Bhagavad Gita 18.58 · BG 18.58
Chapter 18Verse 58
Moksha Sanyasa Yoga
मच्चित्तः सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि। अथ चेत्त्वमहङ्कारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि॥
mac-cittaḥ sarva-durgāṇi mat-prasādāt tariṣyasi, atha cet tvam ahaṅkārān na śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi
Translation
With your mind fixed on me, you will cross over every obstacle by my grace. But if out of ego you will not listen, you will be lost.
Focus on what matters and you'll get through. Let ego stop you from listening, and you won't.
What does this mean?
With your attention steady on what matters, obstacles that looked impossible turn out to be crossable. The warning attached is just as plain: if your ego won't let you listen and adjust, you're the thing that sinks you. It's the same choice most hard moments come down to.
In simple words
Krishna tells Arjuna that with his attention held steady on what matters, obstacles that looked impossible turn out to be crossable. The warning comes right after: if ego won't let you listen and adjust, you're the thing that sinks you.
The deeper idea
The verse lays out a fork. One path is attention fixed on the center, which is paired with getting through every obstacle. The other is ego refusing to hear, which ends in being lost. What's notable is that the failure mode isn't the difficulty of the obstacles, it's the ego blocking the input that would help. Most hard moments come down to some version of this choice: stay open and adjustable, or let pride wall off the thing you need to hear.
How it applies to life
Think of a time you were stuck and someone told you something true that you couldn't take in because it stung your pride. The obstacle wasn't really the situation at that point. It was the refusal to listen. This verse frames staying coachable, keeping your attention on the goal rather than on defending your self-image, as the actual difference between getting through and going under.