Home › Chapter 18: Moksha Sanyasa Yoga › Verse 53

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 53

Liberation Through Surrender

अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम्।विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते

ahankāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ parigraham vimuchya nirmamaḥ śhānto brahma-bhūyāya kalpate

What does Bhagavad Gita 18.53 mean?

Having abandoned egotism, force, arrogance, desire, anger, and possessiveness, free from the sense of "mine" and peaceful, one is fit for becoming Brahman.

Word-by-word meaning

ahankāram—egotism · balam—violence · darpam—arrogance · kāmam—desire · krodham—anger · parigraham—selfishness · vimuchya—being freed from · nirmamaḥ—without possessiveness of property · śhāntaḥ—peaceful · brahma-bhūyāya—union with Brahman · kalpate—is fit

detachmentsoulangerpeacerenunciationmindgoddesiretimestrength

Tell Krishna how this verse meets your life