Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 11

Bhagavad Gita 11.55

मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः। निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव॥

mat-karma-kṛin mat-paramo mad-bhaktaḥ saṅga-varjitaḥ nirvairaḥ sarva-bhūteṣhu yaḥ sa mām eti pāṇḍava

Translation

He who doeth actions for Me, whose supreme good I am, My devotee, freed from attachment without hatred of any being, he cometh unto Me, O Pândava.

What it means

Who does all actions for Me, who holds Me supreme, who is devoted to Me, free from attachment and free of enmity toward any being, comes to Me, O Pandava. The vision ends in a job description for daily life. The cosmic spectacle resolves into conduct.

Try this today

Chapter 11 closes with the complete profile: work offered, goal fixed, attachment gone, hatred gone - and arrival.

Something to reflect on

Which single item of the profile - offered work, fixed goal, no grasping, no hatred - is my edge?

Read it in Yathora
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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.