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Sanskrit

इति ते ज्ञानमाख्यातं गुह्याद्‌गुह्यतरं मया । विमृश्यैतदशेषेण यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ॥ ६३ ॥

iti te jñānam ākhyātaṃ guhyād guhyataraṃ mayā vimṛśyaitad aśeṣeṇa yathecchasi tathā kuru

Translation

Thus hath wisdom, more secret than secrecy itself, been declared unto thee by Me; having reflected on it fully, then act thou as thou listest.

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

Krishna formally closes this movement of the teaching — wisdom “more secret than secrecy itself” — and does something genuinely striking: hands the decision back to Arjuna entirely, reflect fully, then act as you choose. Given what arrives three verses later, this granted freedom is worth sitting with; the Gita’s most absolute command doesn’t override this moment of choice, it’s offered from inside the space this verse opens up.