मच्चित्तः सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि।अथ चेत्त्वमहङ्कारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि।।18.58।।
mach-chittaḥ sarva-durgāṇi mat-prasādāt tariṣhyasi atha chet tvam ahankārān na śhroṣhyasi vinaṅkṣhyasi
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A Reading - Rantideb
Why: fixing your mind on Krishna, you shall overcome all difficulties by his grace, but if you do not listen, out of egotism, you shall perish, offering both a clear, positive promise and an equally clear warning about the alternative, egoic refusal to hear this guidance.
In life: it's genuinely useful, when giving important guidance, to be direct about both the benefit of following it and the real cost of egoic refusal to consider it at all, rather than only offering the positive framing.
Teaching: when offering important guidance to yourself or someone else, be willing to name both the real benefit of taking it seriously and the real cost of egoic refusal to even consider it, that directness, this verse suggests, is more useful than a softened, one-sided framing.