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Samsiddhi

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on samsiddhi. Explore teachings across 1 chapter.

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Chapter 18 • Verse 45 →The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation
sve sve karmany abhiratah samsiddhim labhate narah sva-karma-niratah siddhim yatha vindati tac chrinu

Each person attains perfection by being devoted to their own duty. Hear now how one who is intent on their own duty finds that perfection. Krishna affirms that fulfillment comes through wholehearted engagement with one's own dharmic work.

  • •Perfection is available to every person through devotion to their own duty
  • •No varna or occupation is inherently superior — all lead to perfection when done rightly
  • •Total dedication to svadharma is the universal path to samsiddhi
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Chapter 18 • Verse 46 →The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation
yatah pravrittir bhutanam yena sarvam idam tatam sva-karmana tam abhyarcya siddhim vindati manavah

By worshipping through one's own duty the One from whom all beings arise and by whom all this is pervaded, a person finds perfection. Every form of work becomes worship when offered to the Supreme who pervades all existence.

  • •The divine source pervades all beings and all existence
  • •Any work becomes worship when dedicated to the divine pervader
  • •Svadharma performed as divine worship is itself the path to liberation
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