Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 18

Bhagavad Gita 18.50

सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा॥

siddhiṁ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣhṭhā jñānasya yā parā

Translation

How he who hath attained perfection obtaineth the Eternal, that highest state of wisdom, learn thou from Me only succinctly, O Kaunteya.

What it means

How one who has reached perfection then attains the Eternal, the highest state of knowledge: learn that from Me in brief. The summit has a further step. Perfection in action opens onto being itself.

Try this today

The final ascent compressed into the chapter's closing section.

Something to reflect on

What lies past doing my work perfectly - being itself?

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.