Chapter 18 · The Yoga of Liberation

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Text 18.54

ब्रह्मभूत: प्रसन्नात्मा न शोचति न काङ् क्षति सम: सर्वेषु भूतेषु मद्भक्तिं लभते पराम्

brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śhochati na kāṅkṣhati samaḥ sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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Having become brahman, serene in self, he neither grieves nor craves; equal to all beings, he attains supreme devotion to Me. Devotion comes after brahman-realisation here, not before it — the order is deliberate.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Devotion comes after brahman-realisation here — the order is deliberate.