Verse 18.66
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज ।
अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः ॥
Transliteration
sarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja |
ahaṃ tvā sarvapāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Abandoning all duties, take refuge in Me alone: I will liberate thee from all sins; grieve not.
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Setting aside all dharmas, come to me alone for refuge. I shall free you from all sins; do not grieve.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
Word by word
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
This is among the most discussed verses in the Gita. Krishna tells Arjuna to set aside all dharmas and take refuge in him alone, promising to free him from all sins and telling him not to grieve. Traditions read all dharmas differently: as all other means of salvation, as attachment to the fruits of duty, or as the sense of oneself as the doer. Many note that Arjuna still goes on to fight. Either way, the verse offers complete trust as the answer to his grief.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08