Bhagavad Gita 18.58 Meaning: Machchittah sarvadurgani

Bhagavad Gita 18.58

मच्चित्तः सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि ।अथ चेत्त्वमहङ्कारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि ॥

Machchittah sarvadurgani matprasadattarishyasiAtha chettvamahankaranna shroshyasi vinankshyasi

maccittaḥ sarvadurgāṇi matprasādāttariṣyasi |atha cettvamahaṅkārānna śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi ||

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Our explanation Krishna tells Arjuna that with his mind on him he will cross all difficulties by his grace; but if out of pride he will not listen, he will be lost. These are Krishna's words to Arjuna at the moment of decision.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण अर्जुन से कहते हैं कि उनमें चित्त लगाकर वे उनकी कृपा से सब कठिनाइयाँ पार कर लेंगे; पर यदि अहंकार के कारण नहीं सुनेंगे, तो नष्ट हो जाएँगे। ये निर्णय की घड़ी में अर्जुन से कहे गए कृष्ण के वचन हैं।

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मच्चित्तः maccittaḥ · with mind on "me" (Krishna) (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: mac-citta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “having the mind (fixed) on me, thinking of me”
सर्वदुर्गाणि sarvadurgāṇi · all difficulties (compound (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”; durga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 487, col. 2 “difficulty, danger, distress”
मत्प्रसादात् matprasādāt · by "my" (Krishna's) grace (compound (masculine), ablative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”; pra-sāda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 697, col. 1 “graciousness, kindness, kind behaviour, favour, aid”
तरिष्यसि tariṣyasi · you will cross (future, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: tṝ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 454, col. 2 “to pass across or over, cross over (a river), sail across”
अथ atha · but (indeclinable) Dictionary: atha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 17, col. 3 “now; then; moreover; rather; certainly; but”
चेत् cet · if (indeclinable) Dictionary: ced, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 401, col. 3 “‘if’”
त्वम् tvam · you (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
अहङ्कारात् ahaṅkārāt · out of ego (noun (masculine), ablative singular) Dictionary: ahaṃ-kāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “conception of one's individuality, self-consciousness”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
श्रोष्यसि śroṣyasi · you will listen (future, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. śru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1100, col. 3 “to hear, listen or attend to anything”
विनङ्क्ष्यसि vinaṅkṣyasi · you will be lost (future, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: vi-naś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 969, col. 2 “to be utterly lost, perish, disappear, vanish”

Pride of learning and cleverness, or of piety. See p. 124, note 5. ↩

Bhagavad Gita 18.58: meaning and translation

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