A declaration · devotional in mood · a little context helps
“Grace opens the way; ego closes it.”
Centered in me, you will cross all obstacles through my grace. But if you do not listen because of ego, you will fall.
The verse in reading order — each Sanskrit word with its meaning beneath. Tap a word to focus on it.
Read literallywith mind fixed on me · all difficulties · by my grace · you will cross over · but · if · you · from ego · not · you will listen · you will perish/fall
Keep your attention fixed on the divine, and you can cross every obstacle through grace. Refuse that guidance out of ego, and you will fall.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Moksha Sanyasa Yoga" (Liberation through Renunciation).
Verse 58 sits in Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita — Moksha Sanyasa Yoga, "Liberation through Renunciation". The chapter has 78 verses in total.
A young man in a court case ignores his lawyer's advice out of pride and insists on his own plan. Krishna's warning fits: listen and difficulties can be crossed; let ego block the hearing and you fall.
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Krishna gives Arjuna a promise and a warning: with mind on him you cross every obstacle, through ego you perish.
What this verse means
Keep your attention fixed on the divine, and you can cross every obstacle through grace. Refuse that guidance out of ego, and you will fall.
Context & commentary
After teaching action, offering, and surrender, Krishna now warns him plainly: stay inwardly with me and obstacles lose their power; let ego block hearing, and ruin follows.
What it looks like today
A young man in a court case ignores his lawyer's advice out of pride and insists on his own plan. Krishna's warning fits: listen and difficulties can be crossed; let ego block the hearing and you fall.
“Surrender brings relief; resistance makes the same path collapse.”
Explore related themes: sharanagati (13 verses), ahankara (10 verses)