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Chapter 11

Chapter 11 · Verse 55

Vishwarupa Darsana Yoga

विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः | निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव ||११-५५||

matkarmakṛnmatparamo madbhaktaḥ saṅgavarjitaḥ . nirvairaḥ sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ sa māmeti pāṇḍava ||11-55||

In plain words

This is the essence of the whole teaching of the Gita. He who practises this teaching will attain Supreme Bliss and Immortality. This verse contains the summary of the entire philosophy of the Gita.

Translation

11.55 Whosoever works for Me, looks upon Me as the highest and is devoted to Me, free from attached and without enmity towards any creature, he comes to Me, O Arjuna.

Meaning

This is the essence of the whole teaching of the Gita. He who practises this teaching will attain Supreme Bliss and Immortality. This verse contains the summary of the entire philosophy of the Gita. He who performs actions (duties) for the sake of the Lord who consecrates all his actions to Him who serves the Lord with his heart and soul who regards the Lord as his supreme goal who lives for Him alone who works for Him alone who sees the Lord in everything who sees the whole world as the Cosmic Form of the Lord and therefore cherishes no feeling of hatred or enmity towards any creature even when great injury has been done by others to him who has no attachment or love to wealth children wife friends and relatives and who seeks nothing else but the Lord realises Him and enters into His Being. He becomes one with Him. Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita the science of the Eternal the scripture of Yoga the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna ends the eleventh discourse entitledThe Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form.,

Word by word

मत्कर्मकृत् does actions for Me मत्परमः looks on Me as the Supreme मद्भक्तः is devoted to Me सङ्गवर्जितः is freed from attachment निर्वैरः without enmity सर्वभूतेषु towards all creatures यः who सः he माम् to Me एति goes पाण्डव O Arjuna.