Bhagavad Gita 18.63 · BG 18.63
Chapter 18Verse 63
Moksha Sanyasa Yoga
इति ते ज्ञानमाख्यातं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं मया। विमृश्यैतदशेषेण यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु॥
iti te jñānam ākhyātaṁ guhyād guhyataraṁ mayā, vimṛśyaitad aśeṣeṇa yathecchasi tathā kuru
Translation
So I have shared with you this knowledge, more secret than any secret. Reflect on it fully, and then do as you choose.
Reflect on it fully. Then the choice is genuinely yours to make.
What does this mean?
After chapters of guidance, this is where it's handed back to Arjuna. Not as an order, but as something to actually think through, with the freedom to decide for himself what to do with it.
In simple words
After chapters of teaching, Krishna stops and hands the decision back to Arjuna. Think it all through carefully, he says, and then do what you decide. Not an order. Something to actually weigh, with the choice genuinely yours.
The deeper idea
This is a notable move for a teacher who has just delivered a long, authoritative teaching. Krishna doesn't close by commanding. He says reflect on it fully, without leaving anything out, and then act as you wish. The knowledge is offered, not imposed. It treats Arjuna as someone who has to arrive at his own conclusion for it to mean anything, and it trusts him with the freedom to reject it.
How it applies to life
Good advice, from a mentor, a friend, a book, works best when it's held this way. Taken as a command, you either obey resentfully or rebel against it, and neither is really yours. Taken as something to think all the way through and then decide on, it can actually become part of how you see. This verse models the handoff: here's what I've got, now it's your call, and it has to be.