सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे ।समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा ॥
siddhiṃ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me |samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā ||
- सिद्धिम् · siddhim
- perfection
- प्राप्तः · prāptaḥ
- having attained
- यथा · yathā
- how
- ब्रह्म · brahma
- Brahman
- तथा · tathā
- thus
- आप्नोति · āpnoti
- attains
- निबोध · nibodha
- learn
- मे · me
- from me
- समासेन · samāsena
- in brief
- कौन्तेय · kaunteya
- O son of Kunti
- निष्ठा · niṣṭhā
- the culmination, settled state
- ज्ञानस्य · jñānasya
- of knowledge
- परा · parā
- supreme
“Learn from me in brief, O son of Kunti, how one who has reached perfection attains Brahman — the supreme culmination of knowledge.”
— Original plain-language translation
Perfection in work (siddhi) is a station, not the terminus; beyond it lies Brahman itself. Krishna promises the supreme consummation of knowing 'in brief' — verses 18.51–18.53 give the concentrated method. The Gita keeps its hierarchy clear: right action ripens into liberating knowledge.
— Reader's notes (original)