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Chapter 18 · The Perfection of Renunciation · 78 verses

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Bhakti & surrenderChapter 18 · The Perfection of Renunciation
18.6418.66

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 18.65

You are very dear to Me

मन्मना भव मद्भ‍क्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु ।

मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे ॥ ६५ ॥

man-manā bhava mad-bhakto

mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru

mām evaiṣyasi satyaṁ te

pratijāne priyo ’si me

Translation

Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.

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Understand it

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

Always Think of Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1Kṛṣṇa asks His dear friend to always think of Him, become His devotee, worship Him and offer Him respect. He promises that His friend will surely come to Him.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that pure devotion means always thinking of Kṛṣṇa and acting for Him. Such devotees will return to Kṛṣṇa’s abode and be with Him face to face.
  3. 3Arrange your daily activities so they connect with Kṛṣṇa and help you remember His original, two-handed form holding a flute.

Where we are

In the story

Chapter 18, The Perfection of Renunciation: krishna’s confidential instruction of surrender.

What it teaches

Study note

The most confidential instruction is framed in personal love.

How it feels

Interpretive

Love and trust

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Key ideas in this verse

The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.

Krishna, Supreme Person

Krishna asks for loving remembrance and worship.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What if my spiritual life were centered on reciprocating loving service?

Practice

Repeat one daily devotional act with affection rather than routine alone.

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The story behind it

Mahābhārata episodes and stories from the purports that shed light on this verse.

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Related verses

Keep going: verses that carry this teaching further.

BG 7.7Krishna as the source of all thingsBG 10.8Krishna as the sourceBG 15.18The Supreme Person beyond fallible and infallible

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