Bhagavad Gita 18.64सर्वगुह्यतमं भूयः श्रृणु मे परमं वचः।इष्टोऽसि मे दृढमिति ततो वक्ष्यामि ते हितम् ॥
sarva-guhyatamaṁ bhūyaḥ śhṛiṇu me paramaṁ vachaḥ
iṣhṭo ‘si me dṛiḍham iti tato vakṣhyāmi te hitam
Sanskrit recitation
Surrender the weight · 18.56–18.66 · Teaching
Translation
Hear again My supreme word, most secret of all; for you are dearly beloved of Me, I will tell you what is good.
Hindi translation
सबसे अत्यन्त गोपनीय वचन तू फिर मेरेसे सुन। तू मेरा अत्यन्त प्रिय है, इसलिये मैं तेरे हितकी बात कहूँगा।
Meaning
Now listen once more with rapt attention to My words. Thou art very dear to Me. Thou art a sincere aspirant. Therefore I am telling thee this most mysterious truth. Hear from Me this mystery of all mysteries. I shall tell it to you again to make a deep impression on your mind, although it has been declared more than once. I do not hope to get any reward from thee. Thou art My most beloved friend and disciple. Therefore I will speak what is good for thee, the means of attaining Selfrealisation. This is the supreme good or the highest of all kinds of good for thee.
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→
- me
- to me
- te
- for your
- iti
- thus
- hitam
- benefit
- paramam
- supreme
- tataḥ
- because
- vachaḥ
- instruction
- bhūyaḥ
- again
- dṛiḍham
- very
- śhṛiṇu
- hear
- vakṣhyāmi
- I am speaking
- iṣhṭaḥ asi
- you are dear
- sarva-guhya-tamam
- the most confidential of all
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