Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 7, Verse 30
साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदुः।
प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः।।
प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतसः।।
sādhibhūtādhidaivaṁ māṁ sādhiyajñaṁ ca ye viduḥ
prayāṇa-kāle ’pi ca māṁ te vidur yukta-cetasaḥ
also searched as "sadhibhutadhidaivam mam sadhiyajnam ca ye viduh"
Translation
And those who know Me with the Adhibhuta, Adhidaiva, and Adhiyajna, they too, with their minds fixed in meditation, know Me even at the hour of death.
Vāṇi's rendering
Those who know me in the elements, in the gods, in every offering — know me even at the hour of death.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| साधिभूताधिदैवम्sādhibhūtādhidaivam | together with the elements and with the shining powers that govern them (sa + adhibhūta + adhidaiva, joined by sandhi) |
| माम्māṁ | me |
| साधियज्ञम्sādhiyajñaṁ | together with the presence in every offering (sa + adhiyajña) |
| चca | and |
| येye | those who |
| विदुःviduḥ | know |
| प्रयाणprayāṇa | going forth, departure |
| कालेkāle | at the time of |
| अपि’pi | even (api, its initial vowel elided after kāle) |
| चca | also |
| माम्māṁ | me |
| तेte | they |
| विदुःvidur | know (viduḥ, softened before the following word) |
| युक्तचेतसःyukta-cetasaḥ | with mind joined, held steady |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 Verse 30 mean?
It means that whoever finds Krishna in the elements, in the shining powers, and in every offering does not lose him when the body goes. The knowing was never held by the body, so the body's ending cannot take it. Death changes the setting, not the recognition.
What does 'sadhibhutadhidaivam mam sadhiyajnam ca ye viduh' teach about death?
That the hour of death gives nothing you have not already gathered. Krishna does not describe a sudden rescue at the end. He describes a mind kept joined — yukta-cetasaḥ — through ordinary hours, which then remains joined when the last hour arrives.
Do I need to be a scholar to know Krishna in the elements and the gods?
No. This is not a list to memorise. It is a habit of seeing — the food, the weather, the small daily giving, all of it as one presence rather than scattered things. That seeing can begin today, wherever you happen to be sitting.
Why does the Gita link steady mind with the moment of dying?
Because dying is when everything you leaned on is withdrawn at once. Whatever remains then is whatever was practised, not borrowed. So the verse quietly turns your attention from the end back to this afternoon — that is where the steadiness is being built.
Read every verse this way, held — inside Vāṇi.
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Commentary
Chapter seven ends at a deathbed. Krishna has been naming the places where he can be found — in matter, in the powers that govern it, in the fire of every offering — and now he says what that finding is worth: it holds when everything else lets go. The hour of death takes away the body, the plans, the names. It does not take away a knowing that was never stored in them. Krishna promises nothing new at the end; he promises what you already practised. Yukta-cetasaḥ — a mind joined, kept joined, in the kitchen, in traffic. That is the rehearsal. The last moment only plays it back.