Bhagavad Gita 18.54 meaningLetting go — and standing up
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Calm, never grieving or craving, seeing all as equal, they love me deeply.”
What it means
“One with the infinite, serene, they neither grieve nor crave. Seeing all beings as equal, they reach the deepest love for me.”
The original Sanskrit
ब्रह्मभूतः प्रसन्नात्मा न शोचति न काङ्क्षति । समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु मद्भक्तिं लभते पराम् ॥
brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu madbhaktiṃ labhate parām
Translations
Literal translation
One who has become Brahman and has attained the blissful Self does not grieve or desire. Becoming the same towards all beings, he attains supreme devotion to Me.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
ब्रह्मभूत (जो साधक ब्रह्म बन गया है), प्रसन्न मन वाला पुरुष न इच्छा करता है और न शोक, सम स्त भूतों के प्रति सम होकर वह मेरी परा भक्ति को प्राप्त करता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Go deeper
Commentaries
How great teachers across 1,200 years have explained this verse.
Loading commentaries…
Keep reading · 18.55“Through that love they come to know me as I truly am — and knowing me, they enter into me.”