will liberate you from all sins; do not…
Word-by-word→
- atha
- but
- chet
- if
- tvam
- you
- sarva
- all
- durgāṇi
- obstacles
- ahankārāt
- due to pride
- tariṣhyasi
- you shall overcome
- mat-chittaḥ
- by always remembering me
- mat-prasādāt
- by my grace
- na śhroṣhyasi
- do not listen
- vinaṅkṣhyasi
- you will perish
Related verses
- 3.27All actions are wrought in all cases by the qualities of Nature alone. He whose mind is…
- 18.17He who is free from the egoistic notion, whose intelligence is not tainted by good or…
- 13.6The great elements, egoism, intellect, and also the Unmanifested Nature, the ten senses,…
- 11.8But you are not able to behold Me with these your own eyes; I give you the divine eye;…