refuge in Me alone; I will liberate thee from all sins; grieve not.

67. This is never to be spoken by thee to one who is devoid of austerities or devotion, nor to one who does not render service, nor to one who cavils at Me.

68. He who with supreme devotion to Me will teach this deeply profound philosophy to My devotees, shall doubtless come to Me alone.

69. Nor among men is there any who does dearer service to Me, nor shall there be another on earth dearer to Me, than he.

70. And he who will study this sacred dialogue of ours, by him shall I have been worshipped by the Yajna of knowledge; such is My conviction.

71. And even that man who hears this, full of Shraddha and free from malice, he too, liberated, shall attain to the happy worlds of those of righteous deeds.

72. Has this been heard by thee, Partha, with an attentive mind? Has the delusion of thy ignorance been destroyed, O Dhananjaya?

Arjuna said:

73. Destroyed is my delusion, and I have gained my memory through Thy grace, O Achyuta. I am firm; my doubts are gone. I will do Thy word.

Sanjaya said:

74. Thus have I heard this wonderful dialogue between Vasudeva and the high-souled Partha, causing my hair to stand on end.

75. Through the grace of Vyasa have I heard this supreme and most profound Yoga, direct from Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, Himself declaring it.

76. O King, as I remember and remember this wonderful and holy dialogue between Keshava and Arjuna, I rejoice again and again.

77. And as I remember and remember that most wonderful Form of Hari, great is my wonder, O King; and I rejoice again and again.

78. Wherever is Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, wherever is Partha, the wielder of the bow, there are prosperity, victory, expansion, and sound policy: such is my conviction.

Thus in the Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, the Essence of the Upanishads, the Science of the Brahman, the Scripture of Yoga, the Dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the Eighteenth Chapter designated:

THE WAY OF LIBERATION IN RENUNCIATION.

Here the Bhagavad-Gita ends.

Om! Peace! Peace! Peace be to all!

Footnotes

^364:1 Sannyasa and Tyaga both mean renunciation. Keshi--was an Asura.

^365:2 Kamya--which are accompanied with a desire for fruits.

^367:7 Since it is purifying in the case of the ignorant.

^368:8 Fruit, i.e., Moksha, which comes out of the renunciation of all actions accompanied with wisdom.

^370:13 Wisdom: Sankhya,--literally, in which all the things that are to be known are expounded, therefore, the highest wisdom.

^371:14 Presiding divinity: Each of the senses has its god who presides over it, and by whose aid it discharges its own functions; e.g., the Aditya (Sun) is the presiding divinity of the eye, by whose aid it sees and acts; and so on with the other senses.