Category: Bhagavad Gita

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Gita Refers To Individuals Found In Vedic And Puranic Literature सर्वगुह्यतमं भूय: शृणु मे परमं वच: | इष्टोऽसि मे दृढमिति ततो वक्ष्यामि ते हितम् || 18.64|| sarva-guhyatamaṁ bhūyaḥ śhṛiṇu me paramaṁ vachaḥ iṣhṭo ‘si me dṛiḍham iti tato vakṣhyāmi te hitam|| 18.64|| Shloka Translation BG...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) God Has Given The Soul With The Capacity To Choose Among Various Options इति ते ज्ञानमाख्यातं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं मया | विमृश्यैतदशेषेण यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु || 18.63|| iti te jñānam ākhyātaṁ guhyād guhyataraṁ mayā vimṛiśhyaitad aśheṣheṇa yathechchhasi tathā kuru|| 18.63|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 18- Ver. 63:...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) In Order To Receive The Grace, The Soul Must First Qualify By Surrendering To God तमेव शरणं गच्छ सर्वभावेन भारत | तत्प्रसादात्परां शान्तिं स्थानं प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतम् || 18.62|| tam eva śharaṇaṁ gachchha sarva-bhāvena bhārata tat-prasādāt parāṁ śhāntiṁ sthānaṁ prāpsyasi śhāśhvatam|| 18.62|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch....

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Our Position Will Always Be Under Divine Control, Highlighting The Dependence Of The Soul Upon God, Whether We Choose To Obey God Or Not ईश्वर: सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति | भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया || 18.61|| īśhvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛid-deśhe ‘rjuna tiṣhṭhati bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā|| 18.61|| Shloka Translation...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) We Have Little Control Over How Our Fundamental Tendencies Affect Us However, There Is No Prospect For Liberation If There Is No Way Out Of This स्वभावजेन कौन्तेय निबद्ध: स्वेन कर्मणा | कर्तुं नेच्छसि यन्मोहात्करिष्यस्यवशोऽपि तत् || 18.60|| swbhāva-jena kaunteya nibaddhaḥ svena karmaṇā kartuṁ nechchhasi yan...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Soul Is Dependent On Many Facets Of God’s Creation Rather Than Living An Independent Life यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे | मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति || 18.59|| yad ahankāram āśhritya na yotsya iti manyase mithyaiṣha vyavasāyas te prakṛitis tvāṁ niyokṣhyati || 18.59|| Shloka Translation BG...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) If We Fully Take Refuge In Him And Keep Our Minds Fixed On Him, The Lord’s Grace Will Overcome All Challenges And Difficulties मच्चित्त: सर्वदुर्गाणि मत्प्रसादात्तरिष्यसि | अथ चेत्वमहङ्कारान्न श्रोष्यसि विनङ्क्ष्यसि || 18.58|| mach-chittaḥ sarva-durgāṇi mat-prasādāt tariṣhyasi atha chet tvam ahankārān na śhroṣhyasi vinaṅkṣhyasi|| 18.58|| Shloka...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Yoga, Means “Union,” Buddhi Yoga Means “Having The Intellect Connected With God” चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि सन्न्यस्य मत्पर: | बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्त: सततं भव || 18.57|| chetasā sarva-karmāṇi mayi sannyasya mat-paraḥ buddhi-yogam upāśhritya mach-chittaḥ satataṁ bhava|| 18.57|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 18- Ver. 57: Mentally surrender control...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Bhakti Permits Devotees To Be Fully Aware Of Divine They Could Use It To Understand How Everything Is Connected To God सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रय: | मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम् || 18.56|| sarva-karmāṇy api sadā kurvāṇo mad-vyapāśhrayaḥ mat-prasādād avāpnoti śhāśhvataṁ padam avyayam|| 18.56|| Shloka Translation BG –...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) It Takes More Than Knowledge To Experience The Ecstasy Of God’s Intimate Form God-Consciousness Is Possible Only By Bhakti भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वत: | ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम् || 18.55|| bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaśh chāsmi tattvataḥ tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā viśhate tad-anantaram|| 18.55||...