Shloka 10.10
Krishna speaks to Arjuna
तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम् |ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते ||१०-१०||
teṣāṃ satatayuktānāṃ bhajatāṃ prītipūrvakam . dadāmi buddhiyogaṃ taṃ yena māmupayānti te ||10-10||
Meaning
To those who are always devout and who worship Me with love, I give the power of discrimination, which leads them to Me.
Translation: Shri Purohit Swami, The Geeta: The Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna (1935). Public domain.
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Explanation
Here Krishna reveals the reciprocity of grace. To those who are satata-yukta — constantly devoted — and who worship prīti-pūrvakam, 'with love,' He Himself gives buddhi-yoga, the yoga of clear discernment. The devotee offers love; the Lord responds by gifting the very wisdom that leads home.
This is a vital teaching: realization is not won by effort alone. The steady, loving heart becomes a vessel into which divine understanding is poured. We do our part — constancy and love — and grace completes the journey, 'by which they come to Me' (yena mām upayānti te). The path is thus a partnership: human sincerity drawing down divine help.
In daily life
Steady, loving devotion invites a grace that grants the very wisdom needed to reach the Divine.
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Krishna on love, in other chapters
- Verse 18.64The deepest spiritual truths are shared not as commands but as tender gifts of love to the beloved devotee.
- Verse 7.17The purest devotion seeks the Divine for nothing but Itself — and there, love flows mutually between the soul and God.
- Verse 11.49Behind the most fearsome face of Reality is a love that calls us out of fear and back into peace and gladness.
- Verse 6.30See the Divine in all things and in everyone, and you will never be separated from God, nor God from you.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 10.10
Who says Bhagavad Gita 10.10, and to whom?
Krishna speaks to Arjuna in verse 10.10, in Chapter 10, Vibhuti Yoga (Vibhuti Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 10.10 mean?
To those who are always devout and who worship Me with love, I give the power of discrimination, which leads them to Me. (Translation: Shri Purohit Swami, The Geeta: The Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna (1935). Public domain.)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 10.10 for daily life?
Steady, loving devotion invites a grace that grants the very wisdom needed to reach the Divine.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 10.10 mean?
तेषां — to them; सततयुक्तानां — ever steadfast / ever united; भजतां — who worship; प्रीतिपूर्वकम् — with love; ददामि — I give.
Where does verse 10.10 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 10 of 42 in Chapter 10, Vibhuti Yoga. The next verse is 10.11.