मच्चित्तः सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि ।अथ चेत्त्वमहङ्कारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि ॥
maccittaḥ sarvadurgāṇi matprasādāt tariṣyasi |atha cet tvam ahaṅkārān na śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi ||
- मच्चित्तः · maccittaḥ
- with mind on me
- सर्वदुर्गाणि · sarvadurgāṇi
- all difficulties
- मत्प्रसादात् · matprasādāt
- through my grace
- तरिष्यसि · tariṣyasi
- you will cross over
- अथ · atha
- but
- चेत् · cet
- if
- त्वम् · tvam
- you
- अहङ्कारात् · ahaṅkārāt
- from ego
- न · na
- not
- श्रोष्यसि · śroṣyasi
- you will listen
- विनङ्क्ष्यसि · vinaṅkṣyasi
- you will perish
“With your mind on me, you will cross over all difficulties through my grace; but if from ego you will not listen, you will perish.”
— Original plain-language translation
Promise and warning side by side: grace carries the receptive across every impasse, while egoistic refusal ends in ruin. Krishna speaks as the intimate charioteer and as fate itself. The stark alternative sharpens Arjuna's coming choice.
— Reader's notes (original)