DAY 105

Free of the Three Gates, One Works One's Own Good

Bhagavad Gītā 16:22

기원전 2세기경 편찬(서사시 전승)

ORIGINAL

एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः / आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् (etair vimuktaḥ … tamo-dvārais tribhir naraḥ / ācaraty ātmanaḥ śreyas tato yāti parāṁ gatim)

📜 THE VERSE

One freed from these three gates of darkness at last does what is truly good for oneself, and so reaches the highest state.

💡 TL;DR

If the prior verse warned of the three gates, this one shows what waits beyond them — at last one does 'what is truly good for oneself (śreyas).' A deep insight.

❓ TODAY'S QUESTION

Have I examined whether the things I do 'for myself' in fact came out of the gates of craving and anger?

📝Reflection

If the prior verse warned of the three gates, this one shows what waits beyond them — at last one does 'what is truly good for oneself (śreyas).' A deep insight. Swept by craving and anger, I believe I act for myself, yet in fact I run toward my own harm. Only when the three gates close does it become clear what is really good for me. It is Plato's 'the wrongdoer in truth harms his own soul most.' Freedom is not doing as I please but closing the gates that ruin me so I can see what truly benefits me.

— ONGO · Curator

🌱Apply It Today

Ask whether one thing you do 'for yourself' today truly benefits you, or came out of one of the three gates.

📖 Source: Bhagavad Gītā 16:22. Sanskrit original with public-domain translations consulted; rendered independently by ONGO.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.