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यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः। तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम।।
yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanur-dharaḥ tatra śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir matir mama
Word by Word
yatra (wherever) yoga-īśvaraḥ (the master of all mystics) kṛṣṇaḥ (Lord Kṛṣṇa) yatra (wherever) pārthaḥ (Arjuna) dhanuḥ-dharaḥ (the carrier of the bow) tatra (there) śrīḥ (opulence) vijayaḥ (victory) bhūtiḥ (extraordinary power) dhruvā (certain) nītiḥ (morality) matiḥ mama (it is my opinion).
Translation
Wherever there is Kṛṣṇa, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion.
Meaning
Sañjaya concludes the Bhagavad Gītā with this final prophecy. He states that success in life requires a partnership. You need ‘Yogeśvara’ Kṛṣṇa—the vision, the grace, and the divine strategy—and you need ‘Dhanur-dhara’ Arjuna—the individual effort, the skill, and the execution. When these two work together, victory is guaranteed.
You cannot win with just prayer (Kṛṣṇa) while being lazy, nor can you win with just hard work (Arjuna) while being disconnected from God. Success is the union of the Divine and the Human. Where this union exists, there will be ‘śrīḥ’ (prosperity), ‘vijayaḥ’ (victory), and ‘nītiḥ’ (morality).
This final verse is a message of hope for everyone facing their own ‘Kurukṣetra’. It tells us that we don’t have to fight our battles alone. If we keep the Lord in our hearts and fulfill our duties with courage, we are on the winning side of history. The Gītā ends not with a ‘Goodbye’, but with a guarantee of triumph for the soul who chooses to cooperate with the Divine.