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Instrument

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on instrument. Explore teachings across 2 chapters.

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Chapter 11 • Verse 33 →The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form
Tasmāt tvam uttiṣhṭha yaśho labhasva jitvā śhatrūn bhuṅkṣhva rājyaṁ samṛiddham, mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvam eva nimitta-mātraṁ bhava savya-sāchin

Therefore, arise and attain glory. Conquer your enemies and enjoy a prosperous kingdom. They are already slain by My arrangement; you are merely an instrument.

  • •We are instruments of divine will
  • •Outcomes are already determined
  • •Act without ego of doership
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Chapter 18 • Verse 18 →The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation
jnanam jneyam parijnata tri-vidha karma-codana karta karma karanam iti tri-vidhah karma-sangrahah

Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower form the threefold impulse to action. The doer, the act, and the instrument of action form the threefold basis of action. All action is structured by these two triads.

  • •Every action arises from the triad of knower, knowledge, and object of knowledge
  • •Every action is constituted by the triad of doer, act, and instrument
  • •Understanding these triads reveals the full structural anatomy of action
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