Chapter 18

Shloka 18.58 “Fixing your mind on Me, you will overcome all difficulties by My grace; but if, through egoism, you do not listen, you will perish.” Key Teaching: Fixing the mind on Krishna grants grace; egoism leads to ruin. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna promises that fixing the mind on […]

Shloka 18.57 “Consciously renouncing all actions in Me, with mind fixed on Me, taking refuge in the yoga of discrimination, ever think of Me.” Key Teaching: Renounce actions to Krishna, fixing the mind on Him through discrimination. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna instructs to renounce all actions to

Shloka 18.56 “Even doing all actions always, taking refuge in Me, by My grace he attains the eternal, imperishable abode.” Key Teaching: Taking refuge in Krishna grants the eternal abode by His grace. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that one who performs all actions while taking refuge

Shloka 18.55 “By devotion he knows Me in truth, what and who I am; then, knowing Me in truth, he forthwith enters into Me.” Key Teaching: Devotion leads to knowing and merging with Krishna. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna states that through devotion, one knows Him in truth—what

Shloka 18.54 “Being one with Brahman, serene in the self, he neither grieves nor desires, equal to all beings; he attains supreme devotion to Me.” Key Teaching: Unity with Brahman leads to supreme devotion to Krishna. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that one united with Brahman, serene,

Shloka 18.53 “Free from egoism, strength, arrogance, desire, anger, and possessions, tranquil, without ‘mineness,’ he is fit for becoming Brahman.” Key Teaching: Freedom from ego and attachments makes one fit for Brahman. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Krishna states that one free from egoism, strength, arrogance, desire, anger, possessions,

Shloka 18.52 “Dwelling in solitude, eating lightly, controlling speech, body, and mind, ever engaged in meditation and yoga, taking refuge in dispassion.” Key Teaching: Solitude, moderation, and meditation foster dispassion for liberation. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Krishna continues describing the path to Brahman: dwelling in solitude, eating lightly,

Shloka 18.51 “Endowed with pure intellect, controlling the self with fortitude, relinquishing senseobjects like sound, turning away from love and hate.” Key Teaching: Pure intellect and selfcontrol, relinquishing senseobjects and emotions, lead to Brahman. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Krishna describes the path to Brahman as having a pure

Shloka 18.50 “Learn from Me in brief, O Kaunteya, how one who has attained perfection also attains Brahman, the supreme state of knowledge.” Key Teaching: Perfection leads to Brahman, the supreme knowledge. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga. Description: Krishna offers to explain briefly how one who attains perfection reaches Brahman, the supreme

Shloka 18.49 “He whose intellect is unattached, whose self is subdued, from whom desire has fled, attains supreme perfection of freedom from action through renunciation.” Key Teaching: Detachment and selfcontrol lead to perfection through renunciation. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna states that one with an unattached intellect, subdued