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Bhagavad Gita 18.66: Take Refuge in Me — Do Not Grieve

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The Gita's closing counsel: let go of every burden and take refuge in the Divine alone; you will be freed, so do not grieve. A verse for overwhelm and guilt.

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sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja

Bhagavad Gita 18.66 · Chapter 18, Moksha-Sannyasa Yoga

Let go of all your burdens and take refuge in Me alone. I will free you from all that weighs on you; do not grieve.

Krishna's final, crowning counsel to Arjuna at the close of the Gita, on the field of Kurukshetra — to surrender every burden and take refuge in the Divine alone.

What it means

Let go of all your burdens and take refuge in Me alone. I will free you from all that weighs on you; do not grieve.

Krishna's final, crowning counsel to Arjuna at the close of the Gita, on the field of Kurukshetra — to surrender every burden and take refuge in the Divine alone.

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Let go of all your burdens and take refuge in Me alone. I will free you from all that weighs on you; do not grieve. (Bhagavad Gita 18.66 · Chapter 18, Moksha-Sannyasa Yoga.) Godify shows this verse verbatim from a verified corpus with its exact source, never a paraphrase passed off as the original.

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