Meditation Affinity

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Rejecting Guru’s Teachings Leads to Destruction of One’s Own Self ये त्वेतदभ्यसूयन्तो नानुतिष्ठन्ति मे मतम् | सर्वज्ञानविमूढांस्तान्विद्धि नष्टानचेतस: || 3.32|| ye tvetad abhyasūyanto nānutiṣhṭhanti me matam sarva-jñāna-vimūḍhāns tān viddhi naṣhṭān achetasaḥ|| 3.32|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 3- Ver. 32: Those who reject my teachings, however, lack understanding and discrimination, and hence […]

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Performing Actions as an Offering to Lord Gives Peace मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसा | निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वर: || 3.30|| mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātma-chetasā nirāśhīr nirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigata-jvaraḥ|| 3.30|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 3- Ver. 30: Use your intellect to dedicate all of your acts to me. Fight without mental […]

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Able Leadership Clears Confusion and Gives Clarity प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढा: सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु | तानकृत्स्नविदो मन्दान्कृत्स्नविन्न विचालयेत् || 3.29|| prakṛiter guṇa-sammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇa-karmasu tān akṛitsna-vido mandān kṛitsna-vin na vichālayet|| 3.29|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 3- Ver. 29: People who are fooled by prakriti’s gunaas are attached to gunaas and action. The smart person avoids […]

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) When We Know the Source False Assumptions Fade Away प्रकृते: क्रियमाणानि गुणै: कर्माणि सर्वश: | अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते || 3.27|| prakṛiteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśhaḥ ahankāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate || 3.27|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 3- Ver. 27: The three modes of material nature carry out all operations. However, the soul, […]

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) A Leader Should Lead Others By His Actions यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जन: | स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते || 3.21|| yad yad ācharati śhreṣhṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute lokas tad anuvartate|| 3.21|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 3- Ver. 21: King Janaka and others acquired excellence by carrying out their […]

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) A Leader Should Set an Example to Others by His Actions कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादय: | लोकसंग्रहमेवापि सम्पश्यन्कर्तुमर्हसि || 3.20|| karmaṇaiva hi sansiddhim āsthitā janakādayaḥ loka-saṅgraham evāpi sampaśhyan kartum arhasi|| 3.20|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 3- Ver. 20: King Janaka and others acquired excellence by carrying out their assigned tasks. You […]