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Bhagavad Gita 18.46 — Yatah Pravrittir Bhutanam

Bhagavad Gita 18.46 — Yatah Pravrittir Bhutanam in English · English

🕉️ hindu·📿 11× repetitions·🕐 Morning before beginning work, or at the start of any task or profession·📜 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 46

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀEnglishසිංහල 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

✦ Meaning

This luminous verse from the final chapter reveals the deepest secret of work: any honest duty, performed as worship of the all-pervading Lord, becomes a direct path to perfection. The same God from whom all beings arise and who pervades the entire universe is worshipped not only through ritual but through one's own work done in the right spirit. It dignifies every occupation as a means of reaching the Divine.

Origin & Story

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 46 · Sage Veda Vyasa (Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva) · Ancient (text compiled c. 5th–2nd century BCE)

In the eighteenth and final chapter, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Krishna summarizes the whole teaching of the Gita. Having described duties according to one's nature, he reveals this profound truth: the Lord who is the source of all beings and pervades the universe is worshipped through one's own work, and by such worship a person attains perfection.

✦ As told in scripture

Saints from every walk of life — weavers, cobblers, farmers and merchants among them — are remembered for attaining God-realization simply by doing their humble work as worship, exactly as this verse promises, proving that no honest duty is too small a path to the Divine.

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The Mantra

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yataḥ pravṛittir bhūtānāṁ yena sarvam idaṁ tatam sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarchya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ

Meaning:He from whom all beings have come forth and by whom all this universe is pervaded — by worshipping Him through the performance of one's own duty, a person attains perfection.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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yataḥ🔊from whom

pravṛittiḥ🔊the origin, coming-into-being, activity

bhūtānām🔊of all living beings

yena🔊by whom

sarvam🔊all

idam🔊this (universe)

tatam🔊is pervaded

sva-karmaṇā🔊by one's own prescribed duty / natural work

tam🔊Him

abhyarchya🔊by worshipping, by offering worship

siddhim🔊perfection, success, fulfillment

vindati🔊attains, finds

mānavaḥ🔊a human being, a person

Benefits of Chanting Bhagavad Gita 18.46 — Yatah Pravrittir Bhutanam

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Reveals that any honest work, done as worship, leads to spiritual perfection

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Sanctifies every profession and duty as a path to God

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Removes the divide between worldly work and worship

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Brings dignity, meaning and devotion to daily labour

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Teaches that the all-pervading Lord can be served through one's own dharma

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Combines karma-yoga, devotion and self-fulfilment in a single practice

How to Chant Bhagavad Gita 18.46 — Yatah Pravrittir Bhutanam

Repetitions11times

Best TimeMorning before beginning work, or at the start of any task or profession

Recite this verse before you begin your work each day, consciously offering your duty as worship to the Lord who pervades all. Let it transform routine tasks into acts of devotion, performed for His sake rather than mere personal gain. It is especially encouraging for anyone who feels their work is ordinary — reminding them that sincere duty itself, offered to God, becomes a means of attaining perfection.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Bhagavad Gita 18.46 — Yatah Pravrittir Bhutanam written in the English script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

Krishna teaches that by performing one's own duty as worship of the all-pervading Lord — from whom all beings arise and by whom the universe is pervaded — a person attains perfection. Honest work, offered to God, is itself a spiritual path.

By doing your prescribed duty sincerely, skillfully and selflessly, and dedicating it to God rather than to ego or greed. The inner attitude of offering, not the outer type of work, is what turns labour into worship (abhyarchya).

Ritual worship has its place, but this verse expands worship to include one's daily duty. The Lord who pervades everything can be adored through right action itself, so even those immersed in worldly responsibilities have a complete path to perfection.

It builds on the Gita's teaching that it is better to do one's own duty (swadharma) imperfectly than another's well. Here Krishna adds that this very swadharma, offered as worship to God, leads directly to the highest perfection.