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BG 18 VERSE 64

सर्व गुह्यतमं भूयः शृणु मे परमं वचः
इष्टोऽसि मे दृढमिति ततो वक्ष्यामि ते हितम्

sarva-guhyatamaṃ bhūyaḥ
śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ
iṣṭo ’si me dṛḍham iti
tato vakṣyāmi te hitam

SYNONYMS

sarva-guhyatamam: the most confidential | bhūyaḥ: again | śṛṇu: just hear | me: from Me | paramam: the supreme | vacaḥ: instruction | isṭaḥ asi: you are very dear to Me | dṛḍham: very | iti: thus | tataḥ: therefore | vakṣyāmi: speaking | te: for your | hitam: benefit. |

TRANSLATION

Because you are My very dear friend, I am speaking to you the most confidential part of knowledge. Hear this from Me, for it is for your benefit.

PURPORT

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The Lord has given Arjuna confidential knowledge of the Supersoul within everyone’s heart, and now He is giving the most confidential part of this knowledge: just surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. At the end of the Ninth Chapter He has said, “Just always think of Me.” The same instruction is repeated here to stress the essence of the teachings of Bhagavad-gītā. This essence is not understood by a common man, but by one who is actually very dear to Kṛṣṇa, a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa. This is the most important instruction in all Vedic literature. What Kṛṣṇa is saying in this connection is the most essential part of knowledge, and it should be carried out not only by Arjuna but by all living entities.