In this section, we will feature the entire Bhagavad Gita. All slokas will be published with proper meaning and we will also narrate the importance of understanding the Bhagavad Gita.
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Real ‘I’/Soul is Eternal So One Should Not Be Sorrowful अथ चैनं नित्यजातं नित्यं वा मन्यसे मृतम् | तथापि त्वं महाबाहो नैवं शोचितुमर्हसि || 2.26|| atha chainaṁ nitya-jātaṁ nityaṁ vā manyase mṛitam tathāpi tvaṁ mahā-bāho naivaṁ śhochitum arhasi|| 2.26|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 26: Arjuna If, on the […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Body Changes & Perishes But The Soul is Eternal and Indestructible अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते | तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि || 2.25|| avyakto ’yam achintyo ’yam avikāryo ’yam uchyate tasmādevaṁ viditvainaṁ nānuśhochitum arhasi|| 2.25|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 25: This eternal essence (soul) is imperceptible, inexplicable, and unchanging. As a result, knowing this, […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The soul is Eternal and Ever Existing अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च | नित्य: सर्वगत: स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातन: || 2.24|| achchhedyo ’yam adāhyo ’yam akledyo ’śhoṣhya eva cha nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur achalo ’yaṁ sanātanaḥ|| 2.24|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 24: Soul/divine essence is unbreakable, non-combustible, and can’t be wet or dried. It […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Soul Cannot Be Destroyed नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावक: | न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुत: || 2.23|| nainaṁ chhindanti śhastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ na chainaṁ kledayantyāpo na śhoṣhayati mārutaḥ|| 2.23|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 23: Weapons cannot pierce this (the eternal essence/soul), nor can fire burn it, […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) ‘Death’ is Natural So Is ‘Rebirth’ वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि | तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही || 2.22|| vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛihṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇānya nyāni sanyāti navāni dehī|| 2.22|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 22: As a person […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) “You” Are The “SOUL” Not The Body वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् | कथं स पुरुष: पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् || 2.21|| vedāvināśhinaṁ nityaṁ ya enam ajam avyayam kathaṁ sa puruṣhaḥ pārtha kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam|| 2.21|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 21: O Parth How can someone who understands […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Soul is Neither Born, nor Does it Ever Die; The Soul is Without Birth, Eternal, Immortal, and Ageless न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूय: | अजो नित्य: शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे || 2.20|| na jāyate mriyate vā kadāchin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ […]
The Soul is Eternal It Does Nothing Nor Does It Change य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् | उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते || 2.19|| ya enaṁ vetti hantāraṁ yaśh chainaṁ manyate hatam ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṁ hanti na hanyate|| 2.19|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 19: The […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Body is Perishable & Can be Destroyed but the Soul is Imperishable & Indestructible अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ता: शरीरिण: | अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत || 2.18|| antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śharīriṇaḥ anāśhino ’prameyasya tasmād yudhyasva bhārata||2.18|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 18: O Bharata’s descendant Only the physical body perishes; […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Soul Can Neither be Created Nor Destroyed, It was, It is and It Will Always be There अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् | विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति || 2.17|| avināśhi tu tadviddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tatam vināśham avyayasyāsya na kaśhchit kartum arhati|| 2.17|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 17: […]