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Bhagavad Gita · Bhagavad Gita 18.66

मा शुचः

mā śucaḥ

✦

“Do not grieve.”

मूल Original
मा शुचः

Sanskrit, in its own script.

उच्चारण How it sounds
mā śucaḥ

Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.

अर्थ What it means
Do not grieve.

A thought about hope.

स्रोत Where it comes from
Vyasa (Bhagavad Gita 18.66)

Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on a battlefield — on duty, action and the self.

Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text
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