(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) Life Becomes Easy When Lived in Divine Consciousness कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन | मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि || 2.47 || karmaṇy-evādhikāras te mā phaleṣhu kadāchana mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr mā te saṅgo ’stvakarmaṇi || 2.47 || Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 47: You have the right to carry out your responsibilities, […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Realizing the Divine and Showing Ways to Achieve it is the Essence of all Divine Scripts यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वत: सम्प्लुतोदके | तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानत: || 2.46|| yāvān artha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake tāvānsarveṣhu vedeṣhu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ|| 2.46|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 46: Whatever purpose a tiny well of water […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Knowing The Real Self and Staying in that Consciousness Bestows One Everything त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन | निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान् || 2.45|| trai-guṇya-viṣhayā vedā nistrai-guṇyo bhavārjuna nirdvandvo nitya-sattva-stho niryoga-kṣhema ātmavān|| 2.45|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 45: O Arjuna, the Vedas discuss the three modes of material nature. Ascend […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) Material Attractions & Desires Divert One From the Path of God Realization भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् | व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धि: समाधौ न विधीयते || 2.44|| bhogaiśwvarya-prasaktānāṁ tayāpahṛita-chetasām vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate|| 2.44|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 44: Those who are fond of pleasure and power, who are drawn to these, on […]
(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 their objective is one-pointed, O descendant […]
(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|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- […]
(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 for the sake of duty, treating […]
(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 – Ch. 2- Ver. 37: If […]
(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 fighters will believe you dropped out […]