In this way, you will be freed from the bonds of action and its results. Given over to renunciation-yoga, released, you will come to me.
— Krishna
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Bhagavad Gita · 9.28
Hindi · हिन्दी
इस प्रकार मेरे अर्पण करनेसे जिनसे कर्मबन्धन होता है, ऐसे शुभ विहित और अशुभ निषिद्ध सम्पूर्ण कर्मोंके फलोंसे तू मुक्त हो जायगा । ऐसे अपनेसहित सब कुछ मेरे अर्पण करनेवाला और सबसे मुक्त हुआ तू मेरेको प्राप्त हो जायगा ॥
Themes:
Word by word
The verse in reading order — each Sanskrit word with its meaning beneath. Tap a word to focus on it.
शुभाशुभफलैःby auspicious and inauspicious resultsएवम्thusमोक्ष्यसेyou will be freedकर्मबन्धनैःfrom the bonds of actionसंन्यासयोगयुक्तात्माone whose being is joined to renunciation-yogaविमुक्तःreleasedमाम्to meउपैष्यसिyou will come
Read literallyby auspicious and inauspicious results · thus · you will be freed · from the bonds of action · one whose being is joined to renunciation-yoga · released · to me · you will come
Understanding the verse
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Offering every act to Krishna, he says, frees Arjuna from the bonds of action and its results.
Offer every action and its results to the divine, and you become free from the bondage created by action.
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On the battlefield
Context & commentary
Krishna keeps teaching him how to act without being trapped by action. After showing that every offering can be given inwardly, Krishna says this surrender breaks the bonds of karma and leads to union with him.
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In your life
What it looks like today
A farmer sows, waters and weeds, then watches the sky for weeks. Krishna would have the farmer do the work fully and offer it, since the rain was never the farmer's to own.
The takeaway
“Relief comes from not carrying every outcome as your burden.”
Offer every action and its results to the divine, and you become free from the bondage created by action.
Who speaks Bhagavad Gita 9.28?
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga" (The Royal Knowledge).
Which chapter of the Bhagavad Gita contains verse 9.28?
Verse 28 sits in Chapter 9 of the Bhagavad Gita — Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga, "The Royal Knowledge". The chapter has 34 verses in total.
Why does Bhagavad Gita 9.28 matter today?
A farmer sows, waters and weeds, then watches the sky for weeks. Krishna would have the farmer do the work fully and offer it, since the rain was never the farmer's to own.
Offering every act to Krishna, he says, frees Arjuna from the bonds of action and its results.
What this verse means
Offer every action and its results to the divine, and you become free from the bondage created by action.
Context & commentary
Krishna keeps teaching him how to act without being trapped by action. After showing that every offering can be given inwardly, Krishna says this surrender breaks the bonds of karma and leads to union with him.
What it looks like today
A farmer sows, waters and weeds, then watches the sky for weeks. Krishna would have the farmer do the work fully and offer it, since the rain was never the farmer's to own.
“Relief comes from not carrying every outcome as your burden.”