Lord Krishna
Divine TeacherThe Supreme Lord, the charioteer and divine guide of Arjuna. Krishna delivers the eternal wisdom of the Gita, revealing the nature of the soul, duty, and the path to liberation.
Speaking: Chapter 5, Verse 29
Verse 29
Hard VerseThe Yoga of Renunciation
A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries.
Context & Meaning
The chapter closes with the threefold knowledge that brings complete peace: knowing Krishna as the enjoyer of all sacrifice and austerity, as the sovereign lord of all worlds, and as the true friend of all beings. This three-fold recognition — cosmic sovereign yet intimate friend — is the ground of final peace.
Scholar Commentaries
2 commentaries · Public domainRamanujacharya
VishishtadvaitaThis closing verse of Chapter 5 is one of the most complete descriptions of the Supreme in the Gita. "Suhṛdam sarvabhūtānām" — the well-wisher of all beings — is particularly significant for Ramanuja. The Supreme is not a distant, neutral Absolute but an active, loving presence whose very nature is to seek the welfare of all. Peace (śānti) arises when this truth is personally realized, not merely intellectually accepted.
Swami Vivekananda
VedanticThe Gita here reveals the secret of prayer and sacrifice: all genuine spiritual effort finds its true recipient in the universal Consciousness that underlies all existence. When this is known — that the One in whom we live and move is also the best friend of every soul — the anxious striving of the ego dissolves into a deep, unshakeable peace.