(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: People will refer to you as […]
(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|| 3.33|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswam) Challenges That We Face in Personal & Professional Life Open Doors For Spiritual and Material Development यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम् | सुखिन: क्षत्रिया: पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम् || 2.32|| yadṛichchhayā chopapannaṁ swarga-dvāram apāvṛitam sukhinaḥ kṣhatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddham īdṛiśham|| 2.32|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 32: O Parth, Happy are the warriors, […]
(Image Courtesy Mahanidhiswami) When Mind is Focused on Swadharma There is No Confusion स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि | धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाच्छ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते || 2.31|| swa-dharmam api chāvekṣhya na vikampitum arhasi dharmyāddhi yuddhāch chhreyo ’nyat kṣhatriyasya na vidyate||2.31|| Shloka Translation BG – Ch. 2- Ver. 31: Furthermore, you should not be upset when thinking about your […]
(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 […]
Explanation Lord Shri Krishna says to associate yourself with the everlasting essence (soul) rather than the body, Arjuna. It cannot be slaughtered or slain since the eternal nature is eternal and imperishable. As a result, do not be sad for the warriors of the opposing army who are about to die. Their bodies will perish […]
Explanation Shri Krishna is implying that “this,” the eternal essence (soul), does not act and is not affected by any action, in the same way, that electricity does not act. It gives material objects the ability to act without actually doing so. As a result, a sensible person will never believe that the eternal essence […]
Explanation The five senses—sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing—are housed in the human body, and when they come into contact with their objects of experience, they produce feelings of happiness and pain. None of these feelings are long-lasting. They come and go, just like the seasons. In the summer, chilly water is refreshing, but in […]
Explanation Shree Krishna establishes the concept of soul transmigration from one lifetime to the next. He argues that our bodies develop from childhood to youth to maturity to old age in a single lifetime, the body is always changing, the soul passes through numerous bodies in one lifetime. Similarly, when it dies, it transforms into […]
Explanation Shree Krishna continues by clarifying that the “self” is actually the soul, not the physical body and that it is eternal, just as God is eternal. Verse & What We Can Learn When divine knowledge is transmitted in the Vedic tradition, it normally begins with self-knowledge. In the Bhagavad Gita, Shree Krishna adopts the […]