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What does the Bhagavad Gita say about fear?
In short
The Bhagavad Gita answers fear with refuge. In verse 9.22, Krishna promises that for those who are devoted and steady, he personally carries what they lack and preserves what they have. Fear eases in the trust that you are held — that you are not, in the end, facing it alone.
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The verse
“ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate”
Bhagavad Gita 9.22 · Chapter 9, Raja-Vidya-Raja-Guhya YogaTo those who think of Me with undivided heart, I carry what they lack and preserve what they have.
Spoken by Krishna to the warrior Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra — the Gita sits within the Mahabharata's Bhishma Parva — as Arjuna, overcome with grief and unwilling to fight his own kin, laid down his bow before the war.
In depth
Fear thrives on the sense of being unsupported — that everything rests on you alone. The Gita meets this with a promise of divine care: yoga-kshema, the securing of what you need and the safeguarding of what you have.
This is not a promise that nothing hard will happen. It is the assurance of presence within the hard thing. For those who cannot yet feel that trust, verse 18.66 offers the doorway — 'surrender to Me, do not grieve' — an invitation to set the whole weight down.
Related questions
Which Gita verse helps with fear?
Bhagavad Gita 9.22 — Krishna's promise to personally provide for and protect those who are devoted and steady.
What is yoga-kshema in the Gita?
Yoga-kshema is the securing of what you lack and the preservation of what you have — the Gita's image of being divinely provided for and protected.
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