Bhagavad Gita for loneliness and being far from home
The Gita’s answer to loneliness is not a crowd. It is a presence: Krishna says he lives in the heart of every being, and that one who sees him everywhere is never lost to him. For anyone far from family, these verses are a way home.
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- Bhagavad Gita 6.30 · Krishna
Whoever sees me everywhere is never lost to me, nor I to them.
यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति । तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति ॥
“Who sees Me in all beings and sees all beings in Me, I am never lost to that person, and that person is never lost to Me.”
जो सबमें मुझे देखता है और सबको मुझमें देखता है, उसके लिये मैं अदृश्य नहीं होता और वह मेरे लिये अदृश्य नहीं होता ॥
You do not have to force closeness when you learn to recognize the same presence everywhere.
Meaning and commentary → - Bhagavad Gita 18.61 · Krishna
The Lord dwells in the heart of every being.
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति । भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया ॥
“O Arjuna, the Lord abides in the heart of all beings and, by His maya, causes all beings mounted on a body-machine to revolve according to their nature.”
हे अर्जुन ईश्वर सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके हृदयमें रहता है और अपनी मायासे शरीररूपी यन्त्रपर आरूढ़ हुए सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंको उनके स्वभावके अनुसार भ्रमण कराता रहता है ॥
You are not as in control as you think, and that can be deeply humbling.
Meaning and commentary → - Bhagavad Gita 9.29 · Krishna
Those who turn to me with love are in me, and I in them.
समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः । ये भजन्ति तु मां भक्त्या मयि ते तेषु चाप्यहम् ॥
“I am equal toward all beings. No one is hated by me, and no one is especially dear. But those who worship me with devotion dwell in me, and I dwell in them.”
मैं सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंमें समान हूँ । उन प्राणियोंमें न तो कोई मेरा द्वेषी है और न कोई प्रिय है । परन्तु जो भक्तिपूर्वक मेरा भजन करते हैं, वे मेरेमें हैं और मैं उनमें हूँ ॥
You do not have to earn basic worth; devotion changes distance into intimacy.
Meaning and commentary → - Bhagavad Gita 5.29 · Krishna
Knowing him as the friend of all beings, one finds peace.
भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् । सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति ॥
“Knowing me as the enjoyer of all sacrifice and austerity, the great lord of all worlds, and the friend of all beings, one attains peace.”
भक्त मुझे सब यज्ञों और तपोंका भोक्ता, सम्पूर्ण लोकोंका महान् ईश्वर तथा सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंका सुहृद् स्वार्थरहित दयालु और प्रेमी जानकर शान्तिको प्राप्त हो जाता है ॥
You can stop bracing yourself when the deepest reality is friendly.
Meaning and commentary → - Bhagavad Gita 9.22 · Krishna
Krishna carries what you lack and keeps what you have.
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते । तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥
“Those who think of me alone and worship me with unwavering focus—I carry their welfare and security.”
जो अनन्य भक्त मेरा चिन्तन करते हुए मेरी उपासना करते हैं, मेरेमें निरन्तर लगे हुए उन भक्तोंका योगक्षेम अप्राप्तकी प्राप्ति और प्राप्तकी रक्षा मैं वहन करता हूँ ॥
Devotion can feel like being held instead of having to hold everything alone.
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