ब्रह्मभूतः प्रसन्नात्मा न शोचति न काङ्क्षति ।समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु मद्भक्तिं लभते पराम् ॥
brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati |samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu madbhaktiṃ labhate parām ||
- ब्रह्मभूतः · brahmabhūtaḥ
- become Brahman, one with Brahman
- प्रसन्नात्मा · prasannātmā
- serene in self
- न · na
- not
- शोचति · śocati
- grieves
- न · na
- not
- काङ्क्षति · kāṅkṣati
- craves
- समः · samaḥ
- equal, same-sighted
- सर्वेषु · sarveṣu
- toward all
- भूतेषु · bhūteṣu
- beings
- मद्भक्तिम् · madbhaktim
- devotion to me
- लभते · labhate
- attains
- पराम् · parām
- supreme
“Become one with Brahman, serene in self, one neither grieves nor craves; same toward all beings, one attains supreme devotion to me.”
— Original plain-language translation
A pivotal reversal: knowledge of Brahman flowers into supreme devotion, not beyond it. Grief and craving — the twin disturbances — fall silent, and equanimity toward all beings dawns. The Gita thus crowns jñāna with bhakti; 18.55 will complete the circle.
— Reader's notes (original)