Bhagavad GitaBhagavad Gita 7.14
Chapter 7, verse 14: the Sanskrit, the Roman letters, the meaning and what it is used for.
दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया
मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते
daivī hyeṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā
māmeva ye prapadyante māyāmetāṃ taranti te
Meaning
This divine power of mine, made of the three gunas, is hard to cross; but those who take refuge in me alone cross beyond it.
Explanation
Maya is the power by which the world appears separate and by which people take the changing for the lasting. The verse says it cannot be crossed by effort alone but by turning to the source. In devotional readings it is a verse of surrender; in philosophical readings it is a verse about how seeing clearly dissolves the illusion.
Where it fits
This is verse 14 of 30 in chapter 7, "Knowledge and its realisation" (Jnana Vijnana Yoga). previous verse (7.13) · next verse (7.15)
Related verses
- Bhagavad Gita 4.7
- Bhagavad Gita 4.8
- Bhagavad Gita 9.22
- Bhagavad Gita 9.26
- Bhagavad Gita 10.8
- Bhagavad Gita 15.15
Questions people ask
What does Bhagavad Gita 7.14 mean?
This divine power of mine, made of the three gunas, is hard to cross; but those who take refuge in me alone cross beyond it.
Where is this verse?
It is verse 14 of chapter 7 (Knowledge and its realisation), which has 30 verses.
Meanings and explanations are our own wording, not an authorised translation. Readers of the Gita follow different traditions and teachers; please ask yours about what you read here.