40 lines, each with its Sanskrit. Updated October 2026.
Krishna's own words, one line each, with the verse it comes from. Copy or share any line.
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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन । मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥
karmaṇy evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana | mā karmaphalahetur bhūr mā te saṅgo 'stv akarmaṇi ||
Your right is to the work, never its fruits. Don't make the fruit your motive, or cling to inaction.
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज । अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः ॥
sarvadharmān parityajya mām ekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja | ahaṃ tvā sarvapāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ ||
Leave every other support and take refuge in Me alone. I will free you from all sin. Do not grieve.
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः । अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ॥
na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ | ajo nityaḥ śāśvato 'yaṃ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre ||
The Self is never born and never dies. Unborn and eternal, it is not killed when the body is killed.
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत । अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata | abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjāmy aham ||
Whenever dharma declines and adharma rises, I bring Myself into the world.
उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् । आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥
uddhared ātmanātmānaṃ nātmānam avasādayet | ātmaiva hy ātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ ||
Lift yourself by your own effort, and never pull yourself down. You are your own friend, and your own enemy.
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् । धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे ॥
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām | dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya saṃbhavāmi yuge yuge ||
To protect the good, end the wicked and restore dharma, I come into being age after age.
नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः । न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ॥
nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ | na cainaṃ kledayanty āpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ ||
Weapons cannot cut the Self, fire cannot burn it, water cannot wet it, and wind cannot dry it.
बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते । तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् ॥
buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛtaduṣkṛte | tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam ||
A steady mind moves past both merit and sin. So give yourself to yoga: yoga is skill in action.
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते । तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥
ananyāś cintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate | teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmy aham ||
Those who think of Me alone and worship Me always, I bring what they lack and protect what they have.
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय । सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥
yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya | siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate ||
Act from steadiness, free of attachment, the same in success and failure. That evenness is yoga.
What Krishna told Arjuna when grief had him sitting down in the chariot.
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः । आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ॥
mātrāsparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ | āgamāpāyino 'nityās tāṃs titikṣasva bhārata ||
Heat and cold, pleasure and pain come and go through the senses. They don't last. Bear them patiently.
अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे । गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः ॥
aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṃ prajñāvādāṃś ca bhāṣase | gatāsūn agatāsūṃś ca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ ||
You grieve where grief is not due, yet talk like the wise. Those who know grieve neither dead nor living.
सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ । ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥
sukhaduḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau | tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṃ pāpam avāpsyasi ||
Treat pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat alike, then fight. That way you will incur no sin.
For the morning after a fall, when you have to get up anyway.
क्लैब्यं मा स्म गमः पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते । क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप ॥
klaibyaṃ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayy upapadyate | kṣudraṃ hṛdayadaurbalyaṃ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa ||
Don't yield to this cowardice, Arjuna; it is beneath you. Cast off this petty weakness of heart and rise.
नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते । स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात् ॥
nehābhikramanāśo 'sti pratyavāyo na vidyate | svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt ||
Here no effort is lost and nothing backfires. Even a little of this dharma saves you from great fear.
बन्धुरात्माऽऽत्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः । अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत् ॥
bandhur ātmātmanas tasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ | anātmanas tu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatruvat ||
Master your mind and it becomes your friend. Leave it unmastered and it works against you like an enemy.
On doing the work well and letting the outcome be.
नियतं कुरु कर्म त्वं कर्म ज्यायो ह्यकर्मणः । शरीरयात्रापि च ते न प्रसिद्ध्येदकर्मणः ॥
niyataṃ kuru karma tvaṃ karma jyāyo hy akarmaṇaḥ | śarīrayātrāpi ca te na prasiddhyed akarmaṇaḥ ||
Do your duty; action is better than inaction. Without it, you could not even keep your body going.
तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर । असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः ॥
tasmād asaktaḥ satataṃ kāryaṃ karma samācara | asakto hy ācaran karma param āpnoti pūruṣaḥ ||
So always do the work that must be done, without attachment. Working without attachment, a person reaches the highest.
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् । स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥
śreyān svadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmāt svanuṣṭhitāt | svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ ||
Better your own dharma, done imperfectly, than another's done well. Even death in your own is better; another's brings fear.
सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत् । सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः ॥
sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣam api na tyajet | sarvārambhā hi doṣeṇa dhūmenāgnir ivāvṛtāḥ ||
Never abandon the work born of your nature, though flawed. Every undertaking has flaws, as fire has smoke.
For the restless mind Arjuna himself complained about.
असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् । अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते ॥
asaṃśayaṃ mahābāho mano durnigrahaṃ calam | abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate ||
No doubt the mind is restless and hard to hold. Yet it is held through steady practice and letting go.
यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् । ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत् ॥
yato yato niścarati manaś cañcalam asthiram | tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmany eva vaśaṃ nayet ||
Wherever the restless, unsteady mind wanders, bring it back from there, and rest it in the Self.
नास्ति बुद्धिरयुक्तस्य न चायुक्तस्य भावना । न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ॥
nāsti buddhir ayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā | na cābhāvayataḥ śāntir aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham ||
An unsteady mind has no clarity and no focus. Without focus, no peace. Without peace, how can there be happiness?
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् । तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ॥
āpūryamāṇam acalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat | tadvat kāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve sa śāntim āpnoti na kāmakāmī ||
As rivers enter the full, still ocean, desires enter the wise. They find peace; one who chases desires does not.
Krishna's promises to the one who leans on him.
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति । तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ॥
patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati | tad ahaṃ bhaktyupahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ ||
A leaf, a flower, a fruit, some water: whatever a sincere heart offers Me with love, I accept.
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् । यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥
yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat | yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣva madarpaṇam ||
Whatever you do, eat, offer, give or endure in discipline, do it as an offering to Me.
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु । मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे ॥
manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṃ namaskuru | mām evaiṣyasi satyaṃ te pratijāne priyo 'si me ||
Remember Me, love Me, worship Me, bow to Me. You will reach Me. I promise: you are dear to Me.
पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते । नहि कल्याणकृत्कश्चिद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति ॥
pārtha naiveha nāmutra vināśas tasya vidyate | na hi kalyāṇakṛt kaścid durgatiṃ tāta gacchati ||
Neither here nor hereafter is such a person ruined. No one who does good, dear friend, comes to grief.
क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति । कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति ॥
kṣipraṃ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvacchāntiṃ nigacchati | kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati ||
Such a person quickly becomes righteous and finds lasting peace. Declare it boldly, Arjuna: My devotee never perishes.
तमेव शरणं गच्छ सर्वभावेन भारत । तत्प्रसादात्परां शान्तिं स्थानं प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतम् ॥
tam eva śaraṇaṃ gaccha sarvabhāvena bhārata | tatprasādāt parāṃ śāntiṃ sthānaṃ prāpsyasi śāśvatam ||
Take refuge in Him alone with your whole being. By His grace you will reach supreme peace, the eternal home.
What Krishna says about death, to a man facing the death of his own family.
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि । तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥
vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro 'parāṇi | tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny anyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī ||
As you discard worn clothes for new ones, the Self leaves old bodies and enters new ones.
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च । तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur dhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca | tasmād aparihārye 'rthe na tvaṃ śocitum arhasi ||
Death is certain for the born, and birth for the dead. Do not grieve over what cannot be avoided.
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा । तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ॥
dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ jarā | tathā dehāntaraprāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati ||
Just as the Self moves through childhood, youth and age, it moves to a new body. The wise stay steady.
Krishna on who he is and how everything holds together.
कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः । ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः ॥
kālo 'smi lokakṣayakṛt pravṛddho lokān samāhartum iha pravṛttaḥ | ṛte 'pi tvāṃ na bhaviṣyanti sarve ye 'vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ ||
I am Time, the mighty destroyer of worlds, come to consume them. Even without you, these warriors will not survive.
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय । मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ॥
mattaḥ parataraṃ nānyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya | mayi sarvam idaṃ protaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva ||
Nothing at all is higher than Me. All of this is strung on Me, like pearls on a thread.
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः । अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ॥
aham ātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ | aham ādiś ca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānām anta eva ca ||
I am the Self in the heart of every being. I am their beginning, their middle and their end.
ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः
mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ
The living Self in every being is an eternal part of Me.
The kind of person Krishna calls dear, and the three things he asks you to drop.
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः । कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ॥
trividhaṃ narakasyedaṃ dvāraṃ nāśanam ātmanaḥ | kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaṃ tyajet ||
Desire, anger and greed are the three gates to hell, and they ruin the self. So give up all three.
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च । निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ॥
adveṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca | nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ samaduḥkhasukhaḥ kṣamī ||
My devotee hates no one, is friendly and kind, free of 'mine' and ego, even-minded in joy and sorrow, forgiving.
अनुद्वेगकरं वाक्यं सत्यं प्रियहितं च यत् । स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते ॥
anudvegakaraṃ vākyaṃ satyaṃ priyahitaṃ ca yat | svādhyāyābhyasanaṃ caiva vāṅmayaṃ tapa ucyate ||
Speech that is true, kind, helpful and causes no distress, with regular scripture study, is the discipline of speech.
Not in the Gita
Whatever happened, happened for good. Whatever is happening is happening for good. Whatever will happen will also be for good.
Where it comes from: From the popular 'Gita Saar' poster, a modern Hindi summary framed in homes and shops. The line is not in any of the Gita's 700 verses.
What the Gita says
अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावादांश्च भाषसे । गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः ॥
aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṃ prajñāvādāṃś ca bhāṣase | gatāsūn agatāsūṃś ca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ ||
You grieve where grief is not due, yet talk like the wise. Those who know grieve neither dead nor living.
In 2.11 Krishna says the wise grieve for neither the living nor the dead, and he makes no claim that every event is good.
Not in the Gita
You came empty-handed and you will leave empty-handed. What is yours today was someone else's yesterday.
Where it comes from: Also from the 'Gita Saar' poster, usually shared as Krishna's words. No verse says it.
What the Gita says
अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत । अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ॥
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata | avyaktanidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā ||
Every being is unseen before birth, seen for a while, and unseen again after death. Why grieve over this?
2.28 says beings are unseen before birth, seen in the middle and unseen again after death, so there is nothing to mourn; it says nothing about possessions.
Not in the Gita
Change is the law of the universe.
Where it comes from: A line from the 'Gita Saar' poster, widely posted as a Gita quote with no chapter or verse.
What the Gita says
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः । आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ॥
mātrāsparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ | āgamāpāyino 'nityās tāṃs titikṣasva bhārata ||
Heat and cold, pleasure and pain come and go through the senses. They don't last. Bear them patiently.
2.14 speaks of heat and cold, pleasure and pain that come and go, and asks Arjuna to bear them patiently; it names no law of change.
Not in the Gita
Why do you worry without reason? Whom do you fear? Who can kill you? The soul is neither born nor does it die.
Where it comes from: The opening lines of the 'Gita Saar' poster. The last sentence echoes 2.20; the questions before it are not in the Gita.
What the Gita says
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः । अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ॥
na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṃ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ | ajo nityaḥ śāśvato 'yaṃ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre ||
The Self is never born and never dies. Unborn and eternal, it is not killed when the body is killed.
2.20 describes the self as unborn, undying and eternal, and it asks no questions about worry or fear.
Not in the Gita
What we think, we become.
Where it comes from: Usually credited to the Buddha, as a loose modern rendering of the Dhammapada's first verse. Some posts online label it Bhagavad Gita 6.5.
What the Gita says
श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः
śraddhāmayo 'yaṃ puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ
Every person is shaped by their faith. As your faith is, so you are.
17.3 says a person is shaped by their shraddha, the faith they hold, which is narrower than every passing thought.
Not in the Gita
We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.
Where it comes from: Written by the American writer Robert Brault, and shared online as Gita wisdom.
What the Gita says
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन । मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥
karmaṇy evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana | mā karmaphalahetur bhūr mā te saṅgo 'stv akarmaṇi ||
Your right is to the work, never its fruits. Don't make the fruit your motive, or cling to inaction.
2.47 gives you a right to the action and none to its results, and says nothing about goals or obstacles.
Not in the Gita
Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.
Where it comes from: Shared as a Gita verse on yoga sites, but no chapter or verse of the Gita matches it. It may loosely echo 6.20, which uses the phrase 'the self by the self'.
What the Gita says
उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् । आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥
uddhared ātmanātmānaṃ nātmānam avasādayet | ātmaiva hy ātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ ||
Lift yourself by your own effort, and never pull yourself down. You are your own friend, and your own enemy.
6.5 asks you to lift yourself by your own effort and not let yourself sink, since you can be your own friend or your own enemy.
Not in the Gita
Yoga is the practice of tolerating the consequences of being yourself.
Where it comes from: Usually credited to Dinabandhu Sarley, an American yoga teacher, and often captioned as Gita wisdom.
What the Gita says
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय । सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥
yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya | siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate ||
Act from steadiness, free of attachment, the same in success and failure. That evenness is yoga.
2.48 defines yoga as evenness of mind in success and failure while you do your work, with nothing about tolerating yourself.
Not in the Gita
Trust Krishna. He has planned something better for you.
Where it comes from: A modern social media caption, usually posted over a Krishna picture. No verse matches it.
What the Gita says
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते । तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥
ananyāś cintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate | teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmy aham ||
Those who think of Me alone and worship Me always, I bring what they lack and protect what they have.
9.22 promises that Krishna brings what is lacking and keeps what is held for those who think of him with an undivided mind; it makes no promise of a better plan.
Not in the Gita
Radha asked Krishna why he never married her. Krishna said: marriage needs two people, and we are one.
Where it comes from: A modern caption shared widely in Hindi and English posts. Radha comes from later devotional poetry, such as Jayadeva's Gita Govinda, and does not appear in the Gita.
What the Gita says
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु । मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे ॥
manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṃ namaskuru | mām evaiṣyasi satyaṃ te pratijāne priyo 'si me ||
Remember Me, love Me, worship Me, bow to Me. You will reach Me. I promise: you are dear to Me.
In 18.65 Krishna speaks to Arjuna, asking him to keep his mind on Krishna and be devoted, and says 'you are dear to me'.
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