Illustration for Bhagavad Gita chapter 11 verse 28
Chapter 11 · Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga

Natural Truth · All Life Returns to the Source

यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः समुद्रमेवाभिमुखाः द्रवन्ति । तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ॥

yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo'mbuvegāḥ samudram evābhimukhāḥ dravanti, tathā tavāmī naralokavīrā viśanti vaktrāṇy abhivijvalanti.

Meaning

"As the many rushing waters of rivers flow toward the ocean alone, so do these heroes of the human world rush into Your blazing mouths."

Explanation

This natural image of rivers meeting the sea shows how every individual life eventually returns to the same vast source.

Today's Life Lesson

Trust today that, like rivers to the sea, your journey is naturally flowing toward something larger.

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