Category: Bhagavad Gita

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Those Who Aim For Liberation Should Free Themselves From Desires यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चित: | वेदवादरता: पार्थ नान्यदस्तीति वादिन: || 2.42|| कामात्मान: स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम् | क्रियाविशेषबहुलां भोगैश्वर्यगतिं प्रति || 2.43|| yāmimāṁ puṣhpitāṁ vāchaṁ pravadanty-avipaśhchitaḥ veda-vāda-ratāḥ pārtha nānyad astīti vādinaḥ|| 2.42|| kāmātmānaḥ swarga-parā janma-karma-phala-pradām kriyā-viśheṣha-bahulāṁ bhogaiśhwarya-gatiṁ prati||...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Having a Goal Helps Us Keep Focused and Progressive in Life व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन | बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम् || 2.41|| vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana bahu-śhākhā hyanantāśh cha buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām || 2.41|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 41: The determined persons’ thoughts are focused, and...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Working Without Attachment or From a State of Higher Consciousness Is Beneficial Spiritually and Materially नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते | स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात् || 2.40|| nehābhikrama-nāśho ’sti pratyavāyo na vidyate svalpam apyasya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt|| 2.40|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver....

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Knowledge alone is Not Enough One Needs to Implement the Knowledge in Action to Achieve Results एषा तेऽभिहिता साङ्ख्ये बुद्धिर्योगे त्विमां शृणु | बुद्ध्या युक्तो यया पार्थ कर्मबन्धं प्रहास्यसि || 2.39|| eṣhā te ’bhihitā sānkhye buddhir yoge tvimāṁ śhṛiṇu buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karma-bandhaṁ prahāsyasi|| 2.39||...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Do Your Duty Without Any Expectations & Treat Equally joy & Sorrow सुखदु:खे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ | ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि || 2.38|| sukha-duḥkhe same kṛitvā lābhālābhau jayājayau tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṁ pāpam avāpsyasi|| 2.38|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 38: Fight...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) One Should Go on Doing His Duty Keeping Aside Likes, Dislikes or the Outcome हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम् | तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चय: || 2.37|| hato vā prāpsyasi swargaṁ jitvā vā bhokṣhyase mahīm tasmād uttiṣhṭha kaunteya yuddhāya kṛita-niśhchayaḥ|| 2.37|| Shloka Translation BG...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) If used in Right Sense Even ‘Fear’ Can Help One Stick to the Path of Dharma अवाच्यवादांश्च बहून्वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिता: | निन्दन्तस्तव सामर्थ्यं ततो दु:खतरं नु किम् || 2.36|| avāchya-vādānśh cha bahūn vadiṣhyanti tavāhitāḥ nindantastava sāmarthyaṁ tato duḥkhataraṁ nu kim|| 2.36|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2-...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Deviation From Svadharma Leads to Spiritual and Material Downfall भयाद्रणादुपरतं मंस्यन्ते त्वां महारथा: | येषां च त्वं बहुमतो भूत्वा यास्यसि लाघवम् || 2.35|| bhayād raṇād uparataṁ mansyante tvāṁ mahā-rathāḥ yeṣhāṁ cha tvaṁ bahu-mato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam|| 2.35|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 35: Great...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) To Progress Materially or Spiritually, One Has to Evolve Above The Consciousness of “I” and “My” अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् | सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्ति र्मरणादतिरिच्यते || 2.34|| akīrtiṁ chāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣhyanti te ’vyayām sambhāvitasya chākīrtir maraṇād atirichyate|| 2.34|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 34:...

(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Staying Focused on the Path of Svadharma Helps Us to Stay on the Path of Dharma अथ चेतत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि | तत: स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि || 3.33|| atha chet tvam imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṅgrāmaṁ na kariṣhyasi tataḥ sva-dharmaṁ kīrtiṁ cha hitvā pāpam avāpsyasi||...