Chapter 18 • Verse 60

Moksha Sanyasa Yoga

The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation

Sanskrit Verse

svabhava-jena kaunteya nibaddha svena karmana kartum necchasi yan mohat karisyasy avaso 'pi tat

Translation & Meaning

Bound by your own duty born of your own nature, that which out of delusion you wish not to do — you will be compelled to do even against your will. One cannot escape the dharma written into one's own nature.

Key Teachings

  • •One's own svabhava-born duty binds more powerfully than any external compulsion
  • •What delusion makes us refuse, nature eventually compels us to perform
  • •Freedom lies not in escaping duty but in embracing it consciously with wisdom

Topics

svabhavanaturecompulsiondelusionduty
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