A core teaching · devotional in mood · a little context helps
“Hand over the action, and let the mind stay gathered there.”
With your mind, surrender all actions to Me. Take refuge in the discipline of clear understanding and remain constantly focused on Me.
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Read literallywith the mind · all actions · in Me · having renounced, having placed aside · devoted to Me, having Me as the highest · the discipline of discernment · taking refuge in · with mind fixed on Me · constantly · be
Give every action to Krishna, rely on clear understanding, and keep your mind steadily on the divine.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Moksha Sanyasa Yoga" (Liberation through Renunciation).
Verse 57 sits in Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita — Moksha Sanyasa Yoga, "Liberation through Renunciation". The chapter has 78 verses in total.
You are about to send the message that changes everything, and your hand hovers over the button. Instead of spiraling, you place the whole act in something larger than fear and stay centered.
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What this verse means
Give every action to Krishna, rely on clear understanding, and keep your mind steadily on the divine.
Context & commentary
On Kurukshetra, Arjuna is still frozen between duty and despair. Krishna now gives the inner method: offer every action to him, rely on disciplined understanding, and keep the mind fixed there. This verse prepares Arjuna to act without being scattered by fear.
Why this verse still matters
You are about to send the message that changes everything, and your hand hovers over the button. Instead of spiraling, you place the whole act in something larger than fear and stay centered.
“You do not have to carry everything yourself. Steady devotion can hold what the ego cannot.”
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