A core teaching · reflective in mood · a little context helps
“True devotion stays with one center and loses interest in the crowd.”
Undivided devotion to me, a love that does not waver, delight in solitude, and no attraction to crowds.
The verse in reading order — each Sanskrit word with its meaning beneath. Hover a word to focus on it.
Read literallyin me · and · with undivided devotion · devotion · unwavering · fondness for secluded places · lack of delight · in crowds
Steady devotion to Krishna, a love that does not drift, grows with a taste for solitude and little interest in crowds.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga" (Field and Knower of the Field).
Verse 11 sits in Chapter 13 of the Bhagavad Gita — Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga, "Field and Knower of the Field". The chapter has 35 verses in total.
You leave a loud gathering and feel your mind settle only after the car ride home. Some parts of you come alive in silence, not in constant company.
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It shifts devotion from performance to inward steadiness, where attention stops scattering into social noise.
What this verse means
Steady devotion to Krishna, a love that does not drift, grows with a taste for solitude and little interest in crowds.
Context & commentary
On the battlefield, Arjuna is being taught how to see the field and the knower of the field clearly. After describing detachment from distractions, Krishna adds the devotional posture that supports true knowledge: unwavering love, quiet spaces, and less pull toward crowds.
Why this verse still matters
You leave a loud gathering and feel your mind settle only after the car ride home. Some parts of you come alive in silence, not in constant company.
“Real devotion simplifies life. It pulls attention inward and away from noise that scatters the heart.”
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