Chapter 18 · Liberation through renunciation
Bhagavad Gita 18.46
Worship through your own work.
Shri Bhagavan
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ।
स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः ॥
yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṁ yena sarvamidaṁ tatam / svakarmaṇā tamabhyarcya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ
He from whom all beings arise and by whom all this is pervaded — worshipping Him through one’s own work, a person finds perfection.
हिंदी · जिससे सब प्राणियों की उत्पत्ति होती है और जिससे यह संपूर्ण जगत् व्याप्त है, उसी की अपने कर्म के द्वारा पूजा करके मनुष्य सिद्धि प्राप्त करता है।
What it means
Worship through your own work.
By doing one’s own work as worship of the One from whom all beings arise and by whom all this is pervaded, a person attains fulfilment.
This is the Trust’s own reading, written for this site. The verse above it is the text.
Where this verse stands
Svabhava and svadharma
Chapter 1818.40–48
Socially situated duty and action according to one’s nature are discussed; imperfection does not automatically invalidate one’s proper work.
This verse belongs to the middle development of the movement.
Common questions
What does Bhagavad Gita 18.46 mean?
Worship through your own work. By doing one’s own work as worship of the One from whom all beings arise and by whom all this is pervaded, a person attains fulfilment.
Who speaks Bhagavad Gita 18.46?
Shri Bhagavan. The speaker is taken from the text’s own उवाच line as transcribed, not inferred from the verse number.