(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Path of Action Leads to the Path of Sanyasa संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दु:खमाप्तुमयोगत: | योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति || 5.6|| sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ yoga-yukto munir brahma na chireṇādhigachchhati|| 6|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 5- Ver. 6: O mighty-armed Arjun, perfect renunciation is impossible to achieve without performing devotional activity , […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Bondage and Liberation Depend Upon State of Mind So Mind Should Always Be Engaged In God यत्साङ्ख्यै: प्राप्यते स्थानं तद्योगैरपि गम्यते | एकं साङ्ख्यं च योगं च य: पश्यति स पश्यति || 5.5|| yat sānkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaṁ tad yogair api gamyate ekaṁ sānkhyaṁ cha yogaṁ cha yaḥ paśhyati sa paśhyati|| 5.5|| Shloka […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) In The Divine Consciousness Everything Is The Energy of God साङ्ख्ययोगौ पृथग्बाला: प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिता: | एकमप्यास्थित: सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम् || 5.4|| sānkhya-yogau pṛithag bālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ ekamapyāsthitaḥ samyag ubhayor vindate phalam|| 5.4|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 5- Ver. 4: Only the ignorant distinguish between snkhya (action renunciation, or karm sanys) […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Desire is the Cause of Bondage Sanyasi Does Not Have Any Desires So He is Free From Bondage ज्ञेय: स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ् क्षति | निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते || 5.3|| jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī yo na dveṣhṭi na kāṅkṣhati nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho sukhaṁ bandhāt pramuchyate|| 5.3|| Shloka Translation […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Depending On The Condition Of The Disciple Guru Gives Either Advice or Instruction संन्यास: कर्मयोगश्च नि:श्रेयसकरावुभौ | तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते || 5.2|| Shrī bhagavān uvācha sannyāsaḥ karma-yogaśh cha niḥśhreyasa-karāvubhau tayos tu karma-sannyāsāt karma-yogo viśhiṣhyate|| 5.2|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 5- Ver. 2: Both the path of karma sanyasa (renunciation of activities) […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) All Paths Lead to Supreme Goal, One Has to Choose The Path That Best Suites His State of Mind अर्जुन उवाच | संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि | यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् || 5.1|| Arjuna uvācha sannyāsaṁ karmaṇāṁ kṛiṣhṇa punar yogaṁ cha śhansasi yach chhreya etayor ekaṁ tan me brūhi […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) When One Gains knowledge, One Knows Exactly How to Manage With the World तस्मादज्ञानसम्भूतं हृत्स्थं ज्ञानासिनात्मन: | छित्त्वैनं संशयं योगमातिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भारत || 4.42|| tasmād ajñāna-sambhūtaṁ hṛit-sthaṁ jñānāsinātmanaḥ chhittvainaṁ sanśhayaṁ yogam ātiṣhṭhottiṣhṭha bhārata|| 4.42|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 4- Ver. 42: As a result, cut the doubts that have arisen in your […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) If We Identify Ourselves With Atman, Excitement, Desire and Anxiety Fade Away योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम् | आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय || 4.41|| yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁ jñāna-sañchhinna-sanśhayam ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya|| 4.41|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 4- Ver. 41: Actions, O Arjuna, do not bind those who have renounced karma in the fire […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Those Who Want to Acquire Knowledge and Gain Peace Should Leave Doubt अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति | नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मन: || 4.40|| ajñaśh chāśhraddadhānaśh cha sanśhayātmā vinaśhyati nāyaṁ loko ’sti na paro na sukhaṁ sanśhayātmanaḥ|| 4.40|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 4- Ver. 40: Ignorant One, without faith, and […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) All Knowledge is Revealed Within the Hearts of Those Who Have Deep Faith and Devotion Towards God and Guru श्रद्धावान् लभते ज्ञानं तत्पर: संयतेन्द्रिय: | ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति || 4.39|| śhraddhāvānllabhate jñānaṁ tat-paraḥ sanyatendriyaḥ jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śhāntim achireṇādhigachchhati||4.39|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 4- Ver. 39: Divine knowledge is attained […]