Category: Bhagavad Gita

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) You Become Detached From The Lower As You Gain Knowledge Of The Higher बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम् | स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते || 5.21|| bāhya-sparśheṣhvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yat sukham sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā sukham akṣhayam aśhnute|| 5.21|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 5- Ver. 21: Those who are unattached to external...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Frist Step To Renunciation Is To Stay As Witness To Pleasure And Pain न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् | स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद् ब्रह्मणि स्थित: || 5.20|| na prahṛiṣhyet priyaṁ prāpya nodvijet prāpya chāpriyam sthira-buddhir asammūḍho brahma-vid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ|| 20|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 5- Ver. 20:...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Balance That Comes From Sacrificing Selfish Physiological Wants Transforms One’s Attitude Into That Of A God इहैव तैर्जित: सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मन: | निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद् ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिता: || 5.19|| ihaiva tair jitaḥ sargo yeṣhāṁ sāmye sthitaṁ manaḥ nirdoṣhaṁ hi samaṁ...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) We Are Similar To Animals As Long As We Work With Bodily Identity नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभु: | अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तव: || 5.15|| nādatte kasyachit pāpaṁ na chaiva sukṛitaṁ vibhuḥ ajñānenāvṛitaṁ jñānaṁ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ|| 5.15|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 5-...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Divine Is The Lord Of The World And He Is Omnipotent And Controls The Entire Universe न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभु: | न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते || 5.14|| na kartṛitvaṁ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛijati prabhuḥ na karma-phala-saṅyogaṁ svabhāvas tu pravartate|| 5.14|| Shloka Translation...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) One Who Has Divine Knowledge Sees EveryOne And Every Form Of Life Equally विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि | शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिता: समदर्शिन: || 5.18|| vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śhuni chaiva śhva-pāke cha paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśhinaḥ|| 5.18|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 5- Ver. 18: With...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Soul is Neither The Doer Nor The Cause of Anything सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी | नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन् || 5.13|| sarva-karmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśhī nava-dvāre pure dehī naiva kurvan na kārayan|| 5.13|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 5- Ver. 13: The...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) When Ones Gains Knowledge About His Infinite Nature There Will Be No More Cravings तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणा: | गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषा: || 5.17|| tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣhṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ gachchhantyapunar-āvṛittiṁ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣhāḥ|| 5.17|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 5- Ver. 17: Those whose intellect is set on God, who is entirely engaged...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Knowledge Of The Eternal Essence Does Not Create Anything New In Us It Just Reveals Our True Nature ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मन: | तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् || 5.16|| Jñānena Tu Tad Ajñānaṁ Yeṣhāṁ Nāśhitam Ātmanaḥ Teṣhām Āditya-Vaj Jñānaṁ Prakāśhayati Tat Param|| 5.16|| Shloka Translation...