Bhagavad Gita · Bhagavad Gita 6.5
उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।
uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet
✦
“Lift yourself by yourself; do not let yourself sink.”
मूल Original
उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।
Sanskrit, in its own script.
उच्चारण How it sounds
uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet
Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.
अर्थ What it means
Lift yourself by yourself; do not let yourself sink.
A thought about courage.
स्रोत Where it comes from
Vyasa (Bhagavad Gita 6.5)
Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on a battlefield — on duty, action and the self.
Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text
When someone asks, “What does your T-shirt say?”
It's from Bhagavad Gita 6.5, in Sanskrit. It means: “Lift yourself by yourself; do not let yourself sink.”
That's the whole idea. One line, and a conversation about something that has mattered for a thousand years.
Wear this verse
Lift yourself by yourself; do not let yourself sink
₹749 ₹899
Choose colour & size →
If this stayed with you