Bg. 18.58 · Bhagavad-gita As It Is

Devanagari

मच्च‍ित्त: सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि । अथ चेत्त्वमहङ्कारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्‍क्ष्यसि ॥ ५८ ॥

Verse text

mac-cittaḥ sarva-durgāṇi mat-prasādāt tariṣyasi atha cet tvam ahaṅkārān na śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi

Synonyms

mat — of Me ; cittaḥ — being in consciousness ; sarva — all ; durgāṇi — impediments ; mat-prasādāt — by My mercy ; tariṣyasi — you will overcome ; atha — but ; cet — if ; tvam — you ; ahaṅkārāt — by false ego ; na śroṣyasi — do not hear ; vinaṅkṣyasi — you will be lost.

Translation

If you become conscious of Me, you will pass over all the obstacles of conditioned life by My grace. If, however, you do not work in such consciousness but act through false ego, not hearing Me, you will be lost.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

58. Fixing your mind on Me, you will cross over all obstacles by My mercy. If, on the other hand, you do not listen out of pride, you will perish.

Translation (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)

58. Fixing your consciousness on Me, you will cross over all obstacles by My mercy. If, on the other hand, you do not listen out of pride, you will perish.

Purport

A person in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not unduly anxious about executing the duties of his existence. The foolish cannot understand this great freedom from all anxiety. For one who acts in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, Lord Kṛṣṇa becomes the most intimate friend. He always looks after His friend’s comfort, and He gives Himself to His friend, who is so devotedly engaged working twenty-four hours a day to please the Lord. Therefore, no one should be carried away by the false ego of the bodily concept of life. One should not falsely think himself independent of the laws of material nature or free to act. He is already under strict material laws. But as soon as he acts in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he is liberated, free from the material perplexities. One should note very carefully that one who is not active in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is losing himself in the material whirlpool, in the ocean of birth and death. No conditioned soul actually knows what is to be done and what is not to be done, but a person who acts in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is free to act because everything is prompted by Kṛṣṇa from within and confirmed by the spiritual master.

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Then what will happen? This verse describes the result: you will cross all obstacles.

Purport (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)

Thus with consciousness fixed in Me, by My mercy alone, you will cross over all the sufferings of saṁsāra, which is difficult to cross (sarva durgāṇi). You should not worry about this. I, the friend of My devotee, will remove all of those sufferings, and I will give Myself to that devotee. Thus the method of practice and attainment for the pariniṣṭita bhakti has been stated. But if you do not hear what I have said out of thinking that you know what is to be done and what is not to be done (ahāṅkārāt), you will be deviated from your goal (viinaṅkṣyasi). There exists no one other the I, among living beings, who knows what is to be done and what is not to be done, who knows what is beneficial.