Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 58

मच्चित्तः सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि । अथ चेत्त्वमहङ्कारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि

maccittaḥ sarvadurgāṇi matprasādāttariṣyasi | atha cettvamahaṅkārānna śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi

Translation

Fixing thy heart in Me, thou shalt, by My Grace, cross over all difficulties; but if from egotism thou wilt not hear (Me), thou shalt perish.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

maccittaḥ

intent on me

sarvadurgāṇi

all obstacles

matprasādāt

by my grace

tariṣyasi

(thou) shalt cross over

atha

now

cet

if

tvam

thou

ahaṅkārāt

from egoism

na

not

śroṣyasi

wilt listen

vinaṅkṣyasi

(thou) shalt be destroyed

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Difficulties: the impassable obstacles arising from avidyā, the cause of saṃsāra. Egotism: the idea that thou art a learned man. If thou wilt not abide by my advice, then thou shalt be ruined.