(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) To Always Dwell In Divine Consciousness, One Must Focus All Thoughts On Him And Surrender Intellect To Him मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय | निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशय: || 12.8|| mayy eva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṁ niveśhaya nivasiṣhyasi mayy eva ata ūrdhvaṁ na sanśhayaḥ|| 12.8|| Shloka Translation BG – […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Divine Rescues Those Who Devote All Of Their Deeds To Him See Him As The Ultimate Aim, Adore Him And Meditate On Him With Exclusive Devotion ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्न्यस्य मत्पर: | अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते ||12.6|| तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात् | भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् ||12.7|| ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Path Of Realization Is Filled With Hardships For Individuals Whose Minds Are Tied To The Un-manifest क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् || अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दु:खं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते || 12.5|| kleśho ’dhikataras teṣhām avyaktāsakta-chetasām avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṁ dehavadbhir avāpyate || 12.5|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 12- Ver. 5: Those whose minds are devoted to the […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Divine Responds In Kind To Whatever Method People Surrender To Him ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते | सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यञ्च कूटस्थमचलन्ध्रुवम् || 12.3|| सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धय: | ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रता: || 12.4|| ye tv akṣharam anirdeśhyam avyaktaṁ paryupāsate sarvatra-gam achintyañcha kūṭa-stham achalandhruvam|| 3|| sanniyamyendriya-grāmaṁ sarvatra sama-buddhayaḥ te prāpnuvanti mām eva sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ|| 4|| Shloka […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) There Is Only One Supreme Entity Which Manifests In Three Ways Brahman, Paramātmā, And Bhagavān श्रीभगवानुवाच | मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते | श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मता: || 12.2|| śhrī-bhagavān uvācha mayy āveśhya mano ye māṁ nitya-yuktā upāsate śhraddhayā parayopetās te me yuktatamā matāḥ|| 12.2|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The All-Pervading Formless Brahman And The Personal Form Are Both Manifestations Of God अर्जुन उवाच | एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते | ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमा: || 12.1|| arjuna uvācha evaṁ satata-yuktā ye bhaktās tvāṁ paryupāsate ye chāpy akṣharam avyaktaṁ teṣhāṁ ke yoga-vittamāḥ|| 12.1|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 12- Ver. […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Being Dependent On The Divine, Devoted To The Divine, Detached From The World, And Without Hatred For Anyone Is What Devotion Means मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्त: सङ्गवर्जित: | निर्वैर: सर्वभूतेषु य: स मामेति पाण्डव || 11.55|| mat-karma-kṛin mat-paramo mad-bhaktaḥ saṅga-varjitaḥ nirvairaḥ sarva-bhūteṣhu yaḥ sa mām eti pāṇḍava|| 11.55|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 11- […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Ishvara Can Only Be Attained Through Single-Pointed Devotion भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन | ज्ञातुं द्रष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परन्तप || 11.54|| bhaktyā tv ananyayā śhakya aham evaṁ-vidho ’rjuna jñātuṁ draṣhṭuṁ cha tattvena praveṣhṭuṁ cha parantapa|| 11.54|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 11- Ver. 54: But, O Arjuna, I am reachable by […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Divine Cannot Be Discovered Through Spiritual Discussions, Intellectual Inquiry, or Listening To Many Types of Teachings श्रीभगवानुवाच | नाहं वेदैर्न तपसा न दानेन न चेज्यया | शक्य एवंविधो द्रष्टुं दृष्टवानसि मां यथा || 11.53|| Shrī-bhagavān uvācha nāhaṁ vedair na tapasā na dānena na chejyayā śhakya evaṁ-vidho draṣhṭuṁ dṛiṣhṭavān asi māṁ yathā|| 53|| […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Even The Gods Crave To See The Divine In His True Form, Which Is Extremely Rare श्रीभगवानुवाच | सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम | देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिण: || 11.52|| śhrī-bhagavān uvācha su-durdarśham idaṁ rūpaṁ dṛiṣhṭavān asi yan mama devā apy asya rūpasya nityaṁ darśhana-kāṅkṣhiṇaḥ|| 11.52|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 11- […]