Chapter 18, Verse 63

इति ते ज्ञानमाख्यातं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं मया । विमृश्यैतदशेषेण यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ॥

Translation

Thus I have explained to you knowledge more secret than any secret. Reflect on it fully, then act as you choose.

Explanation

After seventeen chapters of instruction, this verse notably doesn't end in a command — it ends by explicitly returning the decision to Arjuna's own judgment. Real teaching, this suggests, aims at informed freedom, not obedience.

Reflect

Having reflected on whatever's been on your mind, what do you actually choose to do about it?

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