(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) We Should Do Our Job With The Body While Keeping Our Thoughts Focused On Divine तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च | मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम् || 8.7|| tasmāt sarveṣhu kāleṣhu mām anusmara yudhya cha mayyarpita-mano-buddhir mām evaiṣhyasyasanśhayam|| 8.7|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 8- Ver. 7: As a result, remember Me at all times and […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Thoughts That Predominate In A Person’s Consciousness At The Time Of Death Define The Person’s Next Birth यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् | तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावित: || 8.6|| yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajatyante kalevaram taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ||8.6|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 8- Ver. […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Only The One Who Remembers Ishvara At The Time Of Death Will Attain Ishvara अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम् | य: प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशय: || 8.5|| anta-kāle cha mām eva smaran muktvā kalevaram yaḥ prayāti sa mad-bhāvaṁ yāti nāstyatra sanśhayaḥ|| 8.5|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 8- Ver. 5: […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Divine Dwells In The Heart Of Every Living Being अधिभूतं क्षरो भाव: पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम् | अधियज्ञोऽहमेवात्र देहे देहभृतां वर || 8.4|| adhibhūtaṁ kṣharo bhāvaḥ puruṣhaśh chādhidaivatam adhiyajño ’ham evātra dehe deha-bhṛitāṁ vara|| 8.4|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 8- Ver. 4: The physical manifestation that is constantly changing is called adhibhta, O best […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Brahman Is The Name Given To The Supreme Entity The Material Realm Includes Time, Space, The Chain Of Cause And Effect, And So On श्रीभगवानुवाच | अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमं स्वभावोऽध्यात्ममुच्यते | भूतभावोद्भवकरो विसर्ग: कर्मसञ्ज्ञित: || 3|| śhrī bhagavān uvācha akṣharaṁ brahma paramaṁ svabhāvo ’dhyātmam uchyate bhūta-bhāvodbhava-karo visargaḥ karma-sanjñitaḥ|| 3|| Shloka Translation […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) One Should Remember Only Divine During The Time Of His Death अधियज्ञ: कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन | प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभि: || 8.2|| adhiyajñaḥ kathaṁ ko ’tra dehe ’smin madhusūdana prayāṇa-kāle cha kathaṁ jñeyo ’si niyatātmabhiḥ|| 8.2|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 8- Ver. 2: O Madhosoodana, who is “adhiyagna” and how […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Even At The Point Of Their Death, Enlightened Souls Are Fully Aware Of Him अर्जुन उवाच | किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम | अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते || 8.1|| Arjuna uvācha kiṁ tad brahma kim adhyātmaṁ kiṁ karma puruṣhottama adhibhūtaṁ cha kiṁ proktam adhidaivaṁ kim uchyate|| 1|| Shloka Translation BG […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Enlightened Humans Who Have Acquired True Knowledge Are Constantly Filled With Devotion To God, Their Mind And Intellect Are Committed To Him Alone साधिभूताधिदैवं मां साधियज्ञं च ये विदु: | प्रयाणकालेऽपि च मां ते विदुर्युक्तचेतस: || 7.30|| sādhibhūtādhidaivaṁ māṁ sādhiyajñaṁ cha ye viduḥ prayāṇa-kāle ’pi cha māṁ te vidur yukta-chetasaḥ|| 7.30|| Shloka […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Only When The Divine Lavishes His Grace On Someone Does That Person Come To Know Him जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये | ते ब्रह्म तद्विदु: कृत्स्नमध्यात्मं कर्म चाखिलम् || 7.29|| jarā-maraṇa-mokṣhāya mām āśhritya yatanti ye te brahma tadviduḥ kṛitsnam adhyātmaṁ karma chākhilam|| 7.29|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 7- Ver. 29: Those who […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Only Those Who Have Performed Enough Virtuous Actions And Purified Their Sins Are Able To Directly Reach Ishvara येषां त्वन्तगतं पापं जनानां पुण्यकर्मणाम् | ते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्ता भजन्ते मां दृढव्रता: || 7.28|| yeṣhāṁ tvanta-gataṁ pāpaṁ janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām te dvandva-moha-nirmuktā bhajante māṁ dṛiḍha-vratāḥ|| 7.28|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 7- Ver. 28: Persons whose […]