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Chapter 18, Verse 58
मच्चित्तः सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि। अथ चेत्त्वमहङ्कारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि৷৷
maccittaḥ sarvadurgāṇi matprasādāttariṣyasi. atha cēttvamahaṅkārānna śrōṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi৷৷
Translation
Fix but thy mind on Me, and by My grace thou shalt overcome the obstacles in thy path. But if, misled by pride, thou wilt not listen, then indeed thou shalt be lost.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
मच्चित्तः fixing thy mind on Me, सर्वदुर्गाणि all obstacles, मत्प्रसादात् by My grace, तरिष्यसि (thou) shalt overcome, अथ now, चेत् if, त्वम् thou, अहङ्कारात् from egoism, न not, श्रोष्यसि (thou) wilt hear, विनङ्क्ष्यसि (thou) shalt perish. Commentary: When thy mind, O Arjuna, through onepointed devoion is fixed on Me, thou shalt by My grace cross over all difficulties and obstacles. But shouldst thou not take My teaching to heart and through pride disregard it, thou shalt be ruined.Difficulties Obstacles, snares, pitfalls, temptations on the spiritual path and various sorts of other difficulties of Samsara, diseases, etc.Egosim The idea that thou art a learned man. Thou shouldst not think I am independent. I know everything. I am a wise man. Why should I take the advice of another
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.