The verse

Bhagavad Gita 18.50BG 18.50 · Chapter 18, Verse 50

Moksha Sanyasa Yoga

A declaration · expansive in mood · builds on earlier teachings

“Knowledge has a highest point: direct arrival, not endless thinking.”

Wisdom translation, edited by Ankur Shukla. Commentary AI-drafted, human-reviewed. Reviewed June 2026. Methodology →

The verse

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

Listen to me briefly, O Arjuna, as I explain how one who has reached perfection attains the supreme reality, the highest culmination of knowledge.

— Krishna

Bhagavad Gita · 18.50

Hindi · हिन्दी

हे कौन्तेय सिद्धिअन्तःकरणकी शुद्धि को प्राप्त हुआ साधक ब्रह्मको, जो कि ज्ञानकी परा निष्ठा है, जिस प्रकारसे प्राप्त होता है, उस प्रकारको तुम मुझसे संक्षेपमें ही समझो ॥

Themes:Jnana Moksha

Word by word

The verse in reading order — each Sanskrit word with its meaning beneath. Tap a word to focus on it.

सिद्धिं प्राप्तःhaving attained perfectionयथाhowब्रह्मthe supreme realityतथाsoआप्नोतिattainsनिबोधlisten carefullyमेfrom meसमासेनbrieflyएवindeedकौन्तेयO son of Kuntiज्ञानस्यof knowledgeयाwhichपराsupreme

Read literallyhaving attained perfection · how · the supreme reality · so · attains · listen carefully · from me · briefly · indeed · O son of Kunti · of knowledge · which · supreme

Understanding the verse

Krishna offers Arjuna a brief account of how one who has reached perfection attains Brahman.

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In plain words

What this verse means

Krishna asks Arjuna to listen briefly as he explains how a perfected seeker reaches the supreme reality, the highest point of knowledge.

On the battlefield

Context & commentary

With Arjuna still frozen and the war about to begin, Krishna turns from renunciation to the final destination of wisdom. He promises a brief explanation of how inner perfection leads to the supreme reality, the highest completion of knowledge.

In your life

What it looks like today

After months of reading about a hard career change, a man still cannot make up his mind. Krishna's promise here is about arrival: how the one who has done the preparation reaches the goal the study pointed to.

The takeaway

“Real understanding is not endless theory; it leads somewhere, and that destination changes everything.”