Category: Bhagavad Gita

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Only Because Of The Generosity Of His Guru Did Sanjaya Get The Chance To Hear Shree Krishna, The Lord Of Yoga, Discuss The Ultimate Science Of Yoga व्यासप्रसादाच्छ्रुतवानेतद्गुह्यमहं परम् | योगं योगेश्वरात्कृष्णात्साक्षात्कथयत: स्वयम् || 18.75|| vyāsa-prasādāch chhrutavān etad guhyam ahaṁ param yogaṁ yogeśhvarāt kṛiṣhṇāt sākṣhāt kathayataḥ...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) It Was Not Just Shri Krishna’s Discourse, But His Grace That Erased Arjuna’s Ignorance अर्जुन उवाच | नष्टो मोह: स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाच्युत | स्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देह: करिष्ये वचनं तव ||18. 73|| Arjuna uvācha naṣhṭo mohaḥ smṛitir labdhā tvat-prasādān mayāchyuta sthito ‘smi gata-sandehaḥ kariṣhye vachanaṁ tava|| 73|| Shloka Translation...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) It Is Only Natural For The Teacher To Ask About The Student’s Understanding Of The Subject Matter कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा | कच्चिदज्ञानसम्मोह: प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय || 18.72|| kachchid etach chhrutaṁ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa chetasā kachchid ajñāna-sammohaḥ pranaṣhṭas te dhanañjaya|| 18.72|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 18- Ver....

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) A Gita Student, In Shri Krishna’s Opinion Occupies A Position Similar To That Of A Great Sacrificer श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च शृणुयादपि यो नर: | सोऽपि मुक्त: शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम् || 18.71|| śhraddhāvān anasūyaśh cha śhṛiṇuyād api yo naraḥ so ‘pi muktaḥ śhubhāñl lokān prāpnuyāt puṇya-karmaṇām|| 18.71|| Shloka Translation BG –...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Greatest Form Of Sacrifice Somebody Can Make Is Said To Be The Sacrifice Of Knowledge अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयो: | ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्ट: स्यामिति मे मति: || 18.70|| adhyeṣhyate cha ya imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṁvādam āvayoḥ jñāna-yajñena tenāham iṣhṭaḥ syām iti me matiḥ|| 18.70|| Shloka...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) One Of The Most Precious Gifts We Can Give Is The Gift Of Spiritual Insight न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्चिन्मे प्रियकृत्तम: | भविता न च मे तस्मादन्य: प्रियतरो भुवि || 18.69|| na cha tasmān manuṣhyeṣhu kaśhchin me priya-kṛittamaḥ bhavitā na cha me tasmād anyaḥ priyataro bhuvi|| 18.69||...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Ishvara Is Assisted By The Teacher In His Mission To End Ignorance In The World य इदं परमं गुह्यं मद्भक्तेष्वभिधास्यति | भक्तिं मयि परां कृत्वा मामेवैष्यत्यसंशय: || 18.68|| ya idaṁ paramaṁ guhyaṁ mad-bhakteṣhv abhidhāsyati bhaktiṁ mayi parāṁ kṛitvā mām evaiṣhyaty asanśhayaḥ|| 18.68|| Shloka Translation BG –...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) If One Gives Up Their Material Responsibilities In The Context Of Sincere Devotion To God, It Is Not Sinful इदं ते नातपस्काय नाभक्ताय कदाचन | न चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं न च मां योऽभ्यसूयति || 18.67|| idaṁ te nātapaskyāya nābhaktāya kadāchana na chāśhuśhruṣhave vāchyaṁ na cha māṁ yo...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Responsibilities, Obligations, Thoughts, And Deeds That Are Appropriate For Us Is What The Word Dharma Means सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज | अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुच: || 18.66|| sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śharaṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣhayiṣhyāmi mā śhuchaḥ|| 18.66|| Shloka Translation BG –...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Seeker Must Devote Themselves To Ishvara And Concentrate On Ishvara मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु | मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे || 18.65|| man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru mām evaiṣhyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo ‘si me|| 18.65|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch....