Passages

Bhagavad Gita 9:22

Bhagavad Gita

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Divinity Atlas. "Bhagavad Gita 9:22." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/passages/bhagavad-gita-9-22.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Bhagavad Gita 9:22. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/passages/bhagavad-gita-9-22

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@misc{divinityatlas-bhagavad-gita-9-22,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Bhagavad Gita 9:22},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/passages/bhagavad-gita-9-22},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The yogakshema verse, promising that God supplies what the devotee lacks. It is inscribed on the emblem of the Life Insurance Corporation of India, which is an unusually literal application of scripture.

Facts

Passage

Text

Persons who, meditating on Me as non-separate, worship Me in all beings, to them thus ever jealously engaged, I carry what they lack and preserve what they already have. 1

Reference

Bhagavad Gita 9:22 1

Reference Scheme

Chapter and Verse 1

Translation

Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita 1

Translator

Swami Swarupananda 1

Meaning

Theme

devotion 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

India

This source names India directly: "It is inscribed on the emblem of the Life Insurance Corporation of India, which is an unusually literal application of scripture."

Source Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, English translation and commentarySwami Swarupananda