Spiritual impressions continue.
Krishna speaks to Arjuna
तत्र तं बुद्धिसंयोगं लभते पौर्वदेहिकम् |यतते च ततो भूयः संसिद्धौ कुरुनन्दन ||६-४३||
tatra taṃ buddhisaṃyogaṃ labhate paurvadehikam . yatate ca tato bhūyaḥ saṃsiddhau kurunandana ||6-43||
Use this verse when you feel drawn to the Gita again.
Meaning
There one regains the connection with the wisdom from the previous body and again strives toward perfection, O joy of the Kurus.
Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).
In plain words
Past practice returns as inner inclination.
Word-by-word meaning
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Explanation
Krishna teaches that spiritual impressions are not erased. They reawaken as attraction toward wisdom and renewed effort.
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Krishna reveals the profound mechanism that makes spiritual effort permanent. In the new birth, the seeker regains his purva-dehika buddhi-samyoga — the spiritual understanding acquired in his former body. The wisdom earned in past lives is not lost at death; it is stored, and it reconnects with him, often appearing as an unaccountable natural affinity for the spiritual from a young age.
This explains why some souls are drawn to the inner path effortlessly, as though remembering rather than learning. And crucially, Krishna says he then strives bhuyah — even more than before. He does not start over from zero but resumes from where he left off, with the added momentum of fresh resolve.
Spiritual progress, then, is cumulative across lifetimes, never erased. Every insight gained, every discipline practiced, becomes a permanent possession of the soul. This is deeply liberating: it means no sincere effort is ever truly interrupted, only carried forward into the next chapter of the journey.
In daily life
Honor natural attraction toward wisdom.
Someone may feel drawn to the Gita without knowing why.
Try this today
Follow one sincere inner pull toward practice.
My past effort awakens as present wisdom.Reflect
What wisdom do I feel naturally drawn to?
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Krishna on perseverance, in other chapters
- Verse 12.9If the mind will not settle on God, train it through patient, repeated practice.
- Verse 18.48No work is free of flaws, so do not flee your natural duty seeking some perfect alternative that does not exist.
- Verse 2.27Accept the inevitability of birth and death as natural law, and redirect the energy spent on grief toward present purposeful action.
- Verse 4.9Truly understanding the divine nature — not as theory but as living insight — frees us from endless cycles and unites us with it.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 6.43
Who says Bhagavad Gita 6.43, and to whom?
Krishna speaks to Arjuna in verse 6.43, in Chapter 6, Dhyana Yoga (Dhyana Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 6.43 mean?
There one regains the connection with the wisdom from the previous body and again strives toward perfection, O joy of the Kurus. (Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 6.43 for daily life?
Honor natural attraction toward wisdom. Someone may feel drawn to the Gita without knowing why.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 6.43 mean?
तत्र — there (in that birth); तम् बुद्धिसंयोगम् — that union with the (spiritual) intelligence; लभते पौर्वदेहिकम् — he regains, acquired in his former body; यतते च ततः भूयः — and he strives once more, even harder; संसिद्धौ — for perfection.
Where does verse 6.43 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 43 of 47 in Chapter 6, Dhyana Yoga. The next verse is 6.44.