A Leader Should Act Without Attachment and for the Benefit of Society (Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) सक्ता: कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत | कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्चिकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम् || 3.25|| saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvānso yathā kurvanti bhārata kuryād vidvāns tathāsaktaśh chikīrṣhur loka-saṅgraham|| 25|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 3- Ver. 25: O Bharata, just as an ignorant person acts with attachment, so does […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Having Our Thought Fixed on One Divine Goal Assures Our Spiritual Progress ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंस: सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते | सङ्गात्सञ्जायते काम: कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते || 2.62|| dhyāyato viṣhayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣhūpajāyate saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate || 2.62|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 62: When a man thinks about something all the time, he […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Detachment is a One Stop Solution to All Problems य: सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम् | नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता || 2.57|| yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas tat tat prāpya śhubhāśhubham nābhinandati na dveṣhṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā|| 2.57|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 57: He is a guru with complete wisdom who remains unattached […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Detachment Leads to Liberation कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिण: | जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ता: पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् || 2.51|| karma-jaṁ buddhi-yuktā hi phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣhiṇaḥ janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥ padaṁ gachchhanty-anāmayam||2.51|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 51: The enlightened, who are endowed with intellectual serenity, let go of their attachment to the fruits of their activities, […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Yoga is the Art of Working Skillfully Without Attachment बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते | तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् || 2.50|| buddhi-yukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛita-duṣhkṛite tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśhalam|| 2.50|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 50: In this life, one who prudently practices the science of work without […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) To Evolve Above Dualities & Attachment One Should Always be in Divine Consciousness योगस्थ: कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय | सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्यो: समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते || 2.48|| yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanañjaya siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṁ yoga uchyate|| 2.48|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 48: O Dhananjaya, take […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) The Nature of the Body is “Temporary” So One Should Not Grieve About it अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत | अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना || 2.28|| avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyakta-madhyāni bhārata avyakta-nidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā|| 2.28|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 28: O Bharata, all bodies are hidden in the beginning and […]
अर्जुन उवाच | कथं भीष्ममहं सङ्ख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन | इषुभि: प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन || 2.4|| Arjuna uvācha kathaṁ bhīṣhmam ahaṁ sankhye droṇaṁ cha madhusūdana iṣhubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi pūjārhāvari-sūdana|| 4|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 4: Arjuna said: How can I, O slayer of adversaries, unleash arrows in combat on men like Bheeshma and Dronacharya, […]
A Hopeful, Enthusiastic & Positive Attitude is Very Essential to Overcome the Weaknesses of Mind & Heart क्लैब्यं मा स्म गम: पार्थ नैतत्त्वय्युपपद्यते | क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप || 2.3|| klaibyaṁ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayyupapadyate kṣhudraṁ hṛidaya-daurbalyaṁ tyaktvottiṣhṭha parantapa || 2.3|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 3: It is not fitting […]
(Image courtesy krishna.org) Attachment Creates Illusions in Mind Thus One Cannot Know What is Right & Dharma यदि मामप्रतीकारमशस्त्रं शस्त्रपाणय: | धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्|| 1.45|| yadi mām apratīkāram aśhastraṁ śhastra-pāṇayaḥ dhārtarāṣhṭrā raṇe hanyus tan me kṣhemataraṁ bhavet|| 1.45|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 1- Ver. 45: It will be preferable if the sons […]