Month: June 2022

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) To Ensure That Our Heart Is Indeed Driving Us In The Right Direction, It Is Always Advisable To Study The Scriptures तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ | ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि || 16.24|| tasmāch chhāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te kāryākārya-vyavasthitau jñātvā śhāstra-vidhānoktaṁ karma kartum ihārhasi|| 16.24|| Shloka Translation BG...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Scriptures Serve As The Road Maps For Humanity’s Quest For Enlightenment य: शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारत: | न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् || 16.23|| yaḥ śhāstra-vidhim utsṛijya vartate kāma-kārataḥ na sa siddhim avāpnoti na sukhaṁ na parāṁ gatim|| 16.23|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch....

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Having Subdued Desire, Rage, And Greed, Such A Person Puts His Life On The Correct Path And Benefits Himself एतैर्विमुक्त: कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नर: | आचरत्यात्मन: श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् || 16.22|| etair vimuktaḥ kaunteya tamo-dvārais tribhir naraḥ ācharaty ātmanaḥ śhreyas tato yāti parāṁ gatim|| 16.22|| Shloka Translation...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Three Root Causes Of The Demoniac Attitude Are Desire, Rage, And Greed त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मन: | काम: क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् || 16.21|| tri-vidhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśhanam ātmanaḥ kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaṁ tyajet|| 16.21|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 16- Ver. 21:...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) For Creatures, Winning A Human Birth Is Difficult, Followed By Manhood And Holiness आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि | मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम् || 16.20|| āsurīṁ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yānty adhamāṁ gatim|| 16.20|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 16-...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Whatever We Do, Whether It’s Good Or Terrible, In This Life Or Possibly In A Prior One, The Results Always Come Back To Us तानहं द्विषत: क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् | क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु || 16.19|| tān ahaṁ dviṣhataḥ krūrān sansāreṣhu narādhamān kṣhipāmy ajasram aśhubhān āsurīṣhv eva yoniṣhu|| 16.19||...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Even Though They Lack Morality Themselves, People With Demoniac Natures Enjoy Finding Fault In Others अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिता: | मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयका: || 16.18|| ahankāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ cha sanśhritāḥ mām ātma-para-deheṣhu pradviṣhanto ’bhyasūyakāḥ || 16.18|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 16-...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) A Good Deed We Perform Has Less Merit If We Share It If We Keep It A Secret, It Has More Merit आत्मसम्भाविता: स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विता: | यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम् || 16.17|| ātma-sambhāvitāḥ stabdhā dhana-māna-madānvitāḥ yajante nāma-yajñais te dambhenāvidhi-pūrvakam|| 16.17|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 16- Ver....

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Humans Have The Freedom To Choose Their Karmas, But They Are Not Free To Choose The Outcomes Of Those Karmas अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृता: | प्रसक्ता: कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ || 16.16|| aneka-chitta-vibhrāntā moha-jāla-samāvṛitāḥ prasaktāḥ kāma-bhogeṣhu patanti narake ’śhuchau || 16.16|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 16- Ver. 16:...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Biggest Lie We Tell Ourselves In Life Is What The Ego Convinces Us We Are इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम् | इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम् || 16.13|| असौ मया हत: शत्रुर्हनिष्ये चापरानपि | ईश्वरोऽहमहं भोगी सिद्धोऽहं बलवान्सुखी || 16.14|| आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया | यक्ष्ये...