Delusion in the Bhagavad Gita

Verses across the Gita that speak to delusion, drawn from all chapters and ordered by where they appear.

• 2.2Delusion has no place in a decisive moment.
• 2.42Beautiful words can hide a mind trapped by desire.
• 2.63Anger first distorts seeing, then destroys the mind that should guide action.
• 2.72Steadiness in the supreme reality ends confusion, even at life’s edge.
• 3.29Clarity should guide confusion, not crush it.
• 5.15Ignorance, not action, is what keeps beings confused.
• 7.15A corrupted mind cannot recognise what would free it.
• 7.25The hidden divine is missed by confused seeing, not by absence.
• 8.27Understanding the two paths keeps the mind unshaken.
• 9.12A confused mind turns even hope, effort, and learning into waste.
• 10.3Clear recognition of the divine ends confusion and frees action.
• 14.13Darkness does not stay still; it breeds neglect and confusion.
• 14.17Your mental weather has causes: clarity, craving, and confusion each grow from different qualities.
• 16.14Ego turns achievement into delusion and mistakes possession for mastery.
• 16.16Desire scatters the mind, and confusion turns that scattering into a fall.
• 16.20Repeated delusion keeps pulling a person farther from the divine.
• 18.25Blind action begins where clear seeing is absent.
• 18.39Pleasure that dulls you is not relief; it is confusion in disguise.
• 18.72True listening should end confusion, not just collect words.