Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 18, Verse 62
तमेव शरणं गच्छ सर्वभावेन भारत।तत्प्रसादात्परां शान्तिं स्थानं प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतम्।।
tam eva śaraṇaṁ gaccha sarva-bhāvena bhārata
tat-prasādāt parāṁ śāntiṁ sthānaṁ prāpsyasi śāśvatam
also searched as "tam eva sharanam gaccha sarva-bhavena bharata"
Translation
Seek refuge in Him alone, O Arjuna, with the entirety of your being. By His grace, you shall find supreme peace and an eternal abode.
Vāṇi's rendering
Go to the Lord for shelter with everything you are. By his grace you will find the highest peace — the everlasting home.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| तम्tam | to him — the Lord seated in every heart, named in the verse before |
| एवeva | him alone, and no other |
| शरणम्śaraṇaṁ | shelter, refuge |
| गच्छgaccha | go |
| सर्वभावेनsarva-bhāvena | with your whole being; every part of what you are |
| भारतbhārata | Arjuna, of Bharata's line |
| तत्प्रसादात्tat-prasādāt | by his grace |
| पराम्parāṁ | highest, supreme |
| शान्तिम्śāntiṁ | peace |
| स्थानम्sthānaṁ | place, abode, home |
| प्राप्स्यसिprāpsyasi | you will reach, you will find |
| शाश्वतम्śāśvatam | everlasting |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 62 mean?
It means turn toward the Lord who is already seated within you, and turn with all of yourself. Krishna promises two things follow from his grace — the highest peace, and a home that does not end. Not peace as a reward for good behaviour, but peace as what remains when nothing is being held back.
What does 'tam eva sharanam gaccha sarva-bhavena bharata' mean?
Go to him alone for shelter, Arjuna, with your whole being. Sarva-bhāvena is the weight-bearing word. Not with your good intentions, not with your best hour — with everything, including the parts you would rather leave outside the door. Half a refuge is not a refuge.
Does surrender in this verse mean giving up on effort?
No. Krishna has just spent seventeen chapters telling Arjuna to fight. Śaraṇam does not stop the hand; it changes who the hand belongs to. You still draw the bow. What you release is the private ownership of the outcome and the loneliness of carrying it.
What is the 'everlasting home' Krishna speaks of here?
Sthānaṁ śāśvatam — a place that does not shift. Everything else you have stood on has moved: bodies age, roles end, certainties dissolve. Krishna is not describing a location you travel to. He is describing what stops moving in you when the whole of you has finally arrived somewhere.
Themes in this verse
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Commentary
The wheel was named one verse ago — all beings turning, one who turns them. Krishna does not offer you an exit. He says go to the center. Śaraṇaṁ gaccha, and the first thing those words ask is direction; the second is completeness. Sarva-bhāvena — with everything you are, not the presentable part you'd show a guest. Arjuna has been offering pieces all along: his arguments, his grief, his questions about method. Here he is asked for the whole of it. So bring the fear too, and the resentment you have not admitted. They are part of everything you are.